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This company looks great on your resume, it's well known and it's a great stepping stone to get you where you want if you want to work in this field. However, the everyday work day there is not one you'll enjoy. The way the company is run as a whole is horrible. The lack of care for their employees is clear as day. The conditions that management allow the youth/young adults to live, work, and learn in is horrible, and they only provide the bare minimum. They take a lot of pics for the press to have a nice outward appearance but the truth is behind closed doors it like a run-down nursing home for special needs children. The pay is a joke, the way they handle your business is even more laughable. There is no advancement, and most employees want to leave over moving up in the company even if there were advancement available, this is due to the lack of pay and bad working conditions. This is why you will ALWAYS see this company on sites like this because the turn over rate is crazy. It's not that no one last or they are not cut out for the job it's because the job is not worth the stress!

After being with this company for nearly 20 years, I found out that every employee was expendable  within a proverbial hit list by upper management. 
Being away for over five years has not helped my point of view on this organization. 
They are ruthless for the bottom line, that which lines the pockets of those in charge. 
Never expect to have your concerns considered and watch your back as far as coworkers. Many will throw you in front of the bus if they think you don't fit in with everyone else. 
Assisting individuals with life skills and academic development on a daily basis is rewarding, yet taxing, you truly have to love what you do. It's not for everyone, and if you are able to handle office politics, this job is for you. Though honestly, there are many other better companies to work for. 

Benedictine is really about the people you work WITH not FOR. It’s about the clients we support and how employees can work together to enrich their lives and support their goals and desires. I’ve learned that even the smallest gesture can have a profound impact on someone and it is incredibly fulfilling to be given the opportunity to do this every week. That being said, the hardest part of the job is getting through the difficult moments that inevitably arise when working with people, but they build your patience and better equip you for future dilemmas. The organization has a workplace culture that is unequivocally kind and accepting; management genuinely cares about their employees and most importantly, the individuals they’re there for. 

The job itself is reward. Working with the kids, seeing their development and how much you impact their lives when you genuinely care about the work you do. The problem comes in with management and the work environment. I’ve witnessed staff do unspeakable things and it’s get swept under the rug depending on the employee. I’ve witness staff being fired for voicing opinions and concerns about the work place. The higher ups at the job have their own group and you will be singled out if you don’t fit their ideology. It’s a lot of politics that go on behind the scenes and the good employees or the ones who who actually care normally pay the price for it. If you can get over that part of the job, you’ll be fine but for those who genuinely care, it’s not the worth mental drainage. 

A typical evening at work for me consists of arriving, helping clients with their ADL's as well as providing them with afternoon snacks. after that is complete, we follow our evening schedule until it is time for dinner. Showers and bed follows. I've learned more about mental disabilities as well as physical ailments that could accompany those. The hardest part of the job is never knowing what kind of behavior or situation you will be walking into on The most enjoyable part of the job is seeing the smiles on our clients faces when we do a preferred activity or they get their positive reinforcements or praise.

This place is like highschool all over again. Everyone has cliques , the staff are lazy, as well as short staffed. Your overworked and underpaid & management doesn’t care. They don’t care if you are struggling to complete all tasks, they will sit in their offices nice and comfy & let you struggle rather then help & then complain when you don’t complete all tasks. The individuals in their care DO NOT get the care that they deserve & it’s ashame. They barely have any staff so be prepared to do 3 times the amount of work that you would do if they were actually correctly staffed.

A typical day starts on a Friday night with getting the residential student ready for bed and getting the dirty laundry washed. I check each students room once every hour to make sure is safe and sound and no irritation. I wake the students up in the morning for showers, help them get dressed and walk them down to the school for breakfast. The management has always been flexible and willing to work with me. I've never had a problem with any staff, they're a very good group of people. The hardest part of the job is not being able to work more hours, but the most enjoyable part is the relaxing and stress free environment.

The facility itself has changed over the years, the mission that was once valued and followed has gone into a different direction. Overworked employees at low pay rates is equivalent to a high turnover rate. As a result short staffing issues come into play. The management is very inexperienced focusing more so on the quantity of intake number versus the quality of care. Many students do not receive the services that they should because the school is not equipped to provide based on their needs and regression instead of progression sets in for the individuals. It is really disheartening

This company is racist and plays favoritism. If you apply for a management position and your black, you won't get the position. Management and everyone in the offices do not help and do not listen to the there employees! This company steal money from the kids they bring in and treat the kids with no respect as far as management goes. They're under staffed and no communication between management and staff. They accept kids with dangerous behavior instead of Autistic children, putting all of the other children at risk for any type of harm. This place is the worst to work for!!

As a therapist, my direct supervisor was amazing. She was one of the best clinicians I have ever worked with, and I feel lucky to have learned from her. However, her supervisors, the principal and vice principal, were overtly unsupportive, publicly demeaning and denigrating therapists, including their job performance and even the need for their services. They fired staff without warning. It was a horrible work environment.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Direct support professional 21 salaries reported	$19.48 per hour
Counselor 3 salaries reported	$22.24 per hour
Group manager 6 salaries reported	$25.16 per hour
Educational assistant 3 salaries reported	$19.21 per hour
Administrative assistant 1 salary reported	$18.50 per hour

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