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Catholic Guardian Services

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Catholic Guardian Services reviews

3.2

65% would recommend to a friend

(117 total reviews)

Craig Longley

67% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Catholic Guardian Services has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 117 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Catholic Guardian Services employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.5 stars).

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117 reviews
5.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent benefits, opportunity for growth & development, flexibility, culture, values. Overall a nice organization to work for.

Cons

Lower salaries in comparison to private sector.

1.0
May 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The role offers strong exposure to high-acuity residential work, crisis management, and interdisciplinary collaboration. It can build clinical resilience, multitasking skills, and comfort working with complex youth needs. Coworkers are often a source of support because staff have to rely on each other to get through demanding shifts.

Cons

There is no real office space, and staff are expected to travel between three houses each week while conducting therapeutic work in settings that do not consistently allow for privacy or continuity. Sessions often require negotiating space day to day, which makes it difficult to create a stable therapeutic environment. A significant amount of time is spent trying to engage clients and documenting those outreach efforts, which adds to the workload without always moving care forward. The role also involves a great deal of time managing logistics and adapting to whatever space is available, rather than practicing in a structured clinical setting. Staff are expected to manage direct care, crisis response, documentation, care coordination, scheduling, and compliance responsibilities within the same workday, which is often not realistic. The documentation burden is substantial and can interfere with therapeutic work. The environment can feel reactive rather than structured, and staffing/support do not always match the level of responsibility placed on frontline workers. As a result, burnout can become normalized instead of addressed.

2.0
Feb 16, 2026

Needs work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are good and commute

Cons

Drain workers with large case load

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