Compass Family & Community Services, Youngstown OH

I am grateful for the opportunity to have worked for COMPASS Family and Community Services almost 3 years. I worked as a Certified Peer Recovery Supporter funded by the Mahoning County Mental Health and Recovery Board. COMPASS stands by their mission and core values 100%. I had the pleasure of working with some of the most AWESOME people and that really warms my heart. If there was any time I needed assistance they were right there immediately and I did the same for them. We were a team of rockstars! With any place of employment there are days that will be more challenging than others and we have to remember that we are meeting the people we serve right where they are in life. They need us to be there for them 110%. We also appreciate them choosing COMPASS for their services. The people I served at COMPASS and my awesome team were my motivation daily when I walked into those doors. I was representing COMPASS and being accountable for the services I provided. I learned something new everyday. I am very passionate about what I do and while working for COMPASS I was able to show that through creativity, education, and skills I possess. You cannot beat that! I had the most awesome supervisors ever! They were very knowledgeable of all policies, procedures, and duties, and passionate about the work they did as well. Whenever I needed anything to help me better serve clients they made sure I had it. They also held me accountable for my actions and position, as they were supposed to. If I had an issue they listened and it was solved. My position was very flexible so I was able to gain knowledge in other areas and that was awesome! I love to learn and I definitely did that at COMPASS. I was able to plan events in the community and residential sites! COMPASS believes in the strength of community! I facilitated peer support groups, worked with case managers, and more! I also want to say thank you again for coming through for me personally when I was backed in a corner with no way out in a short period of time. You all acted fast and it was as if the problem never existed. I am truly grateful from the bottom of my heart. COMPASS does take care of their own. My pay was good as well. You might ask, "Well, why did you leave? " I decided to step out of my comfort zone and begin a new journey. I am taking everything I learned from COMPASS with me and continuing to provide the best services possible.
**I want to say that COMPASS is taking great measures to protect their employees during this pandemic. **
To all of the supervisors, therapists, operations managers, program managers, TPW staff, front office staff, CEO, and so on and so forth at ALL COMPASS sites (cannot remember every title lol). ALL OF YOU HAVE TOUCHED MY LIFE IN A POSITIVE WAY AND I WILL MISS YOU DEARLY.
We are all entitled to our own opinion, every job is NOT for everyone, and we all have different experiences, so I beg of anyone employed now or in the past, please stop and think before posting negative reviews out of anger. COMPASS really does make a huge difference in the community and that task is not an easy one. Teamwork makes the dream work. It is one thing to have a challenging day and vent when you are upset, but it is another to come online and say mean things against the company. NO COMPANY/ORGANIZATION WOULD WANT THAT TO BE HAPPENING. I would not even want to experience that personally. Would you? Let's practice kindness and professionalism shall we. (no offense intended)
#breakthecycle #bethechange
Careerseekers, if your heart is in the right place you will be fine. Apply, check on your application, attend the interview if contacted, and if you are offered a position, use your OWN judgment when making the decision to accept or decline the offer. Give it a chance. Research differences in non-profit and for-profit organizations as well. This will help you understand so much. Any career is what you make of it, so make it fulfilling and beautiful.
Thank you again COMPASS Family and Community Services, and best wishes for your company.

Sandy who took my call and scheduled my appointment was a very pleasant person to talk to. She has a very warm and bubbly personality which is very helpful especially when just calling a new place can be stressful. The entire staff is very helpful and friendly and I recommend this company to those in need.

I just went there for 1rst time. My sis moved here from pa. My sis has been in mental health system nearly 30 yrs. On occasions should would not take her meds and relapse but it NVR took more than abt 4 wks to get her bck on track. About 2 yrs ago she relapse and it took 16 months to get her meds stable, they finally in Pa got her meds right. I actually thought she was going to die it was so bad. Well my first visit to compass a niece practitioner told me to change my sis meds even after I told her abt it taking 16 mos to finally get her stable. This is unacceptable and I will be addressing it 2day. The staff was nice that's why the 3 stars

I have been going there for many years. My doctor retired and I ended up being pushed from nurse practitioner to nurse practitioner to nurse practitioner. They kept changing my medications. Not fun. Now the councilors are worth seeing. They all genuinely want to help you but they made me feel like a lab rat switching my medications. I went from having better function and quality of life to feeling twice as worse for the way they treated me. Even though I had a combination that helped I was looked at like I was drug seeking to get high. Go for the counciling it's worth your time.

I Recieve The Best Care At Compass Family & Community Services, They All Get Great Ratings From Myself, So If You Have A Particular Situation Give Them A Call, Just Let Them You Saw My Post. Thank You Again Compass & Family Services.

I never thought a Compass guardian would be the best thing to happen to my family but Arianna is wonderful. She is professional, intelligent, and has been able to navigate us through very stressful situations while staying calm and attentive. Overall great organization.

They helped me a little bit but I was still crazy at the end look what I’m doing to Country right now

Joe Caruso and Theresa Depp don't care about your loved ones care. They will not work with you to get your loved one into a better facility. Once Compass has Guardianship of your loved one.you mean nothing to them. Don't let this organization take Guardianship of your loved one.you will regret it. You will have to use Probate Court to get anywhere with these people. It's all about the power with this organization. Dealing with these people is one of the worse experiences of my life.

The psychiatrist was extremely patronizing and absolutely refused to listen to the actual problem.

Don't go there the doctor give me medication paroxetine ssri and did not tell me why I feel like the drug ruined my life it put me in the hospital biggest mistake of my life was going to their doctor I never been on no ssri before.

One of the biggest mistakes of my life. I went to gain life skills at one of there two residential properties. While I had no beef with the staff the residents are mostly shady, they love to use you. I also decided to get help with job placement but they don't help you at all they expect you to do all the leg work yourself. I also heard the psychiatrist and caseworkers there are not good, so when I left Valley Counseling about a month ago I decided to go elsewhere.