direct support professional

dietary cook

direct support professional ii

medical technologist

social worker

SKILL CREATIONS

I was told I had to drive my car everywhere for my client then come to find out it stats in their handbook client not to be in your car,(on page 11 of handbook) so my supervisor lied to me and it cost me lot of gas last few years. It also stats in the company handbook about company cars we can use but I was never offered that. They want you to bend over backwards for their clients even if screwed employees over. For example your client can text or call you the night before ask you come in earlier or stay later and if you don't do it then you are bad employee and get in trouble. But if you want time off you have give 2 week notice even if you get sick or family issue comes up they don't care you get told sorry you didn't give two week notice so you can't use vacation day. It also stats you get 14 days paid vacation but my supervisor told me I only had 12 days and would only let me use 12 days so I was screwed out of 2 days each year because my supervisor lied again to me. Then you client can ask you take them to movies or somewhere so then you have to pay for yourself to do it as well just so you can watch your client so more money out of my pocket. I even was promised a raise by my supervisor and never got it, worked there two years no raise. They change your schedule whenever they want even if they know you can't work it because you have kids but all your supervisor says is we do whatever it takes keep clients happy, so I guess they don't care about the employees at all. I would not recommended this place at all!!. I have contacted my supervisor about the mileage I used and how I was lied about it and no response. I believe they should pay me back and all their employees since supervisors are lying and handbook backs the employees up. The bad part is they already  had a replacement for me was not going to tell me until friday they had no idea I was going to leave and my client text told me they was going to let me go friday anyways. This company is the worse ever and all they do is lie and screw employees.

I have worked for this company going on 15 years. I have enjoyed my time in both direct support role and management role. The clients come first always which is what I enjoy the most about the company. The passion and drive to be about quality of care is amazing. I love the interaction with the clients and the desire to think outside the box when care is provided. With COVID we really had to think about what care could look like without a 4 walls mentality which has always been what we have done. Becoming creative and including the families in those decisions have been the most rewarding over the last few years. Some weeks are long hours, learning new electronic medical record system has been difficult during COVID and training of staff but we have made it work. Would like to see more movement up within the company but also understand that if isn't there to offer it can't happen.  Overall I am please to be apart of this great organization. Food for thought every place you work you can find good and bad. You need to find a place where the good out weighs the bad. SCI does for me and I hope it will for you. 

A typical day at work was extremely busy, lots of staffing requests needed to be filled along with other office duties. The main thing I learned while working for this company is how to treat others with compassion and respect. My supervisors were top notch and always willing to help, and co-workers were the same way. If ever you ran into a problem and needed help solving it, you had a team of professionals that were willing to jump in and help. The hardest part of my job was learning how to be a PRO at multi- tasking. It was not always easy to have a million different things going on and then have one more thrown your way. However the people I worked with were always willing to lend a helping hand. The most enjoyable part of my job and what I miss the most was being able to help the clients in need. It was such a rewarding feeling to be able to assist people with the services they need in order to gain independence. The clients are what made my job all worth while.

Skill Creations is not a very organized work place to be at. Leadership from management isn’t their. Favoritism is very high there. They will work the heck out of the good employees but treat the lazy and bad employees like golden. Clients aren’t being taken care or treated correctly. Care plans aren’t being followed, Med monitors aren’t giving clients all of their medication as followed or taking it seriously, NO RESPECT, NO LEADERSHIP, HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA, NO STRUCTURE WHATSOEVER. Paycheck will never be right, the building is a health hazard to employees and the residents. Recommend finding something different the pay rate isn’t worth going to work and dealing with the cons vs the pros. 

My biggest challenge with being a DCE at Skill Creations was money. Several of the clients (consumers) that I worked with had no money or very limited funds and trying to find something in the community to do without money is challenging. So, I either had to drive around town all day, searching for things to do (if said client was not "allowed" to be at home) for free, or I had to pay for anything we ended up doing myself, and was very seldom compensated by the parent, and never the company. Mileage is also not something the company, or parent, pays for. 
I enjoyed my time with the clients and made many lasting friendships with parents and other caregivers, but, I, honestly, couldn't afford to stay with the company.

Co-workers very friendly and helpful always willing to assist with a task or difficult questions also provided suggestions to time management to keep clients on schedule. Management not very helpful and would throw you under the bus to save their face.  If you had a situation that needed to be addressed was impossible. Q&A was one sided so, the situations were not resolved. You can't ask someone something and not give the person a chance to answer the question and determine the situation is not serious enough for you as management to help resolve.

This place of work was a wonderful experience for me.  This is the first time I have been with mentally disabled residents full on like this, so it was a different experience none the less amazing.  I enjoyed working with the residents and seeing their progress.  The management was great as well, because I often go into these homes and there aren't a lot going on with the residents, but our management made sure the residents got out the building.  We went to day programs, park, church, shopping, the movies, even the fair which is amazing to me.

This company has some of the best workers in the field but gives them little reward for their services. Employees work long and hard but are not respected or given appreciation by management. Their input is not sought by management about issues that can break or benefit the company. Outmoded, dogmatic ideas are imposed on the workers who cannot take any of their accomplishments to other companies. All training and certifications are done in-house and are non-transferable.

Typical day for first & second shift would be preparing breakfast,lunch,dinner. Directing clients with everyday living activities such as showering, washing/folding clothes,  supervising them and preparing their meals for work, & their chores. All coworkers are great and friendly as well as clients. Management is poor, the on call person is hard to get in touch with after 10 pm, they never keep up with whose on staff or off. Never have posted schedule until the state people are coming. The most enjoyable part would have to be coworkers & clients.

Productive and busy workplace but somewhat laid back. A typical work day included taking residents out to the mall or store to teach them how to interact with the public and count their money. then we would return to their home, give them baths, wash clothes for the day and feed them. whomever was in charge of the kitchen would be the one to cook their food wether breakfast, lunch or dinner.

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Direct support professional 309 salaries reported	$17.49 per hour
Dietary cook 3 salaries reported	$17.60 per hour
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Medical technologist 12 salaries reported	$17.32 per hour
Social worker 2 salaries reported	$46.00 per hour

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