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What is the best part of working at the company?
The staff that supports the clients are amazing. Management has a lot of implicit bias and some cut throat behaviors. Lower Management rocks (Clinical Supervisors/ and some Program Managers). Directors need more training on Psychological Safety and enforcement of that. Trauma informed Care is emphasized but inconsistent when it comes to staff as Management seem to think of Staff expendable, especial BIPOC staff. Overall, the services rendered to clients is excellent but the work environment is toxic. Be that as it may, it is still one of the better community mental health agencies to work with. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Toxic work environment, lack of implicit bias training for Black Staff (when 80% of the clientel is Black), management not listening to the staff needs consistently. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Again, work environment has become toxic. There are some management practices that need to be looked into. There are some unfair discriminatory practices that need to be fixed. The Board has little to no racial diversity. Upper management is mostly Non-BIPOC. Every manager needs to be trained in how to be a Collaborative Manager/Director. Turnover is moderate due to inconsistent management practices. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Problem solving, serving people that come in for needs, finding resources, advocacy, setting boundaries with staff members, and talking to management that listens when it benefits them.

I worked for Places for People, Inc. for over 4 years and have nothing to say but the best about it. The team approach required individuals to constantly be thinking about the best clinical approaches for each patient and strengthens support workers' clinical expertise in the most practical of ways. Given the competitive market for private donations and government money, the company does well to balance taking care of its clients and employees alike. 



Worked at PfP for 12 years, and at one time it was a great, supportive environment. The current executive management Team (HR, CEO, VP's, & Clinical Directors) do not provide the support that staff need to complete their highly demanding jobs nor to meet the needs of persons served. Concerns & complaints fall on deaf ears. This is a concern across the agency as a whole, but particularly in residential services- a once highly sough after and respected area of the agency.  Your hard work and tenure will not be recognized, nor appreciated here. I would highly recommend looking elsewhere for employment. 

Places for People is a great place to begin work in the social services industry. Places for People recently merged with Brightli and has since cut PTO options and there is minimal annual pay raises and advancement opportunities if you are not a licensed social worker. Communication between upper management and caseworkers is very minimal. There are some work-life balance opportunities but not enough to balance the increased case load sizes and often toxic work environment. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Assisting the residents and helping them through out the Day. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They are under staffed and you’re doing a three person job by yourself. Management does not help at all.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment is horrible and you will be trained to work with others and they leave you to work by yourself.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Coming in for an Eight hour shift, residents are waiting on you to get their medication.

The organization is great on paper and has a good mission. However, that mission does not translate in execution. Management offers zero supervision and assists in zero career growth. Format of the agency is very isolating with different "teams" being separated from rest of agency. Management is strongly pushing numbers, numbers, numbers which jeopardizes quality of client care. Work load is 10x more than pay could ever compensate with limited opportunity for growth from within.

A typical day at work is somewhat challenging depending on how many clients you have to visit.  I have learned a great deal about mental illness and how they effect a person everyday life.  There a quite a bit of managers and I personally believe the organization is top heavy.  Most of my co-workers are good people and they are easy to get along with.  The hardest part of my job is balancing all the paperwork and meeting your face to face requirements.  The most enjoyable part of my job is helping the clients achieve their goals.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Helping the client reach goals 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
High workload crisis and at-risk clients 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic staff and management. Staff wants change and a labor union but not supported by management.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy from the start of the day to evening sometimes it is difficult to get bathroom and lunch break

Important organization for the community.  Need other sources of funding other than the government.  Cleaning up a reported Material weakness in internal controls by outside auditors was difficult yet rewarding.  Working with social workers and clients was an enjoyable way to give back to society.

The colleagues I work with are passionate, inspiring people, and I love working with them.  It is the same with most of the "front-line" staff and middle management.  But the pay is bad, and the upper management do not put sufficient energy into addressing staff recruitment and retention issues.  As a result, the teams are always short-staffed.  This makes it difficult to deliver the evidence-based practices the agency prides itself on. Morale also suffers.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Health coach 5 salaries reported	$46,000 per year
Employment specialist 3 salaries reported	$42,000 per year
Case worker 1 salary reported	$23.08 per hour
Specialist 4 salaries reported	$44,375 per year
Certified peer specialist 2 salaries reported	$43,000 per year

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