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Support Worker position that allows you to meet new people regularly and is very rewarding
Family Support Worker (Current Employee) - Birmingham, West Midlands - 21 May 2018
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The most useful review selected by IndeedMeeting the public and being able to discuss their health and well being regarding their new born and to encourage new mothers and their family and friends to support them. To encourage breast feeding over bottle and to highlight the benefits. To signpost mothers and partner to join groups or be a part of other parents that keep them from feeling isolated. The joy in seeing the children grow strong healthy and very balanced, parents with support remember you and let you know your input had made a positive difference.
Cons
You feel like big brother is with you as every minute must be accounted for
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Great team and supportive management.
Family Services Worker (Current Employee) - HMP SWALESIDE - 12 March 2019
I have been here a year and I love it but would like more responsibility and money. Travelling to and from the island is expensive for me and traffic can be a nightmare.
Pros
Too many to list
Cons
travelling
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What people like
- Ability to learn new things
- Time and location flexibility
- Ability to meet personal goals
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- Supportive environment
- Trust in colleagues
- Support from manager
Great place to work
Admin Assistant/Receptionist (Former Employee) - Wiltshire - 11 January 2018
Ive enjoyed working with Spurgeons in Wiltshire. Disappointing to read the recent review in December by a previous admin assistant.
Lunch breaks are always encouraged. This is a busy varied job. It is a charity and commissioned by the Local Authority so their will always be daily changes and goalposts moved in any such role. Management locally are so supportive and Spurgeons as a whole has a great ethos.
Salary is average to good.
Locally found them to be very flexible around childcare and attending appts etc. Overtime not paid but TOIL is good. Staff are encouraged to keep work in work hours. A healthy place to work if you like a diverse busy job that's different every day. The charity is doing a great job of keeping centre services high quality with so much less money from local government.
Main focus is support for families and children followed by support for staff. Best place ive worker. Local management will do all they can to help. Staff team cohesive and support each other in busy/challenging roles.
Pros
Flexible
Cons
Very challenging role
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Administration Assistant (Former Employee) - Wiltshire - 18 December 2017
Management knew their stuff but had absolutely no idea about managing people
Unrealistic workload, manangement changed 'goalposts' all the time, you would work away on some idea they had, that they wanted compleated yesterday, only to find that it was never used or taken up, a lot of emphasis on 'meetings' that did not ever seem to achieve anything, management would listen to other ideas but then just do what they wanted, irrespective of whether or not it worked
You were frowned upon for taking a lunch break, were you expected to work extra hours to get the impossible work load dealt with, payment for overtime not really encouraged, you were expected to take time off in lieu, great, but having time off when you wanted it was a joke.....had to be when convenient to them, so you give up a Saturday working on some project no one attends but time off is a few hours on various afternoons....not Friday!!
What really annoyed me was the fact that. this was a charity, but money was wasted by the bucketload and not necessarily on families and children
Salary not that good and premises second rate....v cold in winter
Pros
To be honest there are none
Cons
Bad management
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