youth worker

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Kings Home

A typical day at work looks the way you want it to look. The kids here need structure and most of them love routines and family centered activities. We cook together, we help them with their chores when needed, we teach them about maturity and getting older and on with life. Some of their behaviors can be challenging but the best part about it is helping them to overcome whatever it is that they are going through. We help them to build character, get jobs and graduate from school. I am not going to say that all of the children brought here make it through the program because some are not ready for what we offer but the ones that don't, Kings home finds a placement that is most suitable for them. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Being able to help some of the women and children. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The women not wanting structure or redirecting and the management supporting them. The women are very disrespectful to staff and the upper management (vp) allows it. Staff is not supported by management at all. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The environment can be very stressful and detrimental to your health . The salary  is not worth the stress and disrespect that you have to accept.  The upper management does not support the staff. This company does not care about the staff, their only concern is to receive the money from the Voca grant. They house mostly women with addictions that are still using and not domestic violence victims and they are not helping any of the women. They do not offer any meetings or classes to help assist the women. There only concern is to fill the beds and get the money. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
The day can go from being quiet to chaotic in a matter of minutes.

After training you are left to do your job. This is not good as the office can be non-responsive and the on-call number goes to voicemail. It can take multiple hours to receive a call back,if they even call back. Sometimes replacement staff doesn't arrive by the end of your shift and you must stay on regardless of personal commitments until replacement staff arrives. Some days house parents end up working two or three shifts without relief staff. The homes are not as well maintained as they should be. Maintenance can be rude and difficult to work with at times. Overall working with the youth is great, management seems to be a necessary evil.

My house parents were exhausted and bitter. As their assistant, they did not train me. The communication with them was non existent. They treated me with punity instead of as a peer. The youth picked up on this and it undermined my authority. There were constant contradictions in communication with house parents.
The worst part, there was no program wide policy for bullying. It was Lord of the Flies including management, houseparents, youth and pets. Administration unable to improve with my relationship with houseparents.
I was so sad for the youth whom I was there for. Unfair treatment.
I believe they are doing their best. Just not good enough.
Learned I was paid less than a man hires for same job at same time. I am a woman studying for my masters at the time. He was a career bus driver. 

If you are looking at this job for the money, this may not be for you. If God is calling you to the ministry of helping youth deal with past trauma and be prepared for a bright future, there is no better place than King's Home. A Challenging and Rewarding place to be, you get as much out of it as you put in, If you want someone to solve all the situations that come up daily for you, this may not be ideal. IF you are willing to get in the trenches and work hard for a purpose come to King's Home.

I love going to work every day. Yes, there are challenges because we are serving clients who have many needs. Some days are really hard, but I feel supported by my director, coworkers and higher management. Our mission is to support and encourage women who are homeless and/or leaving abusive situations. We strive to empower them so that they never have to find themselves in this situation again. Some of our clients are with children who have special needs of their own. No one is left out. I believe in the mission of King's Home and I am so very thankful to be a part of this loving, caring group of people (family). 

The company is not very organized and communication is poor between administration and in-home staff. Most days I worked in the home alone with 5-7 kids. Some staff did not uphold the rules and allowed the kids to do what they wanted. After bringing concerns to the administration, nothing was done about this. Very understaffed because the turnover rate is so high. Do not work here if you do not have a heart for truly serving these kids and ASSISTING their healing and growth. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
There was absolutely nothing good about working for King’s Home. The President was about pocketing more money for himself than providing for the children. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
You worked a lot of hours with very  little time off. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Poor moral and the facilities were nasty and also roaches in the office. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Worked 10-12 hours and never received help. President pushed his work onto me.

Not the easiest job but definitely the most rewarding. Going in knowing I can make a difference in someone's life is awesome. I learned to be patient and why it's important to explain to the residents why I make a decision. Management is good, could improve on communication but being a 24/7 operation and down house parents that could be difficult. 

The hardest part of the job is watching trauma takeover residents.

Most enjoyable part of the job is the freedom to take residents on outings.

While King's Home has a marvelous mission, which I support, there is no support for its employees. Working with the kids and being able to change their lives was definitely the best part about this job. I've made connections with girls that I will cherish forever.  The job itself can be hard and is not for everyone, but most people who leave do not leave because of the type of job but because of the lack of support and appreciation of the staff. There is also a lot of disorganization.

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