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HCRS hires new children’s division director | February 09, 2018 F Smith SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — Health Care and Rehabilitation Services (HCRS), southeastern Vermont’s community mental-health agency, has announced that it has hired Jennifer A. Smith as the new director of its Children, Youth & Families Division. Smith brings extensive experience in community-based youth programs, both in Vermont and Massachusetts, to the nonprofit agency. Providing clinical and administrative oversight to many nonprofit agencies serving children and adolescents over the last 28 years, Smith is well-prepared to take this role to new heights. Smith earned her master’s degree from UCONN’s School of Social Work in Connecticut. Smith said, “I am thrilled to return to Vermont, where there is such a strong culture of community collaboration and support for the youth and families we serve.” Smith lives in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, with her two dogs and many chickens. She relishes time with her two granddaughters, ages 10 and 12, and spends as much time as possible outdoors hiking, gardening and biking. The HCRS’ Children, Youth & Families Division director position recently opened when Will Shakespeare, director since 2005, retired at the end of 2017. “We are delighted to welcome Jennifer to our Senior Leadership Team,” said George Karabakakis, Ph.D., chief executive officer, HCRS. “Her vast experience and expertise in both treating and supervising clinical work with children and families who are struggling with mental health issues is a valuable asset for the agency.”
It seems like they're always hiring new people there. I know mental health services has a high burnout rate, but still.....
ReplyDeleteThe more they employee the more taxes we pay and give them... nicest building in town... nicest employee vehicles in the parking lot in town... what does that say about the money that is swallowed up in that building.
ReplyDeleteYour anecdotal comments are misleading at best. I am not impressed with the cars in the parking lot and my understanding is that these are not high paying jobs.
DeleteMy observations are that if the building is the nicest one in town it cost us tax payers to foot the bill, well the ones that work and pay taxes, and the nice cars are generally a fact of the amount of money they all make which again us that work and pay taxes foot the bill for that... not to include the ones that pay during the year and get theirs back do not count in that paying taxes.... That building is at least a million in operating expenses per year...
DeleteAnonymous... not high paying jobs for the starters... the Mgt take home their salary and bonus's to get head count in the door...
DeleteIf you don't want employee burnout, you offer higher pay when you advertise for workers. You offer them a defined benefits pension plan and you have workplace protection policies in effect.
ReplyDeleteI used to work in drug treatment; IT'S THE JOB that burns you out. The pay matters little; wallowing in other people's misery eight hours a day will do it, no matter how much you make!
DeleteHave you ever had a real conversation with a Mental health professional? They are the ones who need help!
ReplyDeleteI worked with people who did that sort of work, and they stayed with it for years. Often when they gave notice, it was to take on the same job elsewhere for better rewards. I think they didn't look at it so much as wallowing in other people's misery as testing their own skills as agents of change for people who simply didn't know there were ways out of their dead end.
ReplyDeleteThose colleagues enjoyed the satisfaction of success, but they also looked at the defeats as case studies for learning how to modify their tactics for the next challenge.