Pay No Attention to The Man Behind the Curtain - I Wore A Few Different Hats Cal Farley's Employee Review

2.0
Sep 6, 2023
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Pros

Trauma Informed Care training is amazing. The kids you care for are awesome!

Cons

Where does one start? They let known child molesters just walk. They will terminate their employment, but will not notify law enforcement until the person is gone. The administrative staff are narcissists. They truly do not care about staff. They talk trash to your face and let you know just how replaceable you are. We loved working for BR initially, but our eyes were opened to the corruption going on behind the scenes. leadership is hired on the buddy system and are often not qualified for the positions they hold. Working with children is not about making money. It is about making a difference. Too bad leadership is in it for the outstanding pay that should be going to the house parents who do the real work. The therapists that work out there aren't actually therapists. I mean they may have a degree and a license, but they get paid so well that they don't concern themselves with improving the child and helping alleviate the trauma that they went through. There is not enough room to list the cons, but to sum it up just know that the people that run this place do not uphold the "Christ centeredness" of the organization. They are evil and would rather their staff be submissive to them.

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Cons

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4.0
Sep 6, 2025
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Pros

*You learn so much from the kids and grow many meaningful relationships with them and staff. *The work you do is incredibly meaningful and worth every moment you spend with the kiddos. *Unforgettable memories.

Cons

* Lack of support/Support from afar: It doesn't always feel like the team has the best interest of the child in mind. I know they mean well, but sometimes it felt like they just wanted to mitigate an issue with a kid they knew would make their own bad day everyone else's issue at the expense of the primary house parents, and it wasn't fair. There were times where my coworker and I felt like it was just us because even our alternates wouldn't uphold our rules when we were off. The team would say things like "y'all are doing an amazing job with this house", but they would hardly swing by to see our kids [not everyone on our team. Some of them were incredibly supportive]. *The schedule. 6 days on 3 days off *The pay-hours worked ratio: it's a salaried job and hps starting out made/make minimum wage. The hours are 6am-10pm, but if you work past that (which you will if you live in the house a primary because they will make you night staff as well), you don't get compensated for it. They have night staff youth workers who are compensated to work 10pm-10am or 10pm-6am (they made $14 when I left), so why don't hps also get compensated?

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