Pros
Some flexibility with hours, as in the ability to adjust schedule as needed. Working with kids and getting to be creative in sessions.
Cons
AWFUL pay. This is a highly stressful career, don't kid yourself, and our pay is a joke - especially considering ALL the responsibilities. Careplans, assessments, keeping releases up to date, doing medication and inpatient/residential referrals, creating and implementing safety plans, coordinating with families to link them to community resources, attending unnecessary meetings, attending all the super important meetings, etc... and this is all on top of actually seeing the clients! You'll have DOZENS upon dozens of them. No shortage of clients here! Oh and your supervisor, for whatever reason, will not close out referrals or say "No." She jjst keeps taking them on while she barely answers her phone or responds to emails. So it just gets worse and worse. Clients hardly getting seen because there are so many to see. This makes schools and parents unhappy. And we are all stressed out, burned out, unhappy, and management DOES NOT CARE. The hours of care expectation is ridiculous. You will work yourself to death at this job trying to hit bonus so it even feels like you're making a living and you STILL won't feel appreciated or valued!!!