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Navigating Wellness The mission of Key Point is to provide quality behavioral health services in an environment committed to the

journey of wellness and recovery.

A monthly employee newsletter has been created to provide a positive outlet for encouragement, acknowledgement and laughter to the staff. This newsletter consists of various sections including new arrivals (births, marriages and new hires), “positive send-off’s”, kudos to

those employees who have gone above and beyond for their co-worker or client, a resource section for supervisors to reference, with directions on how to execute ways to recognize an employee

(example: sweetest employee/birthday celebrations, etc.) and various other components. If you would like to contribute to the monthly newsletter (kudos section or employee recognition ideas)

please e-mail “newsletter@keypoint.org”. Welcome to Key Point News!

Volume 2, Issue 3

“If you are using one of the silver

laptops, resetting your password in

the remote desktop is easy! All you have

to do is push and hold: ctrl+fn+alt and

then hit end. A window will open

allowing you the option to select

“reset password”. The reset password

option will guide you through reset-ting your password

and then you should be good to go!

Provided below is a picture displaying

the location of these buttons.

Tech Tip

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Monthly Events to Celebrate our Employees

Finance Friday Webinar

Learn tips on Budgeting and Saving! Friday, March 10, 2017, 12-1pm

Fitness Webinar: Walking

Walking is an effective exercise – learn ways to “spice up” walking so that it’s fun and safe.

Tuesday, March 14, 2017, 12-1pm

Free Pancakes I-Hop Free Rita’s Ice Tuesday, March 7 Monday, March 20 7am-7pm Noon-9pm

Grab a co-worker and enjoy!

Fun

Health

Education

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March 2017

March 2017

BIG thank you to Jen and Diane and the Streamline committee

for working so hard to get testing completed! Also, a

HUGE thank you to Joyce for volunteering to help get the

basement in Aberdeen functional and Russ for

coordinating the project!

Welcome, Julie Newman, LGPC

to the Dundalk Child and

Adolescent team!

Recognition of Good Team Players!

James Jones, Kristen Rogers, and Rachel Prezzano

Huge shout out to the Dundalk PRP and

Catonsville PRP for completely obliterating

their incentive goals for the month of January!

Great work everyone!

Ashley Schweers will be transferring from Harford

PRP to Harford OMHC (Offsite Therapist) on

March 6, 2017.

Welcome Eric Kuessner, LGSW to

Harford Clinic School-Based Welcome Alexandra Davis to the

Harford PRP!

Welcome Jamilla Thompson to the

Catonsville Outreach Team!

Shout out to Jayson Kilgus of the maintenance team for a great start to the 135 basement organization project that we started this week (2/20) His hard work is evident and you can already see an

improvement. Thank you also to Joyce and Gina for their hard work as well. I also want to wish the next wave of programs who are coming after Harford Clinic to do their part.

This project is a team effort and I would like to wish everyone luck!

Congratulations to Claire McNabb for obtaining her

LCPC!

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March 2017

Featured Employee Harford PRP Gina Colonna

Gina Colonna, is a psychiatric rehab counselor at the Harford County PRP. This is her first career in the mental health field where she states she has, “gained an understanding of mental illness symptoms and a greater sense of empathy for those living with it.” When asked what she enjoys the most about her position, Gina responded, “I love teaching art class. I love allowing people to explore their creative abilities. I find it challenging to wake up at 6:00 AM (but first, coffee).” Gina worked as a hotel receptionist before she joined the PRP team. She took the plunge a year and a half ago and moved from Pennsylvania to Maryland to begin her journey at Key Point as a rehab aide and later transferred to the position as PRP Counselor. Gina says her favorite activity while working at Key Point has been “attending the art show at the American Visionary Art Museum. The theme was “Walk in My Shoes”, relating to ending the stigmas of mental illness. Our very talented clients worked hard on their art pieces to display at the show.” Gina loves 4-wheeling and getting muddy! On her days off, she loves doing crafts and often spends her days doing DIY projects. She is passionate about everything having to do with the outdoors: gardening, beach, nature photography, hiking, camping, and sitting by a bonfire.

Gina took this picture after her

interview with Key Point in June 2015. If you could be anyone in any time period who

would it be? “I would be Scary Spice from the 90’s. I looked up to her growing up

because she was a bold, independent woman.

Take a minute to wish Gina Happy Birthday

March 13th!

