here [also Feb 22, '07 & July 25, '07 ]
8 of them were at Clitheroe Point Woronzof.
Why are there more staff vacancies at Point Woronzof than at all of the rest of the Salvation Army's Alaska facilities combined?
Point Woronzof employs a very small percentage of Clitheroe's overall staff, and...
... Clitheroe employs a fraction of Salvation Army's overall staff.
Point Woronzof total personnel: (not including Detox)
Asst Director (vacant) 6 counselors (3 vacant)
Women's Res Director 4 night monitors.
Men's Res Director 6 counselor asst. (4 vacant)
D.D. Director 3 Kitchen staff
- Clitheroe pay is excellent. Benefits are better than almost any other job.
- Clitheroe is one of the most laid back workplaces in Alaska. here
- Only four of the eight jobs cited above require a college degree. Education is not stressed at Clitheroe. In fact lack of education seems to be respected.
- Of the three Residential Directors, only one had any sort of occupational license in the state of Alaska. Licenses aren't the problem.
The Clitheroe background check. It looks like Clitheroe uses the background check to screen for qualities that should not be a factor in employment:
- Waiting for a new hire's "background check" is an ongoing joke at Clitheroe. Provisional approval from the state takes under a month. The fingerprint check is not started until after a person is hired. There is a very lengthy separate screening process for Clitheroe itself. Many employees waited 6 months from the time they applied to the time they were interviewed. The Salvation Army is not looking for an arrest record. Like many bipolar people I used to go to jail seasonally before I was diagnosed. One nurse had been involved in stealing drugs from a hospital in another state.
- They are not worried about drug use. Several employees were hard narcotics users. In fact, there were several employees that have not peed clean in years. [Ask the H.R. Director how they got past that step].
A background check on me is typical for a bipolar person. , except I have a very pro-management history. I've worked through two major strikes, and have held several management jobs.
- Clitheroe Directors want workers who are loyal to management.
- Rehab qualifications are secondary, except when required for funding purposes.
People who won't question Directors about misconduct, including financial abuses.
- Clitheroe's parent organization gets its share of legal grief over employment and civil rights issues.
- In Anchorage they were caught using unskilled cheap labor to remove asbestos 2 years ago. The E.P.A. fined them $75,000.
- After a series of accusations of discrimination by numerous minority groups, the Salvation Army began emphasizing it's supposed support for civil rights.
- The Salvation Army policy (below) looks like it protects anyone who has a gender or a color. Golly.
The Salvation Army posted the job below, 4 weeks before closing Detox.
The job pays $12.50 an hour and has incredible benefits.
THE SALVATION ARMY CLITHEROE CENTER
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
DATE: JULY 13, 2007
TO: ALL APPLICANTS
FROM: HUMAN RESOURCES
CLOSING DATE: OPEN UNTIL FILLED
This is a recruitment for Psychiatric Nurses Assistants (PNA), Certified Nurse & Certified Medical Assistants welcome to apply, there are a variety of on call and part-time positions with a starting salary of $12.50 per hour.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: High school diploma or GED equivalent. Training and/or experience in vital signs monitoring plus additional experience in physical care of patients/clients preferred. Computer literacy required. Knowledge of basic concepts of alcohol abuse and withdrawal preferred, must have awareness of cultural issues.