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Derbyshire County Council job reviews

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  • Best thing

    Meaningful work, supportive management, great team

    Worst thing

    Work/life balance, stress, high workload

    6.1

    Derbyshire County Council Social worker, December 2023

  • Best thing

    Flexible working

    Worst thing

    Working a lot of unpaid hours and bad work life balance

    6.9

    Derbyshire County Council Social worker, October 2023

  • Best thing

    Going home

    Worst thing

    Having no support at all

    1.4

    Derbyshire County Council Catering supervisor, September 2023

  • Best thing

    The kids

    Worst thing

    Too much to do in not enough time

    8.0

    Derbyshire County Council Teaching assistant, March 2023

  • Best thing

    Clients being greatfull

    Worst thing

    Pay , rotary changes with no notice, if your running late ,being hassled by Schedulers sat at a computer ,with no idea what we are doing

    1.2

    Derbyshire County Council Employee, January 2023

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  • Best thing

    The kids and the team I work with

    Worst thing

    The pay
    The lack of communication
    The treatment of ta's

    2.7

    Derbyshire County Council Teaching assistant, October 2022

  • Best thing

    Who I work with

    Worst thing

    Not enough time

    7.5

    Derbyshire County Council Catering supervisor, March 2022

  • Best thing

    Your not stuck in 1 place

    Worst thing

    Management,wages,never listened to,hiw rotas are done n work not shared out properly

    4.7

    Derbyshire County Council Care worker, March 2022

  • Best thing

    It’s rewarding, working with families and doing my best to protect them.

    Worst thing

    High pressures and stress

    9.0

    Derbyshire County Council Social worker, January 2022

  • Best thing

    The children

    Worst thing

    Lack of respect

    2.8

    Derbyshire County Council Teaching assistant, October 2021

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  • Best thing

    Working with children, work family and work relationships

    Worst thing

    Outside attitudes, understanding, covid times, pressure from education services

    7.7

    Derbyshire County Council Teaching assistant, June 2021

  • Best thing

    The team and children I work with

    Worst thing

    Lack of respect from some parents and the media

    9.1

    Derbyshire County Council Teaching assistant, March 2021

  • Best thing

    Working with the clients and the working relationship I have with them

    Worst thing

    Dealing with the challenging behaviour

    9.8

    Derbyshire County Council DAY centre officer, March 2021

  • Best thing

    Working with other members of staff
    Being able to book holidays when needed
    Working 4 out of 7 days

    Worst thing

    The travelling and mileage
    The work is not very well organised
    The turn over of clients and not getting to know them well enough
    Not enough hours
    Working in areas that I’m not familiar with
    Feeling lonely
    Working evenings

    4.9

    Derbyshire County Council Community support worker, March 2021

  • Best thing

    Friendly
    Excellent training
    Ability to progress in career
    Supportive

    Worst thing

    Shift pattern

    9.6

    Derbyshire County Council Senior carer, March 2021

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  • Best thing

    People are nice

    Worst thing

    Level of responsibility and accountability for the lowest level work

    3.0

    Derbyshire County Council Employee, February 2021

  • Best thing

    The pay is good, and the hours too. Dont work every weekend.
    Boss is lovely and approachable
    Some good members of the team

    Worst thing

    Not always enough staff, or some not pulling their weight.
    Higher management dont interact with us when they visit, and dont want to hear about any problems or ideas we may have.

    8.4

    Derbyshire County Council Catering assistant, February 2021

  • Best thing

    fast paced but rewarding.

    Worst thing

    staffing

    7.8

    Derbyshire County Council dso, January 2021

  • Best thing

    The team

    Worst thing

    The amount of work expected in short time

    2.5

    Derbyshire County Council Catering supervisor, January 2021

  • Best thing

    Helping people

    Worst thing

    Solo working at night

    4.2

    Derbyshire County Council Care assistant, December 2020

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  • Best thing

    Team work x

    Worst thing

    Covid 19.
    Feel carers are undervalued xx

    8.4

    Derbyshire County Council Care assistant, November 2020

  • Best thing

    Children and family positive outcomes

    Worst thing

    Case loads can be too high

    8.0

    Derbyshire County Council Social care worker, November 2020

  • Best thing

    Sick pay. Travel expenses. Holidays

    Worst thing

    Job security at risk, kept in the dark about things, some managers are not very good at managing

    9.7

    Derbyshire County Council Team leader, November 2020

  • Best thing

    I enjoy it

    Worst thing

    Long shifts

    9.8

    Derbyshire County Council Residential care worker, November 2020

  • Best thing

    The team

    Worst thing

    The work in the time allowed

    2.3

    Derbyshire County Council Catering supervisor, October 2020

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  • Best thing

    Meeting new people, helping others , making a difference

    Worst thing

    Travel , clients

    9.3

    Derbyshire County Council Community carer, October 2020

  • Best thing

    Never the same 2 days running

    Worst thing

    Early starts and late finishes

    9.3

    Derbyshire County Council Community care worker, October 2020

  • Best thing

    Helping young people achieve

    Worst thing

    Long hours

    6.6

    Derbyshire County Council Residential child care worker, September 2020

  • Best thing

    Work life balance
    Flexi
    5 weeks annual leave

    Worst thing

    Being stuck WFH right now
    Cuts to services

    8.5

    Derbyshire County Council Community care worker, August 2020

  • Best thing

    Helping the children learn and progress

    Worst thing

    Sometimes there is too much to do and not enough time to do it

    8.2

    Derbyshire County Council Teaching assistant, July 2020

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  • Best thing

    The other stafd

    Worst thing

    The stress

    4.7

    Derbyshire County Council Catering supervisor, March 2020