Mainstream Living Newsletter: Employee Newsletter - January 2018

The beginning of a new year brings many things, including promises we make to ourselves for improvement. Popular resolutions include exercising more often, eating healthier, spending less money, and getting more sleep. On January 1st, people are ready and determined to start afresh! However, that new found determination can have... Read More on New Year | New Resolutions

Each of us has had an experience in which we became emotional, and ended up saying or doing things that we later regretted. Emotional outbursts can be a result of, feeling a loss of control, not being heard, reminders of past trauma, or just being uncomfortable. The members we serve... Read More on Tip of the Month

Congratulations to the following individuals for being recognized as this month's Service Excellence Award Winners. Your gift cards will be delivered to your supervisor. Each month, employees are recognized for going "above and beyond" in their service to members. We encourage staff and managers to nominate a fellow staff member...

Mainstream Living is part of the Polk County Positive Behavior Supports network. Each month, training topics are offered to staff in an effort to improve and enhance services for our members.

In our ongoing efforts to enhance the leadership skills of supervisory personnel, Mainstream Living has continued to offer Mainstream Emerging Leaders (MEL), a professional development program for qualified staff. The purpose of the MEL program is to identify potential leaders within the company and provide tools and resources which aid... Read More on Mainstream Emerging Leaders

What brought you to Mainstream Living? My neighbor told me about the open position in Human Resources. I was drawn to the idea of working for a non-profit that serves others. What is your favorite thing about work? My co-workers! I also love seeing the difference employees make in our...

What brought you to Mainstream Living? I started a little over seven years ago. My friend was the office manager at the time. They needed a temporary receptionist. I was just going to be here two months. After that I went full-time. Eventually, I became the office manager, and now...

What brought you to Mainstream? On the first day of my senior year in college, the teacher asked us to partner up with a neighbor for an ice breaker activity. The student I partnered with worked at Mainstream and shared all the awesome things she got to do at work....

What brought you to Mainstream Living? When I graduated from college, I took a job with a human services provider, and it was a terrible experience. It made me think that human services was not for me, and I became a paratransit driver. I met a lot of interesting people...

What brought you to Mainstream Living? I left a company after six years of working as a virtual HR manager which included monthly traveling. With three small kids at the time, I decided traveling was too much to manage. I was referred to Mainstream and offered a part-time opportunity to...