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Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services

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Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services reviews

3.8

78% would recommend to a friend

(155 total reviews)
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Jeff ONeil

85% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 155 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services 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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155 reviews
1.0
Sep 7, 2019

RUN!!!!

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Pros

Nothing. Possibly flexibility. You had to lie about where you were but you could do things and no one knew. As soon as you asked to do an 8am doctor appt you go in trouble though.

Cons

Being employed there. I worked 12 or more hours a day. I couldn't spend time with my family or I would get farther behind. As long as you were getting billable hours they didn't care. If you were handling a difficult case and got behind even though it was well documented what the issue was. They offered a lot of paid time off. Good luck using it. You are still responsible for all the billable hours you missed. Take 5 days off to go on vacation with your family? You'll be working unpaid overtime for the entire quarter to get that time off. They can also deny your vacation even last minute if you aren't where you are supposed to be. I had murders and sex offenders that I had to visit with in their homes regularly by myself. Turn on the news...those neighborhoods where the gun violence is.. you will be ALONE in those areas most of your time working. Insurance is horrible!! Pay is below average from what I've read on sources like glassdoor. You will tear up your car and if you get stuck in the community with a flat tire or something like that you will be forced to take PTO hours while it is getting fixed and no one comes to help you. There is no support from management. People have been fired for suggesting change although they would deny it. They also teach you how to commit welfare fraud and then threaten you with being fired but also push for you to do those things. Driving a client and billing insurance is not allowed. But as a care Manager you will be taught how to word it so that you can still do it. FRAUD. When capable people apply for SSA benefits you are not supposed to say anything that can keep them from getting it. Even if you know specifically that they can work and are doing under the table work. Also...if hired...you may not make it through the training. They let people go in training despite not telling them it was possible. Last thing. There is little to no opportunity for advancement in this agency. You have very little opportunity if you are licensed in social work. If you have any other degree you have 0 opportunity to advance or grow. I know this will not keep everyone from applying but if it helps save ONE other person from going through this madness it was well worth the time to write this.

1.0
Jul 31, 2020
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Pros

I met some amazing team members and I do love seeing clients succeed

Cons

The cons of this job far outweigh the pros. 1st) There are care managers in Amelia selling their mlm items to clients. These clients get upset when different care managers couldn’t provide while care manager was on maternity leave. Supervisors did nothing to alleviate the problem or take action against illegal actions by care managers. 2nd) You get paid salary with no overtime benefits, but you’ll work overtime every week. You can’t take your PTO because it will require you to work overtime another day to make up for it. Productivity is 4.25 hours a day, but during a pandemic and half the people don’t want to engage or respond and there is little support to navigate. 3rd) GCB is suppose to help clients employ numerous skills to being productive members of society. Imagine teaching others about kindness and grace when being overwhelmed and stressed but when GCB was staring into the unknown of the pandemic, they failed to use grace. They furloughed employees via email in the middle of a Wednesday. To make matters worse, they sent another email shortly after forgetting to remove those that were furloughed, telling the company that furloughs took place and if you didn’t get the email you were safe. Then to discuss the stress from overwhelming client caseloads, they introduce yoga. However, yoga couldn’t be used as a work time activity but they only offered it in the morning, on Wednesday, before team meetings, during the normal working hours. It was the first time I realized that employees are nothing but a number. If GCB valued their employees they would have used grace and then accepted accountability for their poor taste in handling furloughs. 4) the turnover time is outrageous right now. Many teams are experiencing employees quitting leaving vulnerable people waiting and feeling lost. GCB is not approaching that gap with kindness or grace. They are just expecting their workers to saddle more clients.

1.0
Apr 26, 2015
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Pros

It you love to be a sheep and a cookie cutter mold of a worker and agree with everything your team and supervisor says then this is the place for you.

Cons

You are in dangerous situations on a daily basis and if you voice that you are uncomfortable with a client, your safety is not number one; the client is. If you voice your opinion or a creative idea you will be shot down immediately and even possibly written up for disrespect of your superiors. You are expected to do more than you humanly are capable of and if you are unable to accomplish such, you will be reprimanded and as a result your job becomes harder. The whole GCB is top employer thing is definitely a lie and I am pretty sure the people rating on here are the very few who love their job.

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