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Ponessa Behavioral Health

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Ponessa Behavioral Health reviews

3.3

61% would recommend to a friend

(224 total reviews)

Catherine DeGuire, MS, JD, MBA, LPC

64% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Ponessa Behavioral Health has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 224 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ponessa Behavioral Health employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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224 reviews
5.0
May 25, 2016

Supportive Environment and Opportunities to Grow

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Great flexibility for those pursuing a Master's Degree, several opportunities for promotion with advanced degrees. Supportive supervisors and multiple training's offered on-site every month for continuing education credits. Private parking lot for employees to use.

Cons

Commuter traffic downtown. Benefit rates could be improved.

1.0
May 24, 2016

Not worth it

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The kids are amazing! They are really sweet and fun to be around. You will get emotionally attached to them quickly.

Cons

BSCs are often unhelpful. (I have only worked with 1 I liked) Teachers and parents are often unwilling to change or may even be hostile. Kids can attack you. Hair pulling, biting, hitting, spitting, kicking etc. Unpredictable schedules. Clients constantly cancel. I have rarely made all of my hours in a given week. Management constantly complains about clients who need TSSs, but refuse to staff them. Part-time TSS are at the bottom of the barrel. While I was part-time, I had to constantly beg for more clients. TSSs are treated like crap. We are disposable. Only BSCs and MTs are given any credit for anything. High turnover rate. Insurance is through the roof and only offered to full-time employees. Practically no hours in the summer. Even full-time staff are working 20 hours or less. Part-time staff are lucky to get 10 hours.

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Ponessa Behavioral Health Response
10y
Thank you for taking the time to write this review and we are sorry to hear that you are considering a change. If you decide to leave T.W. Ponessa & Associates, we wish you the best of luck in your new role and we hope that you find the environment you are looking for in a company. We want to make an effort to seek feedback and use that to promote a more caring environment for our employees so that we can continue to grow together. We also recognize that the Therapeutic Staff Support position can be challenging, both physically and emotionally. We value all of our TSS employees very highly, and like to recognize individuals monthly in our newsletter, the TW Post, for their achievements and by offering incentive opportunities bi-monthly. We are thankful that you took the time to share your opinion here, so that we and others can reflect on it and think about ways we can adapt and do more to ensure you and others feel valued and appreciated. Thanks Again.
5.0
May 19, 2016

Great place to work!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Supervision and training is highly valued at this company, supervisors are supportive and available, and lots of opportunities to move up!

Cons

I don't have any significant cons to share.

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Ponessa Behavioral Health Response
10y
Thank you for the review. We believe strongly in mentoring our employees and helping them be successful in their careers. We also care about the professional development of our employees, by providing weekly group supervision, with a Masters level clinician, and through our monthly training's. Our monthly training's are available to clinicians, who are interested in obtaining continuing education credits, as we are an approved NBCC continuing education provider. We value our employee's motivation and hard work, and because of that, we like to promote employees from within the company, into higher level positions. Thank you again for your feedback!
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