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April 2023 by TopGun M.
I was a special education teacher for 2 years at the East Mountain School. My salary was slightly lower to what I made in public school, but with fewer deductions, I saw MORE money in my paychecks. Hackensack offers a great 403b/401k retirement plan.HMH's benefits are excellent as long as you visit their doctors. The problem is that HMH has virtually no medical offices in Somerset or Hunterdon Counties which is where most Carrier employees live. The nearest facility to the Raritan/Delaware Valley area is JFK Hospital in Edison and all the rest are in Monmouth and Ocean Counties. RWJ Barnabas is the dominant healthcare provider in that area and they tend to favor their own insurance over HMH's, so keep that in mind if health benefits are your priority.Leadership always treated me well. I got along great with people from other units, but my building was very clique-ish; especially with the therapists and instructional assistants AKA: Techs. One thing I noticed was that they were given responsibilities that in public school: teachers and administrators would normally handle. Although their tasks greatly reduced my workload, it allowed them to have too much input on administrative decisions and daily operations. The vibe I got was they felt superior to the teachers. Some were condescending in nature with how they spoke to students and staff especially this 1 young female Tech who was interrupted my class a few times to do such. Put her in her place real quick!We also had this one arrogant, self-centered math teacher who always tried to 1-up administration with his brilliant ideas and suggestions. He even acted like a supervisor by trying to add responsibilities to my workload. Because he was an amateur ballplayer in these minor-league, no-name private schools and never had Major-League teaching experience, I was easily able to expose him and his inferior leadership skills.Despite East Mountain's obsolete educational resources, I had very few problems with the students because of my strong urban public school special ed background. In fact, the students were quite enjoyable to teach and I easily earned their respect. The one major challenge was staffing. Not only was EMS always understaffed, but most teachers I worked with had little or no experience teaching this caliber of student. Some were still taking classes to become certified when I got hired. Other employees were here one day, then mysteriously gone the next. These factors combined with a rapidly growing student enrollment made working here challenging at times.I felt like a respected and valued employee until I gave my 30 days notice that I was leaving to take a job closer to home. No one in a Leadership position ever responded to my resignation, reached out to thank me for my service or extended any well-wishes. Instead, HMH immediately canceled my health benefits which breached the separation clause in my contract. They tried to say I was terminated even though I produced airtight documentation proving I resigned on my own accord. It took several strongly-worded emails and phone calls to make this right.Whether due to an honest mistake or a blatant act of retaliation, this inexcusable wrongdoing significantly reduced the level of gratitude and respect I once had. As a result, the good times and pleasant memories working here are now becoming harder to remember.
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April 2023 by 愛子 ?.
went here when I was 13 for a week not even due to the doctor deeming me fit to go out, but in reality they were just trying to get me out as fast as possible with no help. I'm not any better than I was after I went here. In fact I'm even more traumatized. place is barely adequate for anyone, and it'll just make you more insane! * first got here and they stripped searched of all my clothes told me to squat, and had to do what they said. without me nor my parents permission in front of about 4 people. with the door wide open for everyone else to see..* and not even a week later a staff member was close to doing something to a girl in her sleep, I won't go into detail but yeah. you can search it up if you'd like theres an article somewhere about it. * this place is a one person fits all place which just makes it more worse off than it already is.* they use sedatives and restraints, saw my roommate get manhandled and getting juiced up, later passed out. due to her not complying with staff over the littlest of things. * they over due it on the meds, I was put on prozac, then some other meds and I was a total zombie just like everyone else there! had to be taken off a little while later.* I just stayed in my room half of the time I was there, counting the long but short days I had left. it felt like an eternity. because I had nothing to do at all. *barely any outside time, but if you do somehow get to go outside, you go in a small fenced off space for only a little bit. * a worker there saw me laughing and in front of all of the kids there said "oh she's laughing!" and they all just turned and stared at me.. that remark that she was was totally unnecessary.. * the Indian looking doctor/psychiatrist or whatever I suppose that had me as a patient, could care less about what I had to say about anything. he just said "yeah go on" "ok" didn't act like he cared at all. * nor did the front desk lady who checked me in the night I got there, she was rude for no reason at all. * food was gross.* beds are as thin as gym mats, the white walls are cold. * this one took the cake tho, they forced me to talk to get out of there quickly. tho I have selective mutism and can barely even socialize lol they don't care. I could go on. did more harm than good. I'm even more traumatized due to this place. and what I've seen here.wonder why and how this place is still operating.. no wonder why people are too afraid to get the help they need and suffer in silence.. I see why. don't go here for your sake or your childs sake. save yourself or them the trauma from going here. it's not worth it in the end.
