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Wheeler Clinic provides a comprehensive continuum of behavioral health, special education, community justice, foster care, employee assistance and wellness services to more than 30,000 individuals and families each year.

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Wheeler Clinic Selected Top Workplace; Receives Special Award for Employee Training

September 16, 2013

Wheeler Clinic is pleased to announce that it has been selected as one of The Hartford Courant and FOXCT Top Workplaces. Wheeler placed sixth among large employers with more than 500 employees. Wheeler received a Special Award for Training based on standout scores in employee responses to the survey question, "I get the formal training I want for my career."

"We are incredibly proud to be a 2013 Top Workplace," said Susan Walkama, LCSW, President and CEO of Wheeler Clinic. "The innovative and talented employees who work at Wheeler share a value system and dedication that achieve exceptional outcomes for the individuals and families who engage Wheeler services. We're honored to provide a workplace that supports Wheeler employee efforts to foster positive change across Connecticut."

Wheeler is a vibrant, community-based non-profit with more than 850 employees serving over 30,000 individuals and families across the lifespan and throughout Connecticut. Wheeler's advanced continuum of person-centered care includes programs focused on mental health and substance abuse recovery services, primary care, child welfare, special education, early childhood, community justice, foster care, employee assistance and prevention and wellness programs. Wheeler features a workforce as broad and diverse as the consumers the organization serves.

The Top Workplaces are determined based solely on employee feedback. The employee survey is conducted by WorkplaceDynamics, LLP, a leading research firm on organizational health and employee engagement. WorkplaceDynamics conducts regional Top Workplaces programs with 37 major publishing partners and recognizes a list of 150 National Top Workplaces.

The Hartford Courant and FOXCT published the complete list of Top Workplaces on September 15th. For more information about the Top Workplaces lists and WorkplaceDynamics, please visit Top Workplaces or visit Workplace Dynamics.

Wheeler Clinic, founded in 1968, is a statewide, independent, not-for-profit, community-based organization that provides a comprehensive continuum of mental health and substance abuse recovery services, primary care, child welfare, special education, early childhood, community justice, foster care, employee assistance and prevention and wellness programs. The clinic serves more than 30,000 children, adolescents and adults across Connecticut each year. For more information, visit their website.

 
 

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