Philadelphia Corporation for Aging Employer Reviews

PCA has extremely nice employees who work hard to help you understand and learn your position. The hardest part of working at PCA was the low pay and completing assessments in individuals’ homes. Often, homes are infested and not cared for due to the consumer’s condition.

PCA can be the best place in the world or a complete nightmare. It depends on your supervisor.
I had both while I was there. When I had a few great ones, I loved my job. When I had a poor one, that everyone complained about but nothing was done, it was a total nightmare.
PCA is very political. If someone believes something about you, whether it's true – more... or not, you are pegged. Keep your private life, private because there can be a lot of gossip.
If you work in the field, they do not have very good safety protocols. You go out by yourself in the worst neighborhoods in Philly and if you get bed bugs, roaches or mugged, or your car gets broken into, you're on your own. The good thing about the field is the freedom but while you are supposed to check in at the end of the day, if you don't, they don't always come calling after you to make sure you're not dead in someone's basement.
If you are one of the unlucky ones who gets a bad supervisor, do not expect upper management to be supportive. Most likely, they will not change your team or department unless you threaten legal action. Sometimes it's just not a good match personality-wise with supervisors and they still do not care. I never had to do that but was about to do that at one time.
Also, be quiet and don't complain. They will love you and promote you if you tow the line. I had seen many great people get overlooked for promotions because upper management preferred "yes" men/women. So you will see quiet 25 year old supervisors actually supervising people who were working there when their supervisor was born.
Great co workers. Great days and time off. Total respect of your personal time and a highly respected agency. – less

supervising care managers, answering question, reviewing their work and files. ive learned the state and federal guidelines and protocols for aging services. really great people who were trained incorrectly regarding supervision and administration. right now the hardest part is seeing such extensive layoffs, amd knowing there will be more.relating to – more... my staff is the best part of every day. – less

Typical work week consists of scheduled visits to consumers' homes, paper work, meetings(staff, team, supervisions), handling telephone calls, and basic case management tasks by following up with providers, agencies, consumers and their families. I learn to prioritize, plan, and time management at PCA.

Being at PCA has taught me how to better adapt myself in different work environments.

The chance to serve wonderful seniors in their homes and the communities

Return voice and email messages
Confirm upcoming appointments
Complete 2 2 hr long in person comphrensive clinical and financial assessments in home, hospitals, Nursing Home and rehab facilities
Complete written report and process financial applications for services requested

Care manager position requires in-office work and completing home visits of consumers. Care managers follow CMS guidelines for contact with each individual. Typical work in the office includes problem solving, taking telephone calls, logging all appropriate information into database, and updating individual service plans. The most enjoyable aspect of – more... the job are the professional relationships that are built when working with consumers. I personally learned a great deal about networking with services and working one on one with consumers. I enjoyed working with a variety of cultures and backgrounds. PCA is an excellent company that strives to keep older philadelphians in the community safely. – less