senior counselor

certified medical assistant

senior clerk

administrative assistant

probation officer

Lake County, IL

Awful oversight of the homes themselves, which is why it was closed throughout the state after I resigned. The repairs needed and inattention to clients' ISPs came to light with many violations to the state. I was not a part of that. I did my best to provide case management for some very mentally ill youthful offenders(pedophiles) who were also developmentally disabled. Population doesn't get much more complicated than that. The HR staff and the manager of the program directors rarely came to the homes or met with staff, which led to too much bickering and insecurity for the staff I supervised. I supervised three shifts of direct care staff who were often unmotivated and negative. If they called off a shift, I had to go to the home, whatever time it was. Made for a very long day. Many of the youth were in guardianship out of the county, and so I transported them to their county agencies or custodians monthly at least. This was fine, except it took me away for a day a month from supervising the shift staff and other clients in the three homes.

I chose a Public Health job because of the hours: I needed week-day hours because I had three young children and my husband was being deployed. We needed my income; I had to work and I like being a nurse. My co-workers were all more experienced than I and were willing to discuss cases and give me pointers. I learned a new format of charting. Our supervising nurse was one who was a nurse-midwife and had ridden horse-back into the mountains of in Eastern States to deliver babies and care for the mothers after delivery. She had such an air of competence, we could go to her with any problem. She used my personal financial circumstances to argue before the county board for raises for all the nurses. The hardest part of the job was feeling i needed to do more to improve lifestyles. The most enjoyable was working with mothers and their newborn babies.

Incredibly difficult and challenging to be a foster parent.

Helping to become a role model and change the lives of youth who have been neglected in ways that most people are never aware of is truly educational.

If I had to pick something for ALL graduates of human sciences to shadow as a job or an internship it would be parenting foster children. Nothing brings to light the material taught at universities than such a first hand experience.

All anti-social trajectories start in the home and they start at a young age. Environments too often provide the perfect backdrop for biologically predisposition-ed anti-social behaviors to flourish.

It is these youth that, if are not intercepted by a mentor, or other outside influences to correct their trajectories, that end up encountering the criminal justice system in their teens and into adulthood. From there, society will label them and they will spend their lifetimes trying to break out of this invisible prison and behind the pack.Often times, they are the future people that will fill our jails, rehabilitation clinics, and actual prisons.

My position was fairly new so the job duties and expectations were all over the place. Things were constantly changing on top of having to fix issues that were long before me. In this role you are expected to support an entire agency (over 900 employees) and handle employee relations, safety incidents, new hire orientation, ergonomic evaluations, update safety programs and policies, distributing safety supplies and equipment and conduct regular inspections. With no help or hands on training to do so, you're basically on your own. The health department claims they offer opportunities to voice concerns of burnout or exhaustion but that's untrue. They will simply penalize you for it. What's worse is, someone who was in this position before me warned that this would happen. At the time I was in disbelief. The projects kept piling on with no consideration of how I was doing.


This was an unpaid internship that I recieved through an essay to the Coroner's office. I learned the basis of the life of a Deputy Coroner as well as a Forensic Pathologist. It was terrific to learn everything that these wonderful individuals do to indentify the cause of death of innocent human beings in any type of death. I shadowed each Deputy through their daily tasks. I also followed their lab technician in testing biological samples for drugs and other toxins. I was able to identify with the deceased and aide in identifying the cause of death of each individual by the end of the internship.

The managers are so pushy. I was in a primary care and they did not care about the quality of care you wanted for the patients. they cared about the numbers only. you are hired on your degree and talent and then once in the clinic you could not perform. they jam packed patients that you had no time for lunch. the staff was not properly trained so it was stressful to deliver care. the equipment was so old and poor quality that you could not count on it. they would break all the time. don't believe the clinical reviews cause they are fake. if you reported of a malfunction or a problem they would bully you and this is why I left.

I worked in the special ed department so we were in our own little world most of the time.  Great teachers working with these kids, received excellent mentoring throughout this job just by showing up.  I can't say enough about the teachers in the department, kids come first.  Weekly trips off campus, regular extra curricular activities, and after school programs make this a great place for a student with special needs.

I do not recommend employment at Lake County if you're looking for an IT position. They are restructuring and moving towards outsourcing. The new IT Administration states they value progressive management methodologies, however in practice they adhere to old management styles; micro-managing, closed doors, fear-based. While they currently offer working remotely, this is changing under the new management.

A very hostile work environment & extremely poor management. Goals set are not attainable, especially when the finance dept does not believe in training, positive cultureManagement does not know or understand billing process or procedures. Management have poor computer skills. Management takes credit for employees ideas. This is the worst management and company I've ever worked for. High employee turnover in finance department.
I would not recommend working here.
Pros

What is the best part of working at the company?
The benefits were great. Pleasant work environment.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Sometimes being a local government agency the politics would drive decision making.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
For the most part the work environment was pleasant and the culture was becoming quite diverse.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Do your job and go to meetings.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Senior counselor 49 salaries reported	$24.47 per hour
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Administrative assistant 33 salaries reported	$21.21 per hour
Probation officer 22 salaries reported	$24.61 per hour

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