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21 Residential Counselor Reviews

Residential Counselors give their job an average rating of 3.8 out of 5.0. The Residential Counselors happiest with their jobs are employed by SERV Behavioral Health System with an average rating of 4.5 while the Residential Counselors least happy with their jobs work for Lakeview Nursing and Rehab Center with an average rating of 1.5.

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Residential Counselor at PathPoint
in Santa Barbara, CA
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Residential Counselor at Duke University
in Durham, NC

"It was not my first career choice but I did learn to love it. I really want to work with they marketing department in recruitment and development. Being a Residential counselor gave me a door to explore the company."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Residential Counselor at Cornell University
in Ithaca, NY

What do you like about working at Cornell University?

"I was doing what I liked with people I liked working with."

What don't you like about working at Cornell University?

"There wasn't a full time position available for me to stay."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5

Residential Counselor Career Rating Comparison

3.8
All Residential Counselors
4.5 Highest Rated Residential Counselors is at SERV Behavioral Health System (1)
1.5 Lowest Rated Residential Counselors is at Lakeview Nursing and Rehab Center (6)
Residential Counselor at SERV Behavioral Health System
in Trenton, NJ

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Awesome job, love working with the client."

What do you like about working at SERV Behavioral Health System?

"Being able to help clients reacquired the basic skills they need in order to return to a live alone life."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"No tips, it just a very good company to work for with a lot of overtime and great co-workers."

What don't you like about working at SERV Behavioral Health System?

"Some of the clients were difficult and defiant about not attending the classses offered."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Teach the cousellors more about understanding the clients to help meet there needs."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Residential Counselor at KidsPeace
in Allentown, PA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"It was a great place to develop your skills and style of working with clients."

What do you like about working at KidsPeace?

"It was a great position to develop my skills in counseling and learn more about human development and mental health disorders."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself, show your passion and motivation for wanting to work in this field."

What don't you like about working at KidsPeace?

"There was a lot of drama among my coworkers due to the young age of each employee. This drama made it difficult to thrive professionally."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire more skills leaders and supervisors to manage more efficiently so professional growth can occur."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Residential Counselor at Woodley House
in Washington, DC

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Good working environment that helped developt my Help Desk proficiency."

What do you like about working at Woodley House?

"Good co-workers,available working materials, frequent training and updating, good administrative setup."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"you would be coming in to meet loving staff and clients, but note that sometimes some of the clients with mental health issues really get 'crazy'."

What don't you like about working at Woodley House?

"sometimes clients with mental problems could be very difficult to handle."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"management could be more magnanimous and give preference to vertical administration."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Residential Counselor at Jewish Child Care Association
Person You Work For 3.9 / 5 People You Work With 4.4 / 5 Work Setting 4.4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.7 / 5 Company Culture 3.2 / 5
Way You Work 3.8 / 5
Residential Counselor at Catholic Charities USA
in Brooklyn, NY
Rewards You Receive 1.4 / 5 Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4.6 / 5
Residential Counselor at Catholic Charities USA
in Salem, NJ

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"I enjoyed my job then."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.5 / 5
Company Culture 3.7 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Residential Counselor at Community Healthlink
in Worcester, MA
Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 2.5 / 5 Work Setting 2.4 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1.1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1.3 / 5
Company Culture 2.9 / 5 Way You Work 2.1 / 5
Residential Counselor at Lakeview Nursing and Rehab Center
in Pensacola, FL
People You Work With 1.1 / 5 Work Setting 1.2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1.2 / 5
Growth Opportunities 1.1 / 5 Company Culture 1.2 / 5 Way You Work 2.9 / 5
Residential Counselor at Community Systems
Person You Work For 4.5 / 5 People You Work With 4.5 / 5 Work Setting 4.9 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2.5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Residential Counselor at Bridgewell
in Merrimack, NH

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"working at bridgewell was a good experience in learning how to deliver good customer service."

What do you like about working at Bridgewell?

"I did appreciate the support that was given to me by my direct supervisor when I was an entry level residential counselor."

Residential Counselor at Unity Care Group

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Atmosphere is always unpredictable and training is not all given prior to start date. There are youth that have emotional and sexual abuse."

Residential Counselor at Young Women's Christian Association

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"This review has been considerable for employment opportunities."

What do you like about working at Young Women's Christian Association?

"Policy Making/Analyst became most effective."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The job has its own rewards."

What don't you like about working at Young Women's Christian Association?

"There was no benefit package."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management requires team leadership."

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