MERIDIAN HEALTH SERVICES Employer Reviews

Each work day starts early, and is busy up until 5:00 pm and later. Sometimes we get called out to the hospital ER for a client who is threatening suicide. We then have to assess them and find an appropriate place to place them where they can get help. The co-workers are great. The hardest part of the job is being "on call" at night and on the weekends. – more... The most enjoyable part of the job is seeing clients get what they need and get better. – less

It's not bad, a dead-end job though. Not any room for advancement and no benefits for part time employees

All work day 8 to 5.
Trainig and meeting always held over lunch time and client schedule right up and immediately after meetings.
However, training was paid for within a set financial limit.
Co-workers very friendly and accepting

This place is difficult to work as a case manager due to the unethical working conditions.

It was a great working experience. Some of the morals weren't so great!

Greet clients, schedule appointments, answer phones, take payments, process intake for new clients. I learned that even the most upset client can be calmed with kind words. Management was not good. Loved my co-workers. The lack of communication was a big concern that wasted everyone's time. I loved seeing clients progress because of our help.

I work with kids with developmental disabilities and also kids in the foster care. I pick them up and spend time with them in order to increase social, coping skills and model appropriate behaviors.

Meridian Services cares very much for their clients and tries to make sure that client's are first priority with staff. Staff works together for the good of the clients. A typical day at work encompasses a minimum for five hours of billable time seeing clients. A Case Manager might assist a client at the grocery, food pantry, doctor visit, or emergency – more... room visit, or just meet with them at their home to make sure they are provided with services to assist them in their daily lives.
I learned to document everything and to word documentation in a format that is acceptable to Medicaid/Medicare. Notes must be submitted within 47 hours and sometimes this is hard to accomplish. A 15 minute contact might take as long to write a note as a five hour contact.
For the most part management was helpful, friendly and willing to answer questions. My co-workers were awesome to work with and became a team for the betterment of the client.
The hardest part of the job was when a client failed at their personal goal and you felt like you were failing also.
The most enjoyable part of the job was watching the clients achieve even a small victory. It might be for some one week sober/drug free or one year or ten years, each was a huge victory to them.
Another enjoyable part of the job was the inpromptu lunches where staff met to get away from work for just a little while. – less