43: The Benevolent Society Employee Reviews

Cannot talk for all the programs but the Child and Family Preservation is very toxic.No equal growth opportunities for everyone and bully staff if you disagree with Management

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Very poor management

Case Manager (Former Employee) - Murrumbidgee - 2 August 2019

Very much a micro management environment. Staff driven to meet excessive KPIs and stats, that management have no system to monitor. For a Ngo and charity, they should be embarrassed at treatment of Staff and clients, very much driven by money, as opposed to needs of clients.

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1 star

Aboriginal Community Development Worker (Former Employee) - Kempsey - 28 July 2019

Terrible management and work culture

Social Worker (Former Employee) - Sydney NSW - 17 July 2019

Management is incompetent and stifles best practice social workers. Poor quality in house training and supervision with no resources for external professional development. They're very narrow in their practice views. Paperwork is the priority over meaningful family intervention. Would never work here again.

Cons

Management, prof development

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Great workplace and highly regarded

Mental Health Support Worker (Former Employee) - Loganholme QLD - 2 July 2019

Great workplace and management all throughout the company. Team was good and very understanding and useful. Gained a lot of knowledge off management and valuable resources

Pros

Great team

Cons

Flexible

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Child Development Worker (Current Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 23 June 2019

In my case I feel that the jon position is not well suited for me, I am a person who likes to be busy, I like directions and I like to have a set and secure job description. I like this because I need to know whats expected of me and what I can expect from the company. So far there has been very little direction, very menial even belittling tasks and duties.

Pros

Great work life balance

Cons

not the right position for me

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Poor Managment Support

ADMINISTRATION / RECEPTION OFFICER (Former Employee) - Albury-Wodonga VIC - 30 April 2019

Although my time with the company has been a great deal overall, nourishing & prolific. But for quite a time now I am becoming less contented with the work circumstances here. The inclination of the company & the team with which I am working has become extremely unfriendly to keep up occupying anyway. The innovative goals and the means of achieving them have made it more and more problematic to feel that I am relevant enough to stay.

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Challenging but rewarding

Senior Administration Officer (Current Employee) - Bathurst NSW - 26 February 2019

Working in the NDIS space is ever-changing and never simple. Despite the complexities of the sector and challenges of maintaining a sustainable business model there are rewards to be had. Unfortunately there is a reactive management style that leaves employees in a constant state of flux, wondering if their roles will remain in place as the organisation seeks to stay competitive and look for cost savings to deliver services in this sector.

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Great Work environment

Family Support Worker (Former Employee) - Australia - 24 January 2019

One of the best organisation I have worked for. Work-life balance, great salary, highly focussed on quality of work, encourages staff for training and promotions.

Pros

Perfect work environment

Cons

not many programs to offer to community

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good culture and self care

Functional Family Therapy Team Leader (Current Employee) - Sydney NSW - 24 December 2018

I enjoy the values of TBS and work place culture. They value the staff and promote self-care. There are opportunities to grow in management and training.

Pros

rostered days off.

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Data Administrator (Former Employee) - Sydney NSW - 2 October 2018

This temporary job as a data administrator came wiht very flexible work hours which allowed work-life balance. I very much enjoyed my time here with a great team.

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Ever changing Management

Family Support Worker (Former Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 30 September 2018

Opportunities to work autonomously and within large busy teams. Many Organisational changes including within management and programs, which at times was very disruptive to program delivery. Workplace culture was mostly positive, however if you did not agree with the majority, especially management, people were generally put on the outer. Where their opinions were dismissed and at times isolated from the other programs. At times the main office was very clicky. IT issues happened weekly if not more, and working in mobile programs this was a major disruption. Some managers were very supportive and were very appreciative and encouraged discussions around new initiative ideas and program delivery. Most staff were offered PD, but again it was as long as you went along with the majority and didn't 'rock the boat'.

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Committed and dedicated.

Campaign Strategy Consultant (Current Employee) - Sydney NSW - 4 April 2018

Focussed on delivering social outcomes. Great workplace atmosphere, collaboration and helpful, friendly environment. Interesting projects and highly skilled team.

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Great Organisation to work for

Data Entry Clerk (Former Employee) - Sydney NSW - 26 March 2018

I really enjoyed working with the Benevolent Society and would highly recommend this job. The team i worked with were great and all staff were very friendly.

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productive and fun working place

Data entry/admin (Former Employee) - Oxford Street NSW - 31 January 2018

fun to work with other people get along with everyone, every one is easy going flexible hours, including lunch really good management nice coffee!!!

Pros

every one is nice to work with

Cons

no cons

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Excellent work environment

DATA ENTRY ADMINISTRATOR (Current Employee) - Paddington NSW - 13 December 2017

Benevolent Society is far and fun place to work with. all the staff are friendly, understanding and supportive. Every seem to be helpful and the culture of the organisation is supportive both staff and their clients.

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A positive and collaborative work place

Child Youth and Family Practitioner (Current Employee) - Sydney NSW - 15 September 2017

Case management of clients; psycho social assessments; goal setting and planning; psychological support provided; advocacy and practical support provided; parenting strategies based on behavioural and attachment models provided.

Pros

Collaboration

Cons

Child protection challenges and risk.

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Company values don't line up for staff!

Family Referal Worker (Former Employee) - Australia - 29 August 2017

I worked here for three years in the Family Referral Service which is a great program that I hope just gets better. My experience was one of bullying and being targeted by a Management that talked the talk but were clicky and didn't walk the walk, treating their team with suspicion and disdain. Several times they attempted to manage me out and make life very uncomfortable in the hope I would leave. They did this to so many staff members that I lost count. Head office being in Sydney meant they only knew what information was fed up the line and to say that was subjective is to understate it. After years of investigations and complaints the Management resigned so I can't say what its like currently. I've heard there are still issues among current staff which is sad. It could have been amazing.

Pros

Fair pay, great role, important work

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productive

Assistant Public Relations Officer (Current Employee) - Paddington NSW - 30 June 2017

retail sales experience to help me in the business field. This brought me to the assistant manager position in FILA that helped me succeed. This position helped me to expand

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Good place to work. Good team working environment.

Assistant Respite Coordinator (Former Employee) - Penrith NSW - 1 March 2017

I have been made redundant and looking for work. I am a very good worker and was shocked at my redundancy. At the Benevolent Society for 15 years. Last 3 years in the office as assistant respite coordinator. I loved working in a team enviroment and loved dealing with our clients. Management were out of touch with the clients.

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opportunities

Team Leader (Former Employee) - sydney - 28 January 2017

As previous mentioned this was an interesting organisation to work with it allowed opportunities for growth and advancement, working with staff mentoring and coaching to build a better cohesive team.