direct support professional

janitor

personal trainer

crisis response specialist

case manager

Ada S. McKinley Community Services

You never know what to expect working in a residential facility.  For me, I found this to be the most interesting part of having the job, because I am easily bored and so I like having the opportunity to learn or engage in something different on a daily basis.  
Clients typically do not have the same personality so that allows myself to engage with people as they are, which is on different levels of the spectrum.  
I enjoy working with the client and getting to know them, not as their diagnosis, but as a person.  

For myself, the hardest part of my job was learning the specific dietary restrictions of clients when preparing their foods.  I had the opportunity to be a cook for 14 residents and each required their own special diet.  

I personally never had a issue with management, however, I am the type of employee that comes to work and do my job and goes home.  However, issues I was aware of that did involve management, I saw no stagnation.  It was immediately handled in a timely and professional manner.
 
I can say that my days were pretty enjoyable.  I've learned that work is only difficult when you make it that way.

The staff works well together, family oriented company, A social service organization that provides services to children, adults, and seniors. I worked in the area of Head Start, the department consisted of the following staff: Head Start Director, Education Coordinator; Social Worker, Health/Disability Coordinator, Health Assistant, Paraprofessionals, and Mental Health. This was the team that helped bring quality services to children ages 0 to 5. our agency had 4 sites and partnered with 9 other private programs that had Head Start Funding.  The team does weekly visits to all sites to monitor Health Records, making sure all enrolled children were up to date on immunizations, we also monitored the facility to make sure there were no health codes and the site are clean and safe. The education coordinator monitored the developmental growth of the children through screenings and observation. The children with special needs were received well, and very inclusive in the program.

Management is terrible, doesn't listen to staff or communicate effectively. issues are often ignored until they become legal issues. The environment is very hostile throughout the agency. Upper management is very clique like, if you don't want to be their friend or reveal personal information about yourself, or gossip continuously, you will be basically bullied into quitting. Many employees are bullied into doing their jobs the wrong way, as most of the upper management is under qualified or just not skilled enough to hold positions of Director, VP or CEO. The culture that is promoted is "One Ada" but that is the furthest thing from what this organization represents. There is no clear communication or team work. Management will let you fail to make it an issue with your performance, instead of training staff on how to do things the right way. Processes are outdated, management is stuck doing things the wrong way, the culture is reactive and not proactive.

For this to be a social service agency there is not much focus on doing what is best for the individuals that the agency serves. The staff is overworked and under paid, while upper management rakes in 6 figure salaries. There have been no raises/cost of living increases in over 10 years. There is a disconnect between upper management and staff. There is such a lack of communication throughout the agency as well as a lack of respect. Staff moral is very low, and  training's are nonexistent for staff. Management is not proactive they are reactive Which makes it hard to provide effective services to the individuals that we serve, and to do your job effectively. 

There are people who are in a managerial position who can't even complete a thought without assistance, but hold those positions because they are liked by upper management!

I  supervise eight part time employees on a daily basis. I'm required to Visits both of my  target Elementary Schools to identify, recruit and otherwise serve program participants. I Meet regularly with participants to ensure that they register and maintain a rigorous academic course of study and familiarize them with educational opportunities and available financial resources for educational objectives.• I establishes and maintains effective communications with high schools offering educational opportunities to students. I upload student information in EVOLV which is our company's database system.• I maintains liaison with students, parents, schools, funding agencies, testing centers and other individuals and organizations to resolve problem students may encounter prior to or after placement.

Janitors are an important part of a big important building, like a Federal Building. It  is the janitors that keep it looking clean. Without any janitors maintaining the building, the building would be a sloppy, dirty mess, filled with peoples litter and garbage that they created. 

The people who work in the building would have to clean all of the mess created if it were not for the janitors. They would have to stop their regular job just to clean the building.. For instance the judge might be cleaning his or her own chambers and bathroom instead of trying to judge. The lawyers would be vacuuming and shoveling snow instead of being lawyers and so forth.

That is why a janitor is an important job. Without them, places would be a mess unless the people who work at those places would also clean those places if you ever go to a federal building or any kind of big building

My typical day at work is dealing with my clients issues such as being late to school, not coming to school, de-escalating a situation, helping fill out job applications, and just everyday issues that their are having in their lives in school or at home. I learn something new from my clients everyday. Management doesn't understand that being a Mentor is a hands on 24 hours a day job and if you are not available for the clients you may very well lose them. My co-workers are very supportive. The hardest part of my job is not having the resources to always help with what my clients need. The most enjoyable part of my job is having that connection with my clients and knowing that whatever they are going through they know that they have a place and person who they trust to confide in and seeing my students walk across that stage on graduation day.

A great place to work, with the con; as a not-for-profit agency with dependency on government funding, staff may not receive timely compensation for a job well done.  As most employees at the upper level rarely leave upward movement is slow.

My typical day begain with assuring that the breakroom and conference room were fully stocked and ready for refreshments for staff and visitors.  Assuring that all financial responsibilities were up to date with reports and invoicing submitted timely.  Being readily accessable to the director or other management staff for financial or travel updates and reviews.

Assure that staff had supplies and other hardware/software required for position responsibility.

A typical day at work was helping to create ways to keep at-risk youths focused in the classroom.  I learned students need a sense of security in order to be open with staff.  While learning students strengths and weaknesses in academics it allowed me to recommend tutoring so they could become successful in their high school education as well as being prepared for college.  Other programs implemented in the curriculum gave students the sense of independence and responsibility.   The culture of the workplace was family oriented between staff and students.  The hardest part of the job were times when students wanted to give up on their education,   however, as a mentor I continued to stress the importance of the choices being made.  The most enjoyable part of the job was watching students graduate and go to college.

I woked very hard for this company with very little pay and no support from the employees nor the company. I had to work for both offices even though the other person worked her for 15+years but I had to do her work because she refused to go to the computer classes offered. I learned nothing with this company and most of the employees were slackers. The hardest part of the job was trying to do my job and the job in the other office. The most enjoyable part of the job was the clients I had to interact with, the children were adorable and I felt sorry for the mental problems they had to deal with, but after I started interacting with them I saw the smile on their faces and I knew I could make a difference with them, it made the job easier to handle.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Direct support professional 14 salaries reported	$21.29 per hour
Janitor 14 salaries reported	$17.65 per hour
Personal trainer 17 salaries reported	$18.50 per hour
Crisis response specialist 3 salaries reported	$24.67 per hour
Case manager 3 salaries reported	$55,833 per year

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