The Council of Better Business Bureaus is the umbrella organization for the Better Business Bureau (BBB) system, which was founded in 1912 and is today supported by 250,000 local business members nationwide. It is dedicated to fostering fair and honest relationships between businesses and consumers, instilling consumer confidence and contributing to an ethical business environment.
TORCH AWARD 2004
Winner for 100-999 Employee Category
Stowell Associates • SelectStaff won the prestigous Wisconsin BBB Torch in 2004. "Employee trust is crucial to providing effective at-home care for the elderly," according to Phyllis Mensh Brostoff, and Valerie Stefanich, co-founders of Stowell Associates • SelectStaff, "We take a lot of steps to reassure our clients and their families that all of our employees are attentive, respectful, high-quality professionals," Brostoff said. "We think that it is extremely important for businesses to behave following very strong and clear ethical values. We are social workers. Our whole profession is based on very specific beliefs about the need to respect each individual." "We have a caregiver's code of conduct that implements our mission of responding to the individual needs of our clients by providing aides who will respect a client's privacy, for example, by leaving the room when a guest arrives," Stefanich said. "It is this type of behavior that is very important in making the clients feel they are being taken care of by a thoughtful person."
Top 10 2004 Small Businesss Award
Stowell Associates • SelectStaff was recognized as one of the Top 10 small businesses in Waukesha County in 2004.
Council on Accreditation
Stowell Associates • SelectStaff Inc. has been accredited by the COA (Council on Accreditation ) since June 2000. The COA is an international, independent, non-profit accrediting body whose mission is to promote high quality practice standards. The COA accreditation attests that an organization meets the highest national standards and is delivering the best quality services to the community it serves.
National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers
1986-Present
Phyllis Mensh Brostoff was a founding member of The National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (GCM), and is serving as the President of the National Board in 2009, and President of the Midwest Chapter, 2007-2008. (GCM) is an association of professional practitioners whose purpose is the development, advancement, and promotion of humane and dignified social, psychological, and health care for the elderly and their families through counseling, treatment, and the delivery of concrete services by qualified providers. GCM is committed to working towards the highest quality of care for the elderly and their families through education, advocacy, and high standards of professional practice.
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Nationally accredited by the Council on Accreditation
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