Youth Villages Youth Counselor Reviews
Updated Nov 30, 2021
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- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Free food, kids are fun! Cool hours iand three days offo. Great coworkers
Cons
Stressful and always on call. Terrible leadership and very unprofessional management.
Thank you for your feedback! We take your concerns very seriously and will work to get them addressed. Please reach out to us to share any additional feedback at feedback@youthvillages.org.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
I loved working here simply because I love mental health counseling of any sort. This was my first job out of school and experience wise-- definitely worth it. I loved watching kids progress and help them through trauma. I gained a lot of knowledge about different therapeutic approaches and therapies that I can apply to real life. My schedule didn't interfere with my social life and worked to my advantage more times than not. Best pay for this field of work in Georgia hands down!!
Cons
Unsafe/unpredictable environment and TERRIBLE UPPER MANAGEMENT!! The people who really make this job hard are the people who don't work on the courtyards and who probably don't even know your first name (or care). We deal with kids who have extensive trauma history and disabilities (physical or intellectual) so I don't expect them to not act out, however, they often times put staff as risk by attacking them and upper management does not care. I even witnessed them try to persuade my co-worker to not press charges on a kid because "it's a bad look" but if a co-worker needs to defend themselves, they don't think twice. They also will fire people with no hesitation and have no replacement so staff is often times overworked. They look at their staff as numbers rather than actual people.
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Youth Villages
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a thoughtful review about your experience working with us. At Youth Villages, children’s needs come first, but we also believe in being committed to our staff’s success and support. We strive to maintain open communication with management and our colleagues. That said, we take your concerns very seriously and will take this feedback to the appropriate teams. Please reach out to us to share any additional feedback at feedback@youthvillages.org.
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Pay, Benefits, Co-workers, Overtime hours
Cons
Toxic management, understaffing, dangerous situations
Youth Villages Response
Youth Villages
Thank you for your feedback! At Youth Villages, children’s needs come first, but we also believe in being committed to our staff’s success and support. We strive to maintain open communication with management and our colleagues. That said, we take your concerns very seriously and will take this feedback to the appropriate teams. Please reach out to us to share any additional feedback at feedback@youthvillages.org.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Welcoming community, good training, friendly staff
Cons
Tough work environment, stressful, poor work-life balance.
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Youth Villages
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a thoughtful review about your experience working at Youth Villages. During the hiring process, we aim to be very transparent about the non-traditional hours and schedules required for many of our positions. Employees enjoy the flexibility of working with company-issued laptops and creating their own meeting schedules, but it does require time management skills. We understand our line of work may require extra time, mainly if a child or family is in crisis. The work required at times can be demanding but hopefully fulfilling and beneficial to all involved. Please reach out to us to share any additional feedback at feedback@youthvillages.org.
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
The pay and lots of overtime
Cons
Hardly ever get a break. For me the staff is what makes the job so stressful. Mostly everyone is only there for the money so it lacks the love actually needed.
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Youth Villages
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a thoughtful review about your experience working at Youth Villages. During the hiring process, we aim to be very transparent about the non-traditional hours and schedules required for many of our positions. Employees enjoy the flexibility of working with company-issued laptops and creating their own meeting schedules, but it does require time management skills. We understand our line of work may require extra time, mainly if a child or family is in crisis. The work required at times can be demanding but hopefully fulfilling and beneficial to all involved. Please reach out to us to share any additional feedback at feedback@youthvillages.org.
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
The support you received OT BENEFITS
Cons
Long hours Kids are very demanding Work schedule
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Youth Villages
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a thoughtful review about your experience working at Youth Villages. During the hiring process, we aim to be very transparent about the non-traditional hours and schedules required for many of our positions. Employees enjoy the flexibility of working with company-issued laptops and creating their own meeting schedules, but it does require time management skills. We understand our line of work may require extra time, mainly if a child or family is in crisis. The work required at times can be demanding but hopefully fulfilling and beneficial to all involved. Please reach out to us to share any additional feedback at feedback@youthvillages.org.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
The organization does great things for the youth in their care. They do their best with the difficult kids and youth despite being short staffed
Cons
Short staffed, difficult kids with not enough staff to supervise
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Youth Villages
We appreciate your feedback! Thank you for your time with our organization, and we wish you well on your future endeavors. Thank you for your time with us!
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Job is flexible. They’ll work with your schedule
Cons
It’s honestly too much to name.
Youth Villages Response
Youth Villages
Thank you for your feedback! We take your concerns very seriously and will work to get them addressed. Please reach out to us to share any additional feedback at feedback@youthvillages.org.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
The environment of working with the staff is always welcoming. You get great benefits for a starting position.
Cons
The pay is not great starting off.
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Youth Villages
Thank you for sharing. We are glad you are enjoying the culture and the people. . Please reach out to us to share any additional feedback at feedback@youthvillages.org.
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
The kids are the reason you work
Cons
The hours will kill you
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Youth Villages
Thank you for taking out the time to give us a thoughtful review. During the hiring process we aim to be very transparent about the non-traditional hours and scheduling that is required of our frontline staff. Many staff members enjoy the flexibility of working with company issued laptops and creating their own meeting schedules, but it does require time management skills. We understand our line of work may require extra time. The work required at times can be demanding, but hopefully fulfilling and beneficial to all involved. Please reach out to us to share any additional feedback at feedback@youthvillages.org.
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