Waste of Time and Energy // Beware - Program Assistant Abilities Employee Review

1.0
Apr 22, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Will help you complete CPR, First Aid, Med Aide 1, and CPI training.

Cons

Dictatorial, sneaky management. You must work major holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. Does not need justification to terminate you. Emotionally draining. Lack of in home resources to complete job description. The average employee lasts less than 7 months unless they work in the office. The office does not look out for program assistants. Violent clientele.

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Abilities Response
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Hello! We know that working major holidays really sucks sometimes! Unfortunately, most of our individuals do not have family of their own. This means our Direct Support staff are required to work some holidays - we don't want our individuals alone on the holidays! Re: "violent clientele" - some of our individuals do have aggressive behaviors and that is tough for all involved. We do try to provide the best training we can (Tools of Choice) to assist our staff with those difficult situations. Thank you for your feedback.

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