With a combined 35 years of growing their careers, Max, Sherria, and Suri can’t think of anywhere else they would rather be than supporting the residents at Village Manor. Long known for one of the best places to grow your career in senior living, Village Manor values employees and encourages them to fuel their passions for rewarding work.
Leadership at Village Manor fully supports staff success and provides the right tools and training to make sure your work experience is rewarding – even making it fun with all the staff engagement, activities, and rewards incentives. Village Manor’s leadership team is devoted to offering help every step of the way, no matter what that looks like.
Sherria started here at age 19 and shared, “I knew nothing about senior care and had never even stepped foot into a retirement community.” Since then, a lot has changed. Sherria loved being a CNA, but the leadership team saw the thoughtful and compassionate ways she handled residents and their families, and leadership encouraged her to use the college tuition program and earn her degree in social work from WKU. While being a single mother raising two children, this dream seemed exciting but also a little daunting. Because of the encouragement and support of Village Manor it all became possible. “I cannot express how thankful I am that Village Manor was flexible with my work schedule, understanding that I also had a school schedule and two kids – and paid for my degree!”
Career growth hasn’t stopped for Sherria and she’s now Master Certified Trainer with the Best Friends Approach for Alzheimer’s Dementia Care, instructing staff and families on leading practices in relating to loved ones with a dementia diagnosis. “When you see a company investing in you – it’s so rewarding to succeed when someone believes in you!” said Sherria. Many staff members agree she is a blessing to the entire Village Manor community.
Max has grown his career from a CNA, to Licensed Practical Nurse, to Floor Nurse, to Admission Nurse, to now serving residents as Unit Manager. He credits this growth to a combination of being self-motivated, as well as the encouragement he received from the Director of Nursing, Donna Howard, and Sherria Hawkins. Max connects with the continuum of care offered at Village Manor. He says, “You can truly get to know someone in Independent Living and hear their life story, and then years later when their care needs have changed you are able to be there for them again in a time when they need it most.”
Since 2014, Max has been making staff and residents smile with his compassion for serving older adults. Max shared, “If you have a passion for helping others, this is a great place to do so. Even if you haven’t found your niche within nursing, you have so many levels of care here at Village Manor that there is a place for you and an opportunity to grow wherever you start.”
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