Replies to 'Workplace Bullies'

I was working in a group home as an Assistant Administrator.  Yes, the things that go on in Healthcare are serious. We are paid to take care of these people with disabilities. Sometime we have to make quick decisions and we pay for our wrong judgments. Yes, I was "Fired" for protecting the person that gave meds the morning before; I called in a relief staff person to cover a.m. shift so that I would not have to work a 12 hour day. This person came in for me and was willing to pass the a.m. meds. She calls me up to tell me that the med count was off on 3 medications. I told her to give the a.m. meds and I will be in later to go over the drug audit sheets to check the count. Yes, the count was off.  Someone the day before must not have given the med.  No one would have known, if this one certain person who was mad at me, (over heard what happened) and reported me to Management. I did not deny what I did. I told the truth!

This person that turned me in, was mad at me for not apologizing to her for something I said; (She told everyone she wanted an apology from me) I told her no. (This made her turn on me the next day) reported that I destroyed the 3 meds (not controlled meds).

Yes, I have seen so much that goes on in group homes, I can say that.; "I tried my hardest to keep my staff that I worked with happy and to always keep my clients; clean, fed, and happy". I always gave it my very best.  I felt that my clients should be treated like I would want to be treated and that was the way I supervised". I never made my staff do anything that I would not do.

SETTING STAFF UP: Is so common in the group homes, it happens when a "click" does not like a fellow staff member --they get you good.  Sometimes Managers help the staff set up an employee.

The Agencies that run these group homes have the largest turn over of employees. This makes it very hard on the clients due to the fact that the clients are comfortable with a staff person and then they leave them. Anyone doing this type of work knows that people with special needs are people that follow routines in their life. If you should change their routine, they become very upset or violent and may even injure themselves.  These Agencies hire people that just want to do the job for the money and there is no bonding with the clients at all.  I always treated my clients like my children, I felt close to them. I still miss them very much and hope they can be happy.

Gossiping is one of the worst offences that can happy in a single group home. The ones that start the gossiping are the ones working at setting someone up. This is one of the ways and powers of evil that goes on.  The other is "lying no will confess that they made a mistake, or did any thing wrong, because management has such strict rules, it forces staff to lie to protect their job. Other times management can be very lax in rules for some and again strict with others. So we have sets rules for some and another set of rules for others.

My suggestion to you is switch to another house, or start looking for other employment, because your feelings maybe telling you something! "Go with your feelings"  I didn't and I got fired.