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Richmond Times-Dispatch The Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents, a mental health hospital in Staunton, only has enough nurses and direct-service aides to safely operate 18 of its 48 beds. File 2018, RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH
Stauntonâs Commonwealth Center for Children & Adolescents, the only state mental hospital for children, can safely operate just 18 of its 48 beds. File 2018, RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH
Dr. Jaime Bamford, director of the Staunton facility, said the center is struggling with mandatory overtime and worker burnout. File 2018, RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH
Dr. Jack Barber, then acting director of Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents in Staunton, is shown at the facility in 2018. Barber, a psychiatrist, served in the position for a year ....
MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch STAUNTON â When the aides who work at Commonwealth Center for Children & Adolescents pick up lunch at a local convenience store or buy their groceries, they see signs advertising jobs paying $14 to $15 an hour. But when they return to work, theyâre making as little as $12.58 an hour for a job that requires them to work directly with children and teens who may be psychotic, suicidal and violent. âThey work 16-hour days and get hit,â said Nancy Snead, the centerâs human resources manager, who has to face those facts while trying to fill 50 vacant jobs for direct-service aides at the only state mental hospital for children and adolescents in Virginia. ....
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