Youth Advocate Programs Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Youth Advocate Programs?

"This was the first time I worked for the company under my first supervisor. The company was easy going and the work was flexible."

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

"No tips, however you would need to be organized to work effectively."

What don't you like about working at Youth Advocate Programs?

"The the job was under a contract and would have been great if it was permanent."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Try to keep contracts that will benefit the company as well as families"

"I work with children with mental health issues in this position."

What do you like about working at Youth Advocate Programs?

"The flexibility along with working with children and families who need assistance with Mental Health issues."

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

"No tips for the interview process, however be prepared for the paperwork if hired."

What don't you like about working at Youth Advocate Programs?

"There is really nothing that is wrong with the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management probably need to get more involved in the day to day process of working with families and the problems that can arise."

"hit or miss-"

What do you like about working at Youth Advocate Programs?

"I love the work--the pay is good, working with the kids is great. lots of freedom in that sense."

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

"be qualified for job, love helping people, and be ok with going from home to home for your work."

What don't you like about working at Youth Advocate Programs?

"but the beauracratic tape is pretty messy and I spent lots of weekends at boring and pointless training-- the leadership there was really flimsy-- I felt super supported and then totally disconnected. this is what I mean by flimsy."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"more cohesion and connectedness between staff members and more of a sense of responsibility to staff people as professionals (if they are that) and less micro management"

"Good for experience clients referred to program that could be used at later employment, however, working for management in this company was one of the worse experiences of my career."

What do you like about working at Youth Advocate Programs?

"The trainings and experience provided to build my resume."

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

"Get the experience you need and get out. If not you might be stuck with empty promises and in the same position for the rest of your life. Don't believe that you can become promoted if you work hard, because you'll end up working more than anyone, while they leave around half the day and come in late everyday.. Just my experience..."

What don't you like about working at Youth Advocate Programs?

"When I worked at my office, it was not team oriented. The Director piled all the work on others, with out training or explaining certain things. Office staff would tried to come up with new ideas, plans, and ways to execute them, but the Director was not opened to suggestions. Employee's college education did not seem important to employment. It felt like the management with in the office felt intimidated by others within the office staff because of their educational background. If you take a good look at the employees who worked for the Director almost all of them quit. There has to be a reason that they quit. Did no one ever realize how many program coordinators or assessment coordinators or assistant directors left the organization There is something wrong with the picture if the Director went through many office employees, yet she's still thereAlso, there were possible grievances, however, Director over looked them, due to favoritism."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire and train staff to do specific job requirements for the position hired. Upper management needs to look closer to who is running the programs because there are many things that should not happen to employees or"

"YAP, dont get comfortable."

What do you like about working at Youth Advocate Programs?

"Multiple out of town trainings in nice hotels was the only good thing about this organization."

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

"Only apply with this organization if you have no alternatives, and if you do get employed, continue your search as they will exhaust you and your abilities and then find a way to make anything that ever went wrong your fault. This is not exactly what happened to me, but I had seen it done to countless others. Oh, I almost forgot, they also lie immensely, to employees, clients and funders."

What don't you like about working at Youth Advocate Programs?

"Everything. Mostly the problem is with upper management, who do not know what it is like to work with youth and families day in and out. They have unrealistic expectations of their families, and when anything goes on a program level, the state and/or county director will find a way to blame the next people below them and use their at will employment classification to their fullest extent."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get your expectations in check, and understand that not every person is able to receive assistance or even wants it."