Work with at-risk-kids, can be reward but also frustrating - Anonymous employee Acadia Healthcare Employee Review

2.0
Apr 17, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You get to work with kids and hopefully make a positive impact on their lives. Working at the site is interesting because of the kids interacting but it is also a rather grim place

Cons

First kid I worked with didn't listen to anything I said and was %100 defiant. Sometimes difficult to understand exactly where you fit in.

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Cons

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