Agency Highlights

Recognizing Our Employees

Jim Reaume Award - Scott Wildman

In December 2013, the Jim Reaume Award was introduced at Lake Ridge Community Support Services. This award recognizes an employee who meets one or all of the below requirements:

• The Candidate is committed to providing quality service, and this is recognized in their day-to-day interactions with their clients.

• The Candidate purposefully seeks out opportunities for furthering their knowledge in the field of ABA.

• The Candidate facilitates or participates in evaluation research.

Scott Wildman joined the Lake Ridge team in 2005.  He has several years of experience, knowledge and expertise delivering ABA services to children, youth and adults with varying diagnoses across various areas and goals, including but not limited to sexuality, anger management, emotional regulation and skill teaching.

Teammates seek out Scott’s skills for his expertise in many different areas. His strengths lie not just in his clinical skills but also in his ability to consult with different mediators, clients and agencies. Comprehensive behaviour plans are completed with individualized treatment recommendations. Scott has collaborated on safety and treatment plans with medical professionals and always gains input from those supporting the individual receiving services.

Scott is an asset when supporting complex cases for individuals at risk where multiple agencies and services are involved, such as risk of losing housing placement to preventing them from entering the justice system. He is highly sought out by his peers to provide mentorship on sexual health education and how to conduct sexual health assessments and is currently participating in the development of a new service offering of a specialized sexuality clinic.

Scott also wears multiple hats, from clinical work to leading training and re-certification to all agency employees for First Aid and CPR and is the health and safety lead for our agency.

Congratulations Scott!!

Culture and Spirit Award - Valerie Madden

The Culture and Spirit Award was created in 2018 to recognize an employee who embodies and consistently demonstrates the culture and spirit of Lake Ridge Community Support Services. Some of the criteria for this award include:

• Reminds others of their strengths; is supportive and helpful to others.

• Creates, promotes and participates in activities that foster the Lake Ridge culture.

• Performs above and beyond normal expectations to benefit the community at Lake Ridge.

Val Madden was the recipient of the Culture and Spirit Award 2022. She is the person who always reminds everyone around them that they are doing a great job and overall has an amazing attitude. She is always smiling and happy to help with any employee questions.

Val always makes time for employees and offers an open-door policy regarding questions within the agency. If she doesn’t know the answer, she will take the time to find the information to give an informative response.

Val is a part of multiple committees that bring opportunity to the employees at Lake Ridge. She is always willing to lend a helping hand and often commits her time and energy to put her best into processes, policies, and events for employees. She is someone you can always go to when bouncing ideas off or needing direction or guidance, and she always has a positive attitude.

Val always follows through with anything she helps out with. She goes the extra mile to ensure that processes are consistent and thorough, and easily understood. Val is always innovative and forward-thinking! She is consistently using social media as a platform to spread awareness of the agency and is an amazing team player.

Lastly, through being on various committees, including the DEB committee, Val ensures a culture of equality and inclusion. She promotes innovative ideas from an administrative and human resources lens which has brought the Agency leaps and bounds ahead to ensure a smoother, easier, and more efficient process for everyone involved.

Congratulations Val!!

Length of Service Awards

Starting in 2013, each year Lake Ridge Community Support Services recognizes staff who have reached a significant milestone in their years of service with the Agency. LRCSS truly values all of its staff and is very proud to have such dedicated employees with high levels of experience and knowledge. The following staff were acknowledged this year for their years of service: