direct support professional

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residential manager

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The Kennedy Collective

They don’t care about their staff at all cheap with money no bonus or raises a lot of gossiping and harassment and nothing gets done about it. No matter if you’re a good worker you’re never acknowledged there’s never any staff because a lot of great staff got wrongly fired for petty investigations thats were never handled correctly. In the office a lot of changes no seems to know what there doing all about the money not the clients needs the worst house and agency I have ever worked for you see all the openings trading this post and considering The Kennedy Center my a five will be to RUN... Ps no growth and lazy staff seems like they hire ANYONE and those are the ones that get praised so if you like harassment and gossip and you’re lazy and don’t want to grow Fans Rock is just the place for you but you was warned may GOD BE WITH U GOD BLESS! 

What is the best part of working at the company?
No growing room management is very unprofessional, especially when it’s to only benefit them. Favoritism at its highest 
No raises and when employees leave no matter how long you been there they don’t even have the courtesy to thank you for being apart of there company it was draining and false hope. Over all the staff and residents are amazing management need more training 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
No leadership they where never around to properly handle situations and if they where they would be dismissive they don’t like to handle situations at hand 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very diversity, not bad to work with the employees or the residents it’s mainly the managers or high supervisor don’t take control of situations 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Can be smooth and be busy all depends on what’s going on for the day everyday is something different

This agency provided a great deal of working with the mentally disabled population. I learned how to manage behaviors that occured working with this individuals and giving them emotional and physical support.
Typical day at work involves preparing the client's dinners, bathing those who are not able to provide proper hygiene for themselves. Also cleaning the group home and giving them their daily medicine. There are some co workers who do their job and some who do not, but overall I work with good people.
The hardest part of the job is having to clean up the after math if a client had a behavior, sometimes having to clean up feces can be challenging. The most enjoyable part of the job is seeing the clients smile when you walk in the house, that means you are doing your job.

This job is great if you’re just getting started in the DSP and social services fields. However, you do not get paid nearly what you’re worth. They don’t appreciate the hard work you put into the day(s). Managers don’t properly run the houses and there’s a massive lack of communication. Also, staff who believe they are managers, yet can’t speak professionally and accordingly to work peers. They slightly help you work through issues happening. Before you sign, read all fine print and pay attention to what is said and asked in the interview. Thirdly, you may get hurt while working. Other than the issues listed above, this is a nice starter up job.

I work as a summer - on call community activity coach. During the summer I was going from different CE sites providing coverage for the sites. If in house with individuals I would find activities depending on the individuals for them to do, as well as provide arts and crafts ideas. I would also help individuals with academic work, and assist them in preparing their lunches. If out in the community, another staff and myself would take a group of individuals out either to volunteer sites, yoga, drumming circle, mall, park,movies, etc. Depending on their interests for that day.I also worked as a Job Coach for 2-3 weeks monitoring individuals at work fields, keeping track of their time sheets, etc. Overall the job was fun, you were there for someone who needed it, and got re-payed by either verbal or non-verbal gestures.

As Production and Warehouse manager at The Kennedy Center, my position entailed quoting piecework jobs, receiving and inventorying all assembly parts, planning for the timely assembly of each piecework job, getting 80+ adults with disabilities to complete the tasks, quality controlling each piece, packaging, paletizing, shipping, and billing of orders. Doing this on a daily basis improved my already above average patience and gave me a great understanding of people, their own unique way of approaching obstacles, and why it's important to have emotional intelligence.

The mission is what drew me to The Kennedy Collective. It's an honor to be able to go home every day knowing I made an impact on someone's life. The pay is low, the demand is high, but that all comes with the nonprofit space. 
If leadership was more focused on making the mission happen, on being present in the community, and on making employees feel valued, this would be a great place to work. As it stands now, the leadership team is focused on anything BUT the mission. Employees feel condescended, scrutinized, and are regularly reminded that they are replaceable. "If you don't like it, there's the door" is the new motto. That, and "AI can do it better and faster." 

The whole company is out of alignment due to one individual. A shame that entire departments are resigning en masse instead of the one quick fix that needs to happen.

The clients you serve are diverse and truly make the job worthwhile. The relationships you build with them and your coworkers are what makes the job rewarding and fulfilling. However, that is short lived when you aren’t being compensated enough for the work that gets delegated into you by management. The agency has reorganized its structure and since had eliminated positions that make it impossible for staff to grow within the organization. Upper management is not supportive of their hard working staff and a lot of responsibilities are put onto DSP’s for little pay. Management doesn’t assist their staff when they’re struggling with these responsibilities. 

Working for the Kennedy Center is a good place to start a career, but your experience can vary hugely depending on your manager and department. My managers are invested in my growth, but not all coworkers say the same. 
The workplace culture is usually slow to adapt, make changes, and tends to be conservative with policies. The hardest part of the job is being chronically understaffed and opportunities for advancement can be limited. The paid time off is flexible and pretty generous (in my first year I got about 120 hours). The most enjoyable part of the job is working with individuals and seeing their progress towards their goals- that is very rewarding and makes the tradeoffs worthwhile for me!

Punching in through Therap, reveiwing all medical and general notes as to changes, updates and current day to day affairs. Reviewing daily and medical logs in office. Program implementation, passing meds at any and all needed times during my shift. Detailed accounts of shift happenings and/or important details pertaining to all residents and implant issues. Documentation of all medical exchange and passing and pouring of medications. Program implemetation and stats on data inwhich has been collected. Finally, communication with oncoming staff, therap notes, then punching out through therap.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Direct support professional 29 salaries reported	$18.74 per hour
Janitor 23 salaries reported	$18.68 per hour
Residential manager 12 salaries reported	$55,274 per year
Head custodian 19 salaries reported	$21.32 per hour
Program assistant 2 salaries reported	$49,612 per year

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