This place is a terrifying example of an evil, corrupt institution. George Vilagut is a money hungry, fake, lying sociopath active drug user. Do not trust him, Lana Richards, Stephanie Kouns, or anyone at this company. I worked there from February to August 2014 and I have seen the unthinkable. Here are the facts:
-Lana Richards poses as a doctor for insurance utilization reviews. She is a certified Addiction counselor (CAADE), no medical/psychology degree whatsoever.
-There are several clients that I was made aware of who have been made victims of severe insurance fraud by StepHouse, they are billing as a hospital for thousands of dollars per day, way above the level of care actually provided.
-on Monday August 4, 2014, George, the founder, was discovered by the former admissions director to be in possession of cocaine. When confronted, he proceeded to fire her, and another employee that same day.
-Wednesday of that week another employee was fired for knowledge of/discussing these events.
-George has been spotted several times by clients and employees with white residue under his nose.
-Other employees were asked to sign a document denying the "rumors" of his cocaine use in order to maintain their employment with StepHouse
-StepHouse requires their House Managers to work over 70 hours per week at a pay rate of $800 per month. I have seen 12 house managers in and out of SHR within 4 months. 5 of them relapsed due to the high stress environment and lack of consideration of their needs. NO ONE GIVES A S***
-They take in clients who are detoxing off alcohol and heroine and put them in a sober living with little supervision and no medical logs. The HM is required to distribute suboxone and monitor them while not getting paid hourly. Very corrupt and illegal.
this place is going down, down, down. It is only a matter of time. If you desire to get sober or work in a functional positive recovery environment, stay as far away from this place as humanly possible. It will suck you DRY.
Mr. Vilagut recently bought the house next door to us, in our established family community, with two elementary schools nearby. Apparently,our friends of 18 years had multiple offers but chose Vilagut because he lied to them about occupying the property himself. They thought he would make the best neighbor for all their friends here. They moved out of state, not knowing that what moved in was George's 7th detox house in HB--and 10 or more young men coming and going constantly. He has it listed as a single family dwelling...no permits with the state of California, the county or the city.
I have researched this man and found three things: his education is in business--not therapy. He had his teaching credential revoked by the state of California in 2009, about the time the third thing happened: a drug arrest for a huge amount of cocaine and cocaine related supplies, along with a loaded semi-automatic. I'm not sure that's why his credential was revoked but, as a teacher myself, I understand it must be something equally as serious for that to happen. A year later, he opens his first chemical dependency facility. I'm trying to find out what the result of that charge was. If he is a convicted felon, how can he open a drug related business? Can you help me?
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This place is a terrifying example of an evil, corrupt institution. George Vilagut is a money hungry, fake, lying sociopath active drug user. Do not trust him, Lana Richards, Stephanie Kouns, or anyone at this company. I worked there from February to August 2014 and I have seen the unthinkable. Here are the facts:
-Lana Richards poses as a doctor for insurance utilization reviews. She is a certified Addiction counselor (CAADE), no medical/psychology degree whatsoever.
-There are several clients that I was made aware of who have been made victims of severe insurance fraud by StepHouse, they are billing as a hospital for thousands of dollars per day, way above the level of care actually provided.
-on Monday August 4, 2014, George, the founder, was discovered by the former admissions director to be in possession of cocaine. When confronted, he proceeded to fire her, and another employee that same day.
-Wednesday of that week another employee was fired for knowledge of/discussing these events.
-George has been spotted several times by clients and employees with white residue under his nose.
-Other employees were asked to sign a document denying the "rumors" of his cocaine use in order to maintain their employment with StepHouse
-StepHouse requires their House Managers to work over 70 hours per week at a pay rate of $800 per month. I have seen 12 house managers in and out of SHR within 4 months. 5 of them relapsed due to the high stress environment and lack of consideration of their needs. NO ONE GIVES A S***
-They take in clients who are detoxing off alcohol and heroine and put them in a sober living with little supervision and no medical logs. The HM is required to distribute suboxone and monitor them while not getting paid hourly. Very corrupt and illegal.
this place is going down, down, down. It is only a matter of time. If you desire to get sober or work in a functional positive recovery environment, stay as far away from this place as humanly possible. It will suck you DRY.
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Mr. Vilagut recently bought the house next door to us, in our established family community, with two elementary schools nearby. Apparently,our friends of 18 years had multiple offers but chose Vilagut because he lied to them about occupying the property himself. They thought he would make the best neighbor for all their friends here. They moved out of state, not knowing that what moved in was George's 7th detox house in HB--and 10 or more young men coming and going constantly. He has it listed as a single family dwelling...no permits with the state of California, the county or the city.
I have researched this man and found three things: his education is in business--not therapy. He had his teaching credential revoked by the state of California in 2009, about the time the third thing happened: a drug arrest for a huge amount of cocaine and cocaine related supplies, along with a loaded semi-automatic. I'm not sure that's why his credential was revoked but, as a teacher myself, I understand it must be something equally as serious for that to happen. A year later, he opens his first chemical dependency facility. I'm trying to find out what the result of that charge was. If he is a convicted felon, how can he open a drug related business? Can you help me?