Beacon Review - Direct Support Professional (DSP) Beacon Specialized Living Employee Review

My experience at Beacon has been amazing. I truly love working with all of the individuals we support—they make every day meaningful and rewarding. I also really enjoy working alongside my coworkers; they help create such a positive and supportive environment, which makes the job even better. I’ve been at Beacon for almost a year now, and I definitely plan on staying much longer. I’m grateful to be part of such a great team.

One con of the job is the long 12-hour shifts. They can be tiring at times, but the time goes by quickly when you’re busy helping and supporting others.

The clients are the real pro , the connections you will make with others in the field , and the community outings that help the day go by .

Management , pay, hours capped at 60, constantly being threatened and written up as a group for the actions of others , damaged vehicles (one had no rear view mirror for 5 months and I was forced to drive the van still after notifying management in Princeton, issue went unresolved for months , PTO not paid out , 95% of the clients are behavioral at most of the day programs. This agency takes majority aggressive behavioral clients vs, medically needy clients but you will also be changing /toileting / transferring 4 - 5 clients a day , 3-4 times a day . Their firing procedures are also unethical . Even for minor things , You don’t get ant chances or a warning . You Simply get suspended, while they investigate and then they terminate you. Just feels like they don’t care for their employees at all . They are always firing people which makes the program short staffed , causing others to do several jobs that aren’t their own. They constant fire without having a replacement and it cause the staff that’s there to over compensate and do the formers person’s job. It’s