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January 2023 by T S.
Great staff!Nice rooms and they have awesome counselors The food wasn't super but it wasn't bad either
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September 2022 by John R.
i have little info about this facility my son was transfered here yesterday. i called to see if he arrived, staff i spoke to had no idea,checked said not yet. i called hospital which transferred him . called me back and confirmed he was there after speaking with someone there. now it' saturday afternoon why wasn't he met by a social worker then not having to wait til monday, who knows when. also why to i have to make visitation through a social worker?what are the hiding?also spoke to my son this morning sunday. he told me he didn't think this facility was helpful i,called staff this morning there biggest concern was that i had their direct phone number. compassionate care seems to be missing.
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August 2022 by Dan C.
In a word...NO...do not even consider Carrier Clinic for any mental healthcare needs. The staff is overworked and not very caring. Besides the peacocks that wander about the outside areas they give patients no mental stimulation, except 2 ridiculous group sessions per day. I was there during the summer and the AC was not operating and they made no attempt to have it repaired. The rooms are bare to a fault and the food reminded me of the gruel that Oliver Twist was served.The Doctors, nurses and social workers pay no regard to your input. They come up with a game plan and stick to it despite the side effects it may cause and then they still refuse to make any changes. The Doctors are haughty, the age old "Doctor is god" complex. One Doctor, Dr. Anatoly Vasilov, is a prime example of that. He changed some of my medication and added a new one to the regime. My pharmacy, as required, has been calling him every day since the beginning of last week (it is now Friday of the following week) to ask him a few questions about the new medication. I have been calling him since Tuesday of this week. All the calls have gone to his voice mail and he has not responded to any of them. What is the sense of putting me on a new medication if he won't take two minutes to make a call to the pharmacy so I can get the medication? This behavior is the overall type of behavior of the staff. They just don't care.Patients are threatened with commitment on a daily basis as a means to regulate behavior. This is not particuarly helpful. Patients will only tell the staff what they want to hear for fear of being committed.I can go on and on about how awful Carrier Clinic is and how detrimental it will be to your mental health if you check yourself in there. But I won't. You probably get the gist from all the other reviews as well. What I will say is that my mental health is worse now, and getting worse on a daily basis, than it was the day I checked in. If you or a loved one is thinking of going there for treatment, don't. You will leave there far worse off than when you went in and you'll be miserable the entire time you're there. Going to Carrier Clinic is too much of a risk to take with your mental health.
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March 2022 by Sylviana F.
This place is awful my adolescent granddaughter whom I have custody' of, has been there 3 days I can't speak to anyone about her I have left messages for the social workers and directors, they will not transfer your calls to the unit, even the nurse won't call back, it's awful, they are so nasty, I feel they are holding her hostage Please I need help I'm lost
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December 2021 by Garrett P.
Went to day school was horrible i was 11. I am good now but staff was abusive and people were just sick i would like to sue this place...
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October 2021 by Deborah D.
We had a loved one at Carrier for about 10 weeks. It was terrible! They over-medicated her to the point where she was practically catatonic, refused to let us talk to her other than three one minute Zoom calls, AND told her we abandoned her. This resulted in her refusing to eat or take any meds and getting very sick. Even though we have health care power of attorney they would not tell us her diagnosis, prognosis or anything and because she refused meds/food she kept getting recommitted. We finally got her out with the help of a law firm specializing in elder care and New Jersey Long-Term Care Ombudsman-independent agency providing protection and advocacy for individuals in long term care facilities, including psychiatric hospitals.nj.gov/ooie/contact.shtml 1-877-582-6995. Once they realized we were not going to stop advocating for her and demanding she be released they finally assigned a new social worker who was much more professional, allowed a brief visit where we let her know we had not abandoned her. She is now recovering in a sub-acute care facility that is 5 star and we visit regularly and talk to her every day.
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March 2021 by Dan H.
I wont go to deep into my story but my visit to this place changed my life for the better. Alot of people post negative reviews on this place but thats probably because they didnt get themselves involved. Its hard to take the step of going here, however, once you do theres a burning light at the end of the tunnel and for the first time i saw it. Being surrounded by so many people all there for a similar reason is truly something welcoming especially when they all have your back. This place is magic. I will never forget my experience and i will never run out of thanks to give.