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Thank you to those who participated in our annual employee satisfaction survey. Most of the employees who answered our annual survey have been employed with Key Point for at least 2 years in the administrative, rehabilitation or clinical programs. 60% of our employees completed our annual survey. This is a breakdown of the results. 1. How satisfied are you with your current position? 16% extremely satisfied 43% Quite satisfied 24% Somewhat satisfied 2. 56% of employees felt their efforts are sometimes noticed and appreciated by their supervisor and other administration as a valued employee and 36% of employees felt their efforts are always noticed and appreciated by their supervisor and other administration as a valued employee. 3. Rate of importance when determining the level of satisfaction in your job: #1 Job security-26.92% #2 Feeling like you made a difference-16.92% #3 Rate of Pay-14.29% #4 Feeling appreciated and valued-12.61% #5 Healthcare Benefits-8% #6 Retirement Benefits-4.72% #7 Advancement opportunities and relationships with co-workers-3.77% (tied) #8 Safe work environment-3.45% #9 The organization’s reputation-1.96% #10 Vacation/Paid Time Off-1.9% #11 Flexible Hours-0.93% #12 Feeling Challenged-0.88% 4. Stress level at work 40% feel stressed once in a while at work 31%-half of the time 21% most of the time 4% always 5. Have you ever experienced or witnessed bullying in the work place? 80% no 13% yes 6. Safety in the workplace 49%-feel safe most of the time 44%-feel safe all of the time Survey results continue on bottom of page 5

The Results are In!

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We “Donut” what we would do without you! Friday, March 3, 2017

National Employee Appreciation Day Check your community kitchen or conference area for a nice treat to

celebrate all of us!

Recharge your Brain 1. Half of the DNA in our body is an exact match to the DNA in a banana. 2. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 3. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is believed to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language. 4. Polar Bears have black skin. 5. Strawberries have more vitamin C than oranges. 6. Tongue prints are as unique as fingerprints. 7. For every pound of muscle gained, the body burns 50 extra calories every day. 8. A sneeze generates a wind of 166 km/hr (100 mi/hr), and a cough moves out at 100 km/hr (60 mi/hr). 9. Squirrels can’t burp or vomit. 10. Barn owls are normally monogamous, but about 25 percent of mated pairs “divorce.”

7. Supervisor Expectations 42% felt their supervisor’s expectations were very realistic 24% extremely realistic 28%-moderately realistic

8. Receive Positive Feedback from their Supervisor 32% said always 29% Often 35% Occasionally

9. Training 76% feel as if they can make mistakes at work in order to learn 69% felt they received adequate training

Survey Results Continued

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It was national play therapy week Feb 5th thru the 11th and Kathleen Bulson brought a very special stuffed friend to work to explore the Dundalk Clinic play room and she posted the attached flier around the clinic to promote play therapy.

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March 2017

Tuesday, March 7 7am-7pm

(some restaurants extend to 10pm)

3/2-Rebecca Levenson-Smith & Nicole McAnally & Bryan Prevette 3/5-Loleta Wilson 3/6-Madison Lester & Sandie Duncan 3/7-Tamika Moseley & Patrick McDonald 3/9-Charles Fairley 3/11-Ranjana Verma 3/13-Jeremy Selover & Gina Colonna 3/25-Waynnett Jones 3/14-Lindsey Weikert 3/27-Marta Wild & Olanrewaju Etti 3/15-Michelle Wipprecht 3/28-Julie Newman & Anna Stevens 3/17-Gina Juras-King 3/30-Ashley Woozley & Alisha Parks 3/20-Erika Hutcherson 3/23-Animashaun Bakari & Alex Raborg 3/24-Angela Toscano & Kristen Rogers

FREE short stack of

Original Buttermilk

Pancakes!

Samantha “Sam” Fitch was promoted on 1/30/17 from Office Assistant to Medical Assistant. Congratulations from the Harford Clinic!

Charles Kolawole Rehab Counselor City Residential

March 2017

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Please visit the following website for the latest job postings. If you are referring someone for a position, remind them to mention your name as the referring source in order to receive the employee

referral bonus.

http://www.keypoint.org/jobs.html

Current Job Postings March 2017

March 2017

March 3-National Day of Unplugging—turn off your computer and phone during your lunch break or after work and read a book, listen to music or go for a walk. March 12– Daylight Savings—-Welcome Spring with an extra hour of daylight! March 14-National Kick Butts Day—Great day to quit smoking! March 17-St. Patrick's Day—-Avoid the pinch! Wear your green! March 19-National Lets Laugh Day—Grab one of your favorite comedies and a group of friends for this national day. Everyone deserves a good laugh. March 24-Red Nose Day—Send pictures of your team wearing their red noses to help fight kids poverty. March 28-National Something on a Stick Day—Fried pickles, corn dogs, kabobs, popsicles, even candied bacon on a stick...the possibilities are endless.