Pros
-Paid 2 week training -Paid CPR certification, TB test, and Safety Care Training -Rewarding experience working with children and their families -Exposure to ABA, PECS, DTT, and other methods used -Provided iPad and company phone for work -Educational reimbursement -Partnered with National University for discounted tuition -Employee Discount Program via PerkSpot -Possible RBT opportunities -Bonuses offered -401K offered to part-time staff (no health insurance)
Cons
-Unstable work hours (min 4hr- 20hr max) for part-time -Mileage is not reimbursed for huge gaps in between clients or to your first session -Client cancellations are not paid for unless they cancel about 30mins prior to start of session (you basically already driving out there majority of the time) -Some sessions are so spread out via time/miles (45mins; 25miles) -No career advancement without Master's Degree -Makeups/Sub-sessions are hard to come by since some families stay strictly with their own clinical team -Clinical Supervisors always miss out on Clinical Team Meetings -Program Managers don't support on cases as much as they should -Constant staff changes on your cases (BIs/PMs quitting, PM/CS relocating, or staff getting removed due to family) -Slow email responses from Clinical Supervisors(CS)/Program Managers (2 days- 1 week wait) when issues arise -No support/overlapping supervision from Managers on cases where children have aggressive behaviors (hitting self/others, bitting, scratching, head banging, etc.) -Scheduling needs major work; terrible following up with family -"Mandatory" monthly team meetings where CSs/PMs waste your time by not really going over the material provided to them and just winging it (a lot of social cliques in these meetings where they intimidate you) -Huge turnover in the Autism Department for BIs
