Oct 19th, 2007 the Alaska Salvation Army had 15 non-food job openings.
here also Feb 22, '07 July 25, '07
The Clitheroe background check.
A background check on me is typical for a bipolar person. , except I have a very pro-management history.
The first time I interviewed it was apparent what the Clitheroe directors were looking for.
Loyal to management.
Religious affiliations.
The "religion" of the Salvation Army people I worked with in Anchorage is the same as the religion of the gold miners I worked with in Alaska and Latin America. Both groups are after material comfort, but the Salvation Army Directors want to convince other people that they are "holy", too. It's not really about any god or any virtue.
The Salvation Army posted the job below, 4 weeks before closing Detox.
The job pays $12.50 an hour and has incredible benefits.
here also Feb 22, '07 July 25, '07
8 of them were at Clitheroe Point Woronzof.
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
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. - Anyone should be able to staff Clitheroe easily. The holdup seems to be the background check. 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. Waiting for a new hire's "background check" is an ongoing joke at Clitheroe.
- They are not looking for an arrest record. Like many bipolar people I go to jail seasonally.
- They are not worried about drug use. Several employees were hard narcotics users. In fact, there were a number of employees that have not peed clean in years. [Ask the H.R. Director how they got past that step].
- Maybe criminal abuse of authority in the health care field? Something that would cause a professional license to be reviewed? No. There is staff with recent, serious history of that.
A background check on me is typical for a bipolar person. , except I have a very pro-management history.
- Clitheroe Directors want workers who are loyal to management.
- Treatment Center qualifications are secondary, except where required for funding / administrative purposes.
The perpetual staff shortage seems to be the result of screening for "loyal" employees.
People who won't question Directors about misconduct, including financial abuses.
People who won't question Directors about misconduct, including financial abuses.
The first time I interviewed it was apparent what the Clitheroe directors were looking for.
Loyal to management.
The "religion" of the Salvation Army people I worked with in Anchorage is the same as the religion of the gold miners I worked with in Alaska and Latin America. Both groups are after material comfort, but the Salvation Army Directors want to convince other people that they are "holy", too. It's not really about any god or any virtue.
- 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 enthusiastic support for civil rights.
- The Salvation Army policy 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.