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This is hands down the worst place I have ever had the misfortune of working for. This place has a cult culture and the administration is extremely judgmental! They accused my husband and I of being atheists because I sat down once during a church service because I have several medical issues (which they were aware of prior to hiring us). They expect a lot from their house parents for slave wages. You work long hours, you have meetings/trainings to attend, you have to transport the children to and from scheduled activities, you have to do a lot of paperwork daily for each child place in your home, you have to deal with whatever issues the children may bring to the home or may be dealing with that day, and of course you have to run the home like you would run any home (cook, clean, keep routines, etc). The company does not seem to value individuality and expect their staff to be "like minded". My husband and I have worked with at risk youth for well over 15 years and were foster parents for children with severe behavior problems with multiple failed placements and our success rate was extremely high for assisting these children with finding forever families. Again, we could not stomach this place at all!

my experience working at the Madison youth ranch was a not as good as it could have been. one. The place is poorly manged. The Rm starts confusion between the staff. It is very unprofessional that you can not got to your supervisor in confidence and express concerns without her telling the next staff. Which in turns causes a hostile work environment for staff. The director of the facility does not have anyone's back when you go to her about things that the RM is doing she advises you to talk to her. The Rm has often made changes and said things that the director and the leadership at the Enterprise campus is unaware and once she is made aware she looks shocked. The leadership at the Main Campus were made aware of the things that are going on there however they seem to not care that the staff at the Madison youth ranch likes to play games with the staff. A job that is supposed to be faith based it is far from it ..it is more of a ungodly job I have ever had and it stresses you out and mentally drains you. I stayed as long as i did for the kids. They care nothing about the children. They do not get proper therapy they had two therapist while I was there one did not do any therapy other than let kids play on her phone. The other one just asked kids questions about houseparents. The Madison youth Ranch is a not a place for trauma therapeutic kids.

Therapy is all provided onsite and typically within normal business hours, but due to working with youth there are times there is a need to stay a little later to fit in all services. There is some flexibility with work hours, however, to ensure you don't go over the required hours. Responsibilities involve providing individual, group and family therapy to client load, as well as coordinating with the school, house parents, recreation team, spiritual life team, and case managers. There is a great advantage to working with the youth in their living environment, as it allows for frequent check-ins and therapeutic dosing to build positive and healthy rapport with both the client and their support staff. There definitely is a component of navigating multiple coworker relationships and having to express your individual needs, but efforts are made to provide communication lines. It can be intense work due to the impact of trauma on the youth's mood and behaviors, but you know you're making a difference in their lives for the short time they are with us.

As with many new job opportunities FUMCH offers quite a bit. They have full and part time openings with an array of benefits. In the time I have worked there I have seen a decline in the compensation package leaning toward a more modest offering. They do still have full time insurance, retirement matching and paid vacation/sick time (that is if you can ever schedule it off.) The opportunity for a pay increase when offered (not always available) has been a variable 1% -3% and often based on review by a supervisor with little to no direct contact throughout the year. The work environment provides a higher stress for employees which leads to turnovers with working to cover gaps until management can scramble to find replacements or restructure to eliminate openings all together. It seems to be always behind the curve with staffing. This appears to be systemic of the organization as much of the leadership being newly hired (within 3-5 years) has a turnover being about as high as with the direct care staff. Over all this could be a great place to work although short term as the inconsistencies with management, staffing problems and lowering compensation keeps it from reaching its true potential.

FUMCH appears to be a very loving and productive environment when first starting your career there. However, after getting your feet wet the truth is more than obvious. FUMCH is focused on money and not the safety or well-being of it's resident's. Donations are made by several Churches and people in the community (especially around Christmas time) which the children never get. Instead FUMCH sells these items in their thrift store "Heart and Home" for profit. 
Upper Management is unprofessional and sticks their head in the sand when issues involving Staff are brought to their attention. They allow a hostile work place and back employees who are seasoned but who do not belong in the positions that they are in and who are a direct link to their high turn over in direct care Staff. Other Managers can be observed sleeping on shift.
Staff is overworked and under paid. The House Parents and the Direct Care Staff get the brunt of this. Last year House Parents were forced to pay back money on their housing steepened which was taken directly out of their paycheck. 
The supervision issues have resulted in many DCF investigations and will continue to due to the lack of concern by upper management.

I've worked at FUMCH for over nine years now and I cant imagine a better place to work for. Granted, it is never easy working in the group care system. But having worked for other similar organizations and volunteering in the dependency system which has given me exposure to multiple other group homes, I've never seen a place that does it as well as FUMCH. The training is evidence-based and the model of care used is one of the top rated models out there. I feel like I'm part of a team that cares and during hard seasons, my co-workers are willing to pitch in and get the work done. I've been able to pursue new career positions as my skill set grew and change departments when I was ready to try something new. There are certainly difficult days and difficult seasons, but that's the nature of this field. This is not an organization to work for if you are interested in just doing the bare minimum. Working with kids from trauma backgrounds is HARD. But if you want to invest, make a difference, and are willing to do the work, this place is fantastic.

A typical day consist of lots of paperwork (more than most agencies), seeing your resident's which is great along with quietly and secretly  communicating with your co-workers, attending clinical meetings where the director reminds you that she has tons of applicants applying for your position.  There are lots of great, awesome staff at FUMCH but they are not part of the management team.  Promotions are not linked to how hard you work but if you carry a Coach Purse and certain managers like you.  "Special" staff are given special privileges dependent on management.  The hardest part of the job is dealing with management and the most enjoyable part of the job is working with the resident's and supporting good, hard working staff.

The job is demanding of your time which is understandable, however there are conditions that overwhelm you. Depending on the position you are in you will literally have to place your life on hold; this may be due in part to burnout/ongoing short staffing/and a lot of requirements in the position. Training is readily available to staff. Colleagues must learn to work together in order to effectively do each individual job. There is a disconnect between management and staff for some reason.

The entity as a whole is full of liars and deceitful individuals. They hide behind religious beliefs and mission work. Houseparents are overwhelmed, overworked and not appreciated. Management are a bunch of unprofessional liars. They chase excellent staff members away with all of the crazy foolishness. If your goal is truly mission minded love and desire to help orphans this is NOT the place for you. Madison Youth Ranch in Pinetta Florida or Florida United Methodist Children's Home in Enterprise... They are the DEVIL

FMCH is the worst place to work as the management are unprofessional liars. The children it is sad as they put DJJ kids that are drug and predators with little children. It is so sad and as a good human being you could not see it or want to work in that environment. It has no team players and they hide and use the Church which is horrible. Our world is in trouble but it is places like this that only make money from children who need help and others who should be in jail. Stay away!

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Youth specialist 9 salaries reported	$16.78 per hour
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