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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.
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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.