What is the average ,that employees work at a Mental Health facility?[Residential]?Months,years,etc...?
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2 years with children adn MR patients, 4 years with adults
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You could work in mental health which is the Life Skills office on the base hospital. You work for psychologists and help treat patients as well. Keep in mind that with war and all you would be talking to war vets with some deployment issues. Just talk to a recruiter.
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I worked at this fully integrated reintegration program.  We had psychiatrists, case managers, therapists, emergency services staff, day program (clubhouse) and residential workers.  I was part of the residential program and I worked with people coming out of the state hospital and helped them with budgeting and banking, medication management and medical care, nutrition and cooking, cleaning, recreation, housing, community resources, hygiene..basically any skills you need on a daily basis, I tried to teach them.  The program was aimed at improving quality of life and preventing decompensation and the return to the hospital.  There is a magazine called Reintegration Today that focuses on the rehabilitation of people with schizophrenia and programs like this.  The magazine is quarterly and free.  I put the link below.
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I worked in a beef processing plant in the state of Washington, and they ran 250 head an hour through there.  Multiply that x 24 (plant operates 24 hours a day) x seven and you can get a pretty good idea.
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Hard repetitive work does the trick. \n\nWhen programs teaching patients how to sew, paint or some other repetitive activity was introduced in psychiatric hospitals, psychiatrists noticed an increased improvement among their patients.
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Lawyers by far. They can "earn" their way up to $400 plus on billable hours.\nPsychiatrists have to deal w/ Medicare which cuts their fee by roughly 50%. My psychiatrist charges $60 for a 20 minute med check and about $120 for a 50 minute session. My clinical psychologist on the other hand gets $150 per hour. This is for a medium sized city.\nYou asked about money. Who gets paid most is a different question. Saving a child for ADDH or my life from suicide gets a great deal more.
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I have been hospitalized 7 times since I was sbout 15 (am 27 now), but never was it a planned stay like yours, nor was it at someplace "fancy" that Elvis went to. I'm not sure exactly what information you are looking for, how old you are (18 and under stay in a different ward) or the reason for your stay so it is hard to answer your question. I will say though that my stays have been more interesting than scary. I assume you are scared about who you might meet. But it's not like you are going to some state run asylum...you are going to a place celebrities go, that ought to tell you something. \nExperiences are going to vary considerably though, perhaps modify your question to be a bit more specific.\n\nafter reading your modification:\nYes that is a little different from places I've been, the part about being free to come and go. We were basically on "lock down" at first (couldn't even leave the unit to go to the cafeteria to eat, a food tray was brought to us). Then after a few days you earned your privileges by being "good" and participating in sessions like you were supposed to. But if you messed up, you lost the privileges. \nSounds like it should be a good experience for you...the benefit of the therapy sessions but still being allowed to go home on weekends. \nYou don't have anything to be scared of. You'll meet some interesting people and hear some sad stories, I think that will be the worst of it. My worst experiences were when I was in juvenile wards and they mostly had to do with the fact that they also grouped us with mentally disturbed people (in the retarded or autistic sense, not mental health sense) and those folks could be violent and unpredictable.\nI hope this helps a little. Don't be scared. I hope this gets you on the track to wellness!!!!\nIf you have any more questions, you could email me at kofnandk@yahoo.com.\n\nGood Luck!!
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This varies very very widely by state, and where you do it, and your degree.  I had a BS in psych graduating college in 2000 and made 20K a year at my entry level job...which is low.  Then I eventually got a social work job where I make a lot more (but still not near what I deserve).  If you have a masters and can go into private practice it depends on how good you are about what you'll make.  A community mental health center salary woudl depend on your state, lower econ places you'd make around 25K a year.
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I understand what your going through!! I was in the same position without a case manager.I called the Dept of Human Services and asked for a Social Worker to help me with all my issues. She has been a great help. I have a mental health worker and someone like a REM worker assigned to me. The 3 of them work together to help me achieve my goals. So you might try there or see if there are and volunteer orgnz. in your community that help with independent living skills. Hoped this helped!!
