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1.0

Terrible experience

Windsor/Essex (Former Employee) – Essex – 12 November 2018

They expect perfection upon walking in the door on day one! Little to no training. They tell you a certain amount of hours you are required for and then book you every day of the week. They are all drama and gossip and could not care less about how hard you work!

Pros

None

Cons

Tons!

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5.0

Good

Personal Support Worker (Former Employee) – Windsor, ON – 2 November 2018

Working with disabled individuals with multiple different neurological and psychological conditions
structure focused and routine
lack of available hours

Pros

Staff support

Cons

Poor management

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5.0

this company has a good reputation over the years..

Volunteer (Current Employee) – Toronto, ON – 27 October 2018

The company has a good reputation for 65 years. I have a wonderful experience working with the staff and the participants and learning a new things in order to grow my knowledge and skills.

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3.0

Good

High Behaviour Treatment houses, Part-time/on-call (Current Employee) – Comber, ON – 14 October 2018

Type of work for all types of people. Can be caring and nurturing or someone to look up to and enforce rules and support plan. The job makes one feel good about themselves

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4.0

great work place, flexiable to get more shifts

Casual Residential Counselor (Former Employee) – Oakville, ON – 8 October 2018

Great training programs, friendly and organized staff, great opportunities for training in different residential homes and access to pick up more hours if you want.

Pros

flexiable shifts and overtime

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4.0

Good work environment, pleasant employees and always willing to help.

Student Job Placement (Former Employee) – Oakville, ON – 1 October 2018

Working at Community Living Oakville for my job placement provided an opportunity for me to enhance the skills that I learned at college. The management team was very accommodating which provided an opportunity for me to explore. The staff was very friendly which provided a sense that you were apart of the family. While working with Brianne, I learned so much because she allowed me to really step out of the box and put into practice my skills and knowledge. I'm so happy that I had an opportunity to work there for my job placement and will forever be thankful to Ms. Shannon and Brianne for giving me the opportunity.

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5.0

Loved the job and the pay

Direct Support Worker (Former Employee) – Chatham-Kent, ON – 29 September 2018

This was my favorite place to work. The pay was great even for part-time employees. There was always lots of shifts for the part-time employees as well. Wish there was more room for advancement.

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4.0

Experiencing life with those I support

Support Worker (Current Employee) – Essex, ON – 25 September 2018

Community Living is an excellent place to work when you want to give back to the community and help people. Teaching individuals with both intellectual and developmental disabilities life skills and how to integrate into their communities is an adventure in itself/

Pros

Meet new people

Cons

Mentally draining

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3.0

Many Support Options

Direct Support Professional (Current Employee) – Windsor, ON – 18 September 2018

Much support from this organization for person with disabilities however, behind the scenes is another matter. You education and experience is irrelevant. If you are a friend or family member of management, like many other organizations, you will slide on in to top positions overriding actual qualified persons.

Pros

Pay is ok

Cons

Top positions/advancement on who you know basis

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1.0

Bad Company to work for

Developmental Support worker (Former Employee) – Greater Sudbury, ON – 12 September 2018

Not the greatest place to work. They have a very high turn over rate for staffing. I would suggest looking else where for employment if you can They force a lot of forced double. 16 hour shifts, i wouldn't plan to do anything after work because there is always a good chance that you will get stuck there.

Cons

Long hours, a lot of forced 16 hour shifts.

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2.0

Management Sucks

Support Worker (Former Employee) – Mississauga, ON – 12 September 2018

In my experience the part time employees had to do all the work (including the full timers duties) and when this concern was shared with the manger she did nothing about it, she told us to discuss it with the team.

Full timers would be able to work from home which makes no sense if you’re supporting individuals in their home. And manager approved of this.

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3.0

Good Agency

Individualized Support Worker II (Current Employee) – Toronto, ON – 5 September 2018

This agency is good because helps people with disabilities in many ways, their focus is the well been of the people in care. They training their employees to bring an excellent service.

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5.0

Great experience

Placement Student (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 11 August 2018

GREAT PLACE TO WORK nice and friendly staff was able to gain the experience in the field of ABA. Which was what I was looking for. Thanks for the beautiful experience.

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5.0

Residential Counsellor

Residential Counsellor (Former Employee) – Gravenhurst, ON – 9 August 2018

A good opportunity to learn and update my skills.. constant upgrading was expected . i learned to get along with different people and value their opinions and did a lot of sharing ideas.

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3.0

Clt

Community Services (Current Employee) – Toronto, ON – 3 August 2018

Very flexible work hours
The organization does Not really advocate for the rights of people with intellectual disabilities
They play too many mind games around contract work, so you feel like your job is never stable
The salary is very low and staff feel unappreciated
Some staff have over 7 different roles, leads to burn out
Majority of staff are great, interesting people that really care about the lives of the individuals

Pros

Flexible time schedule

Cons

Low salary

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1.0

good part time job

Respite/Special Services at Home Worker (Former Employee) – South River, ON – 29 July 2018

I liked the work...but there was lots of travel and no numeration for it. It also was not counted in your hours. Parents had unrealistic expectations.

Pros

own schedule

Cons

only got paid once a month

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3.0

Working with kids with disabilities

Camp Leader (Former Employee) – Port Colborne, ON – 25 July 2018

Hardest part of the job was covering for other staff. The job was 7-3 Monday to Friday. Activities included outing to park, cleaning up after the child. There was 30 children to mind. This was a Summer program job threw John Howard Society.

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5.0

Part Time Support Worker (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 24 July 2018

CLT is a great opportunity for advancement and experience. You learn many things and get a great work environment when needing improvement with skills.

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2.0

Great concept, very poorly executed

Direct Support Staff (Former Employee) – Windsor, ON – 21 July 2018

Helping vulnerable is very revording job but if you want to feel constant intimidation from the management, get a job at CLW. You will be working longer hours (double or even triple shifts), weekends, nights, holidays and you will never feel appreciated for stepping in. Your hours will be all over the place and don’t ever expecting full time either. I didn’t get it in almost 10 years.
once, big strong family, the company turned into constant rivalry between workers and management. It literally feels like it’s two completely different competing companies. It’s not unusual to be mistreated by your supervisor. I think they wake up every morning think who can They screw next.
You will constantly have management breathing in your neck for anything you do/don’t do. People are getting fired left and right. You are literally not important and they make sure you know it.

Pros

Somewhat ok pay (but not enough for what you have to endure.

Cons

Horrible management, inability to ever get full time

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4.0

Being able to go on community outings

Direct Support Professional (Current Employee) – London, ON – 19 July 2018

The point of Community Living is to enjoy the community. So it is encouraged greatly to head out into the neighbouring community and have fun! Outing could include a hockey game, a drive to the beach, or even a picnic.

Pros

lots of outings with people supported

Cons

mostly part time work only

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