Be cautious. Doing your job well and even going above and beyond does not ensure you will have a job the next day. On the positive side, working with this population and building rapport with clients in a residential setting is an asset to the therspeutic process. The mixture of roles with leading groups , having individual sessions and family therapy was a wonderful experience. Case loads are often very full, which is not a problem... until you get sick or injured and have to miss a few days. This then throws everything out of balance since there is no backup for staff. Become an inconvenience once and even with a dr excuse, you will be let go. Clients-great. No job security or respect and appreciation for the staff.