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OLV Human Services

I would not recommend this company for anyone who is looking for an opportunity to grow as a professional. they will not teach you any skills sets that you can take with you to a different place. the pay is decent and thats about all I can say a pro at this place. There is no clear picture on what is expected and what their goal is. none of the managers receive any trainings for their positions, you will have to work with their egos and their short comings. a lot of insecure managers with very poor understanding what their roles are, all they do is check on the cameras to constantly surveillance and hand out write ups (big brother environment). All signs of an insecure management team. HR is another big issue, dont expect to get things resolved in a timely manner and the Head of HR is a DIVA that wont take responsibility for anything. JUST READ THE OTHER REVIEWS.  

This job is meant for someone who has no life. Great if you like to work every day and make decent money, but expect to be burnt out, underappreciated, and unhappy while working here. If you don’t pick up overtime, you 100% will be mandated; sometimes every single day. If you take a day and decide not to pick up but already worked 30 hours of OT, you STILL will be mandated. Managers are very rude. They will flex their position any time you don’t agree with or do as they say. The work is exhausting, the company is very unorganized. Your PTO will be denied whenever you go to use it 10/10. You will be put in situations that are dangerous for you and individuals. The job does feel like jail. Truly the only good part of the job is how much money you can make if you devote your life to it. They only care about making their money off of the individuals and making sure the ratio is right, even if the staff is burnt out.

This company has terrible communication between direct care staff and higher management. No communication, no structure, no work-life balance, no consistency. You will be mandated constantly and expected to pick up shifts regularly, even if you are "part time". Burn out is extremely high due to the demands of the job and constant mandated shifts on the spot. You will not feel valued or supported by the managers or directors. Not only this but you will not feel fulfilled because we are not giving any clients a better quality of life. If you're interested in a raise, don't work here. They do not give out performance based pay increases, so the harder you work- expect a pat on the back every once in a while. I have worked here for about a year and a half and I have never felt so under appreciated and disappointed in a job in my life. 

Work-life balance
Work-life balance at OLV Human Services is not respected.

Pay & benefits
Pay and benefits at OLV Human Services are above average but not worth the environment.

Job security and advancement
In terms of job security at OLV Human Services, I think no one has job security.

Management
In general, managers at OLV Human Services are unsupportive and demeaning.

Culture
Collaboration with my colleagues at OLV Human Services is not encouraged unless it benefits the agency in some way.

Overall
My experience working at OLV Human Services has been eye opening. They do not value their employees. They do not care about their clients. It is all about power, status and money. It is a sad situation behind the walls of this agency. 

You will not be trained and will be thrown to the wolves. You hardly see coworkers but when you do they will be very helpful in navigating job duties. Supervisors will micromanage until you prove that you show that you can make enough hours in billing. You have to work with ECDSS and they can be obnoxious and hard to get in touch with. Caseload 9-10 families but could have 40+ people you have to track and see twice a month. Does not pay enough at all. Even the most organized people have difficulty doing the minimum work. Coworkers will be open and honest will you. Lot of turnovers and then you end up stuck with terrible cases. Good place to start at. I wouldn’t recommend staying longer than a year.

It’s a very cliquey environment, if you’re not a high position in the company or friends with a certain type of people, you will be left in the dust. If you catch on to how broken their system is they will find a way to get you out the door. They will send you an offer letter, but on your paystub in the app it will be cents off. Very shady company especially the department I worked in they put a lot of stress on the staff rather than accept criticism in managing. Human Resources was even worse they never set up meetings and do not do anything to help their employees even if you go in to the HR building. 

Work-life balance
They expect a lot out of employees and they do not acknowledge the good things employees do.

Pay & benefits
Pay isn’t great but isn’t terrible.  Benefits are good.

Job security and advancement
There is no job security.  Management changes their minds at a whim.

Management
Higher management isn’t helpful.  They change their minds about programs and people constantly.  My direct manager was always worried about someone else wanting her job.

Overall
I really liked the premise of the company and the people I worked with were all great!  However, a lot was expected from a pretty new employee who had to do a lot of learning remotely because of pandemic.

This place would be great if it was better managed and the staff support each other. The individuals suffer from the staff shortage and a lack of Decency from the staff understanding what it means to be a direct support professional. Then the visuals are not living in a quality of life, there are no community visits and not enough food in specific houses. This place should be shut down, and the individuals should be move to a better facility to have a better quality of life. 

If you aren't even-tempered and patient I wouldn't recommend choosing this place. Working with children with DD and/ or behavioral struggles can be challenging in a lot of ways, however it's very rewarding work.
Management is pretty cool and a lot of the workers are as well. There can be a bit of workplace drama, but not much. 
Basically if you show up on time with a good attitude and do your job, you'll catch no static from management and you'll get along with the kids and your coworkers.

They treat all their workers like garbage UNLESS they're higher up. They only look out for themselves. 10000% DO NOT RECOMMEND! Always short staffed and getting mandated to work overtime. No mater how much hard work you do you will not get noticed. They give higher up positions to their friends. Everyone is miserable and hates their job. They give themselves big raises. Word got out that one of the higher ups was given over a $10,000 bonus when the hard workers were given a 5 cent raise. That should definitely tell you something there.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Behavior technician 35 salaries reported	$23.23 per hour
Special education teacher 21 salaries reported	$59,430 per year
Behavioral specialist 11 salaries reported	$20.22 per hour
Residential manager 8 salaries reported	$62,532 per year
Speech language pathologist 17 salaries reported	$68,612 per year

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