community supervision specialist

case manager

accounting coordinator

residential counselor

recruiting coordinator

Alston Wilkes Society

What is the best part of working at the company?
Being able to provide support to the residents that are served there. It's very fulfilling

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Unprofessional co-workers and management. It's like working at a day care. People are so messy and gossip. They treat the inmates like trash. It's the worst environment ever. Full of very incompetent people. I would not have applied to work there. The people that work there are horrible. There's only a few actually good hearted people but they get lost in the circus. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It's so stressful and a horrible work environment. Please don't apply to work there. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Full of gossip and cleaning up the mess of incompetent people.

Alston Wilkes provides life skills to homeless veterans, parolees, at-risk youth and their families. Non-profits generally do not pay a lot of money for salaries but that is balanced by the good works we all did.

The most fun was when I was able to bring Miss America, whose platform was helping homeless veterans, to visit us for a day. The veterans enjoyed her visit as she met one-on-one with them.

I publicized the event, arranged for the Mayor of the City of Columbia to present a key to the city, and escorted Miss America to various events and places.

I wrote grant proposals for the Alston Wilkes Society as well.

Alston Wilkes Society has a fast past and challenging work environment with Parolees.  Working for Alston Wilkes Society afforded me the opportunity to use my counseling and drug and alcohol skills with this unique population.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Flexibility is great 
HR needs work 
Management needs work 
ED should retire 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Incompetent coworkers 
Lack of accountability 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Stagnant 
Nepotism 
Hostile 
Petty 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Go to work 
Keep your head down 
Go home safely

A typical day at Alston Wilkes would be to complete all prison visits and classes. This was a very rewarding job for me. I worked with prison inmates planning there re-entry to society. I learned to deal with all types of inmates, even the ones incarcerated for murder. The hardest part of the job was job Placement. There most enjoyable part of the job was a low recidivism rate the following year.

The management have no respect for your at home life. Even after working 250 hours in May/June to keep the company open after being shut down because five employees had Covid-19. Now they are opening back up and putting their employees in Extreme danger to contract the coronavirus AGAIN! This place only cares about MONEY! NonProfit my behind! OH and I’m Only Part Time

What is the best part of working at the company?
Flexible work hours. Work is very rewarding. good pay

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
There is not m
uch stress at all

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work at different locations some are great some needs improvement 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Assisting clients with basic needs entering data

My typical day was desk work and counseling inmates and facilitating groups. I learned to be more organized and manage my time. My manager was tough. Manager went by policy and procedures most of the time. My co-workers were helpful. It was difficult at times when co-workers brought their problems to work. I enjoyed working with my clients knowing that I helped them become better.

For the most part, the students that where refereed to Alston Wilkes are students who had behavioral issues in a traditional public school setting. Therefore, at times the tension is high, arguments and fights among students are common, and some days, teachers that are assigned to the organization have difficulties in teaching their lesson.

What is the best part of working at the company?
My job was truly rewarding! Also my coworkers were beyond amazing!

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The hours and wearing to many hats!

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Lonely unless at head quarters

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy but rewarding!
Interacting with multiple people lots of travel.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Community supervision specialist 24 salaries reported	$19.13 per hour
Case manager 24 salaries reported	$51,104 per year
Accounting coordinator 1 salary reported	$35,000 per year
Residential counselor 2 salaries reported	$14.50 per hour
Recruiting coordinator 3 salaries reported	$43,078 per year

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