Pros
Opportunities for OT, reasonable pay, ~30 days PTO a year, lots of different properties to work at, harm reduction, non-religious, good health insurance, they hire people from all walks of life, they believe in second chances when they want to, they're going through a lot of changes now, so the right person in the right position could have a big impact. Accommodations for school.
Cons
Budget cuts, lack of transparency, no on-the-job training to orient to the job, teams lack communication. Management is inconsistent, striving to uphold the DESC vision, yet each having their own ideas of what that is exactly. Staff can and are verbally and physically assaulted by clients and the situations are rarely discussed seriously with the clients. Harm reduction turns quickly to enabling with the residents as the clinical staff typically see mental health and substance use as a crippling impairment and not something that can be managed successfully. Upward mobility is reserved for people in the click. Intelligence is punished, laziness rewarded. Questioning management makes you a target. Little upward mobility for minorities. High turnover.