licensed practical nurse

floor care technician

special education teacher

housekeeper

case manager

Spaulding Academy & Family Services

My day is focused on medication administration. Assisting our medical director with her agenda, prior authorizations and physicals, I assist  all nurses in their daily needs.
I have amazing communication with our pharmacy several times a day. I check in all medications that come in for accuracy. I have communication with insurance companies with coverage of medications and  durable medical equipment.
Inventory is something i do daily. Stocking, ordering and checking expiration dates in all cottages and med room at Spaulding.
Answering the phone and being professional is necessary, communication with parents and other departments is also a daily expectation.
We have a variety students from many different backgrounds. Spaulding helps students who are autistic and have neurological impairments.
Best part of my job is making a difference in these students and parents lives. Helping and being successful in their requests is something I am proud of and find enjoyable in my job.
The hardest part is watching a student in distress.
I have learned in my 6 years how to have more patients and compassion for others. Working in this environment is humbling.  
Balancing working at Spaulding and home is really not that hard. Spaulding believes in family first and time off when needed. This is a high stress job and personal time is always granted to regroup.
The management team is a very dedicated group of individuals, all of which wants to see Spaulding grow and be successful.

Residential Department review:
You either befriend a member of upper management or your just a spot filler they do not care about, there is no in-between. If you catch on quick, display good work ethic and are in any way good at the job, you are seen as a threat and staff will attempt to sour your reputation and push you out.  Promotions are given to management's friends, family, significant other's and favorites. Your knowledge, skills, work ethic and reliability are  completely irrelevant. What matters is who you befriend and who you upset. If you happen to upset one of the managers friends or favorites, your side of the story will not matter. Regardless if you were in the wrong or not, you will be seen as the one at fault. The hardest part of the job is watching the kids be mistreated, escalated, intimidated, and instigated by the staff and being powerless to helping prevent such misconduct. Being a gossip loving, unprofessional jerk is seemingly seen as a term of endearment and are "must have" qualities for being successful in the organization. 
The kids will steal your heart, but the toxic work environment will make you want to leave. I continued to work souly to do my part in protecting the kids and helping them to put a smile on their faces. Normaly I would have loved to move up in my job, but sadly I felt that doing so would have been a demotion of my character. I have seen firsthand what they see as a "great staff member" and I will never be anything like any of those people. It is quite disheartening...The job security was nice, so was the view from campus....the rest was just sad

I worked for 15.5 months as a Family Aid through the ISO program at Spaulding (for a part time posistion). In all of my months there, I received little training and was expected to be on call 24 hours/7 days week. I had to threaten to go the labor board to get paid for all of the hours I was forced to work off the clock. I also did not receive barely any of the training that I should have gotten. I was only told of these basic trainings during my exit interview. The 2 trainings I did receive I only was able to attend as I saw campus wide, general emails that alerted me to the dates and times. 
I also never received any treatment plans, nor case background and was simply expected to walk into a home (of a biological parent who was slated to possibly lose their parental rights) with no idea what I was walking into. The communication is non exsistent, as I had to get all of my information from the before stated biological parents and the foster families.
The family aid position listed is the job I just vacated. I had to leave this job due to being expected to put my personal safety at an un necessary amount of risk -well above and beyond what a normal home visitor/social worker could would call for. Please be aware that I have had over 13 years prior experience in the field but had to leave that job due to medical reasons. Therefore, I knew exactly what is required in order to do this job and the failure of Spaulding to.do anything to help ensure the personal safety.of their employees.

Hard to fit in, everyone dating each from present or past. You have to been in that clicky click to be noticed. Management dating, sleeping with each other giving each other higher titles, sliding things under the rug for each other. You can win. They stick together alright. Management lack and professionlism push blame on staff to focused on dating each other. Need more staff not pressure. Short staff pressures makes staff uneasy with each other. Everyone gossiping to eachother even talking in private about things is a was waste. Focus on the company and your individual experience while employed there. Management/Supervisors needs a complete clean out they problematic not staff. Dating beneath them and families work there. Staff ALWAYS battle for attention it's terrifying. Some staff go beyond supervisors duty and work hard ALWAYS helping the kids but they are underneath a microscope and overlooked. Fake smiles and bad memories. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part of working at Spaulding Academy and Family Services was the love and dedication exhibited as a whole to all  of the students.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part about working at Spaulding Academy and Family Services was nothing. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment and culture at Spaulding Academy and Family Services was working together as a team to help the students succeed.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical day at Spaulding Academy and Family Services was giving my all to make sure the students felt loved and supported.

Please understand that the 5 star reviews here are clearly from management, trying to polish the organization's horrible reputation.  Spaulding Academy is a very poorly run organization that is always desperate for front line employees.  Pay is at the minimum for every non-management position, which Spaulding justifies with emotional manipulation: "You are doing good work for special needs kids."  Good work does not put food on the table, and it does not excuse the lack of professionalism at this 'school'.  The quality of your employment will be determined solely on the basis of whether you are in the favor of management or not.  15 years of outstanding annual reviews will do you no good if you fall out of the same clique as your boss.

The residential team loves the children, they literally put their blood, sweat, and tears into making sure those kids are taken care of. However, upper management doesn’t back their long term employees, they let people go over word of mouth accusations, with no actual evidence. They have cameras installed that aren’t recording, so you can’t even access video currently to help your standing ground. They drain you there, they don’t listen to their staff when they say they’re overworked. They pair legal 1:1’s most days because they’re understaffed in one specific cottage. And when staff speak up against it they’re met with “well, they’ve done it before”. 0/10 would recommend. 

good luck, they love their new fires for the first 3/4 months, then they add a ton of responsibilities to your work load and don’t compensate you extra. they don’t care if you have a life outside of work and will guilt you into coming in on your days off just to treat you like garbage for being there. i had to constantly beg for breaks on my mandatory 15 hour shifts  each week and then they’d get mad at you for wanting to leave . i was constantly scheduled with only one other person in a house full of kids who need 1:1 support. to this company, you are just a number and so are the kids

By far most unprofessional facilty I ever seen and they wonder why the turnover rate is high.  In one shadow shift the staff should all be fired.   Training what Training,   No one assists you whatsoever I asked questions and staff ignores you.  I had to find things myself.  Clearly politics as I felt unwanted by everyone as I got treated rudly.   Then get fired for FB post that had nothing to do with company any employee.   There is nothing in the policy for social media posts and wasnt even flagrant whatsoever.   1 staff member yells at the kids like shes a drill sergeant.   I wouldn't recommend this hole to anyone.

Typical day of work is 1pm-10pm.

This job has helped me vastly improve my communication skills both verbal and written.

Management is very open to communication and helpful.

My team is the best I've ever worked with, we all have each others back and raise each other up.

The hardest part of my job has to be when students are in crisis, sometimes requiring implementation of physical restraint protocols.

The most enjoyable part is seeing the progress the students achieve with our help and guidance.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Licensed practical nurse 1 salary reported	$36.00 per hour
Floor care technician 5 salaries reported	$18.50 per hour
Special education teacher 4 salaries reported	$51,762 per year
Housekeeper 5 salaries reported	$18.06 per hour
Case manager 1 salary reported	$23.00 per hour

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