Mock Interview Assignment: Children's Aid Society of Toronto

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The Children's Aid Society of Toronto - Toronto, ON
The Children’s Aid Society of Toronto (CAST) was established in 1891 in Canada offering child and youth services. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CAST is Paul Rosebush, who has a broad leadership experience in social and health care services. He began his career as a social worker in the Canadian Forces and took part in deployments to both Rwanda and Bosnia. In his 20 years of service in CF, Paul gained experience and skills in both family and individual counselling and expertise in Critical Incident Stress, Suicide Prevention, and PPTSD. CAST has 792 employees on full-time basis and 29 workers hired on part-time. 8.1 percent of the employees in the organization are under contract basis. The average age of workers is 45 years and the oldest employee in the organization has served for 39 years. The organization’s major hiring locations in Canada are located in Toronto ON.
In 2019, CAST received the Greater Toronto’s Top Employer (2019) and the Canada’s Top 100 Employers (2019) awards due to a number of reasons. First, CAST offers exceptional family-friendly benefits such as increasing parental and maternity leave top-up policy to 37 weeks from the previous 34 weeks. At the same time, the organization provides an option for new parents to have extended leaves as unpaid leaves of absence. Second, as part of its health benefit, CAST now provides a health spending account of a maximum of $1000 per annum. This allows workers to top up their coverage based on their personal needs. Third, besides supporting continuous employee education, the organization now partners with institution...