CARECOR HEALTH SERVICES LTD. Employee Reviews

Pros: Always pay on time , you will get all your hours if you are full-time/part-time except during summers they are lesser shifts but not too bad. Management is okay and responsive. Cons: Too many forms to fill and you always have to renew when expired.Pay is 15.25 which is too low and most shifts are 12hrs.

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Best management team at Halifax Branch

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) (Current Employee) - Halifax, NS - 18 August 2023

I enjoyed working for carecor Theyve got competitive rateManagement is very supportive I recommend to anyone who is looking t have a travel nursing job

Pros

Management, rates

Cons

No premiums such as this evening/night /weekend premiums.

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Ability to learn new things

Well-organized

Personal Support Worker (Current Employee) - Ottawa, ON - 6 August 2023

flexible, especially for students in healthcarea good system for pick-up shiftsscheduling, HR, and all management working wonderfullyshifts are vary..

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Boring job with no training

Patient Attendant (Former Employee) - Halifax, NS - 17 May 2023

When I worked for carecor, there was no training for the patient attendant position and nurses expected you to know everything and weren't willing to help. Mainly worked with patients living with dementia and not having training for that can be tough and stressful, especially since nurses were often avoiding those patients (at least in Halifax). Good job for shift freedom though, 12 hour shifts, either day or night, you get to pick when you work.

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Good experience

Patient Observer (Current Employee) - Ottawa, ON - 15 May 2023

Its a good place to begin working in a clinical, healthcare environment. It is a bit of a challenge at times and the pay is not stellar, but overall good experience if you hope to work in healthcare in the future.

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CareCor is supportive of its staff

Care Team Assistant (Current Employee) - Halifax, NS - 10 May 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?flexibility and friendly managementWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?The normal job demands of working in a variety of areas

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Good work - life balance

Registered Nurse (Former Employee) - Halifax, NS - 10 February 2023

As a casual staff it was a good work - life balance and flexibility in schedule. The scheduling team can be sometimes hard to deal with but overall it was fine. Management not perfect but overall good and misunderstandings were dealt with professionally.

Pros

Flexibility in schedule

Cons

Pay rate low

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Terrible, if you value your dignity and mental health don’t do it

Sitter (Former Employee) - Ottawa, ON - 31 October 2022

TERRIBLE pay, you get more involved than you expect and get no support. Not treated with dignity by hospital staff. Put in very uncomfortable situations where personal well being and patient wellbeing is compromised. Constant communication problems about shifts and having them double booked. Can be impossible to get breaks sorted, all the staff make it clear they hate “sitters”. You feel the job is good for the experience but end up being truly demoralizing.

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Fun and enjoyable workplace

Director of Finance (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 23 October 2022

Enjoyed working with Carecor team from different perspectives especially transparency, nice people and supportive I recommend all health care professionals to work at Carecor

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It’s okay. Can vary depending on the client and shift

Sitter (Current Employee) - Halifax, NS - 16 October 2022

It’s okay. Can vary from boring to trying to rewarding depending on the client and shift. Shifts can be long as in twelve hours in length. On your own sometimes as you are ignored by other health professionals, seen as an outsider and deal with condescending attitudes from nursing staff. Need strong life/people skills to do this as it is not as easy as people think.

Pros

Work in the hospital, get to meet and work with various demographics of people, rewarding

Cons

Long hours, not the greatest paying, seen as disposable by nurses

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Relaxed work environment

Patient Attendant (Former Employee) - Ottawa, ON - 10 October 2022

It was okay as a part time job as a student. Didn't like that there were short notice for shifts but overall, you feel supported and it's good for entry level job in healthcare.

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Flexible, productive and caring

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) (Current Employee) - Halifax, NS - 27 September 2022

Best employer i ever had in Canada. Flexible, productive and always thinking about staff members. Love working with Carecor and proud to say it out loud.

Pros

Comparatively better pay

Cons

Benefits

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Fun workplace chill environment

Administrator (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 12 July 2022

Worked for 2 months in 2020, very friendly and inviting environment. Fast paced at times but we were trained well and could handle those situations with ease.

Pros

Fun workplace

Cons

Long hours

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stressful environment

Personal Support Worker (Current Employee) - Halifax, NS - 12 July 2022

stressfull workplace experience, every-time with new place,new unit, working according to demand of new unit.no travel expense for PSW,coordinating staff are really good.

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Fun place to work but they pay cheap for PSW

Personal Support Worker (Former Employee) - Ottawa, ON - 28 June 2022

The experience working in the hospital is fun learning experience. The management wants you to purchase your own kits during COVID. They give very limited swab kits to the staff before and you have to pick it up only on certain days and hours. It is very inconvenient for the staff. They always threaten the staff if you don't pick up shifts or absent that you will lose your job. Overall they lack supervision and no training for the staff. They pay very cheap for a hospital job 🙄 only 18??? No night shift differential pay, no overtime pay. They often cancels your shift.

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Difficult to work with

Patient Attendant (Former Employee) - Ottawa, ON - 30 May 2022

Hard to balance as a casual worker and full time student. Shifts often confirmed last minute and will need to run for your shift. Minimum wage for mostly night shifts, 7pm to 7am usually, your job will definitely be partly PSW as well, not just sitting. Management constantly find reasons to threat to terminate your contract. This job is emotionally and physically demanding and it will be very difficult to save any money. The hospital and government funding is probably more than enough to pay more than minimum wage, even the nurses think 15 is too little for sitters especially when this agency expects you to take this job seriously. Unempathetic experience overall. The only good thing is the hospital experience.

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Sucks

Personal Support Worker (PSW) (Former Employee) - St. Catharines, ON - 4 April 2022

Management sucks and there are often not enough hours at a location they promise you. Management will at you for no reason and constantly harasses you.

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Typical Agency Work.

PSW/Caregiver (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 3 April 2022

No complains. I think the company is well organized. They do their best to find you shifts. I have no complains. I have no complains at this time. Really

Pros

Flexible Schedule

Cons

None at this time

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Self-Directed, Not for Everyone

Patient Sitter (Former Employee) - Ottawa, ON - 18 March 2022

I loved learning about the hospital environment, but I often felt lost and confused about what to do. You don't get any supervision on the job, or directive job goals. You have to manage your time and make decisions you feel comfortable to make. Sometimes, my responsibilities would bleed into those of a PSW and I didn't receive any compensation for this. I also could only get 12 hour shifts, which is not realistic as a student. Some of the patients were violent and I did not feel compensated well-enough to deal with that behaviour. I don't work there anymore, but I do still recommend it as a way to get your toes wet in the hospital environment

Pros

Hospital environment experience

Cons

long hours, lack of direction

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Variety shifts

Personal Support Worker (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 30 November 2021

With carecor, I did get the opportunity to work within the community and hospital as a PSW. Hospital shifts are flexible for you anytime. Staff were friendly.

Pros

Flexibility

Cons

Pay

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it's a good place to work in your early 20's

Sitter (Former Employee) - Ottawa, ON - 20 September 2021

You are basically sitting in a chair for 12 hour shifts. you are placed on a rotating schedule if you're full time of 4 12 hour shifts per week. Two weeks are day shifts 7am-7pm, and the next two weeks are evenings 3-11, 3-9, or overnight 7pm-7am. I found this very difficult to switch back and forth. And you don't have a choice of your shifts unless you drop your availability down to part time. Staff does work with you to accommodate you, but their hands are also tied.

Pros

easy work, 3 breaks

Cons

long hours if you're not used to 12 hour days, you don't get to choose your hours, it can be boring sitting in a chair for 12 hours a day, application process is very long and you have to jump through alot of hoops

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