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Either Psychology or Psychiatry are your best bets. It depends on how much close contact you want with those you are working with. In Psychology you'll have more book study time and learning about the mind in general, but as a Psychiatrist you'll have time to work with individual patients on their problems. Also keep the ideas of Counsellor, Social worker, or Therapist on your mind. The best thing to do would be to talk to an expert career finder. Hey, you may end up doing that for a living yourself! There are plenty of job opportunities open for people who like to help, I'm sure you'll find what fits you best if you look into it.
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Check with your local MHMR, they're not quite free, but they do work on a sliding scale. There is also a very good psychiatric unit at John Peter Smith hospital in Fort Worth, depending on what part of the state you live in you may want to check with the local county hospitals in your area.
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it varies, depending on where they are located and what jobs the employees do.\n\nWhere I live, they get minimum wage to start, but can get a small raise if they stay for more than 6 months.  \nWhere they really screw their workers, though, is on hours they work.  Here, they wont let anyone work more than 24 hours a week, which means they dont have to provide any benefits like health care.  But they expect you to be available at any time to work any shift as needed.
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I am so glad you asked this question. I work in the marketing dept. One thing is I have to account every day where I have been who I have seen and who I spoke with. I have also encouraged my boss to check up on me at any time.\n I also set up care and do care plan as well with home health. I also have asked my boss to check up on why if they did not go with our company, which is not very often that they do not sign with us. I want to know if I need to add or not say something.\n Then I have spreadsheets of where I have been and who I have talked too where and when. I turn them in weekly and write if it’s an AB or C possibility.\n\nFirst you must assess your organizational needs\nDo you understand 'Client/ patient’s service and needs’?\n Are we doing quality control on the aide’s nurses and marketer’s .Calling the home and doing patient checks.\nIdentify your gaps and prioritize your new hires into skill level meaning A, B, C level great aide being an A does charting reports problems with patients has complements from patients and families.\n \nManaging \nExpectations, gets jobs quickly and on time\nRecruiting and interviewing knows job descriptions inside and out great interview skills, orientation skills, reviewing benefits with employees, training them on equipment\nHow well does the employee communicate with the mangers and nurses.  \n \nHow well do the management motivate and reward the employee \nHow does the employee step up to problems?\nHow well organized is the employee.
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3 shifts, 8-3, 1-8, and 3-10.  That's based on 7 hr work schedules.  39 servers doesn't necessarily mean they are all full time employees. Basically have 4 people open, 3 midshifts, and 4 closers.
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Where do you work?\n\nMany companies offer their employees Employee Assistance Programs. These are entirely confidential, and your employer will not know about it. Most companies know that drug addiction is a societal problem, and accept the fact that some of their employees are going to have that problem. This is why good companies have these EAPs for the benefit of their employeers.\n\nSomeone has already mentioned Narcotics Anonymous. That is a good resource. \n\nCall you county mental health department, or visit its web site.
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It depends mainly on two things: what kind of social worker are they, and what are the licensing requirements in your locality. If you're talking about a licensed clinical social worker in a locality that regulates such titles, then they're independent mental health professionals with the training, experience, and (hopefully) ability to diagnose and treat mental disorders. \n\nOther than licensed clinical social workers, however, social workers have a huge variety of roles and what they do and what expectations they're expected to live up to vary depending on where they work.
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Some occupations it is crucial for the employer to know the mental health status of their employee(s).  Most of this falls on the person applying for the job and their ability  to be honest.  Because mental health laws are so strict potential employers can not obtain psychiatric or substance abuse medical records without a signed consent detailing the information the potential employers is attempting to receive and the reason for the request.  Honesty is always a positive thing but always remember once something is disclosed it can never be taken back.  Mental health does have a negative sound still in the community but through the years it has become more acceptable as an illness just like cancer or other physical illnesses.  However, you always have your haters.  Also a good rule of thumb is if you disclose this in an interview process and they do not hire you this also tells you how tolerant they would be if this person had increased mental instability that caused a work related issue such as the person needed to take time off.  Same type of answer regarding do you tell a potential employer if you have children.  I would tell any potential employer I had children because I would not want to become employed with an employer that would give me ongoing daily grief if my child/children became sick.   Been there done that.  Hope this helps in some way.