There are some places for improvement here, but are kind of general things that just come with the gig. For example, if you haven’t worked with kids with disabilities, or haven’t worked with kids much at all, I would start part time and work your way to being comfortable at being full time. They will give you a full days worth of clients almost right away, so if you’re not mentally and physically prepared for that, this can be overwhelming. Also, our breaks system could be better. Currently, we have a break buddy that you’re assigned to each two hour block, and you find them and give each other breaks. This works for the most part for me personally, but I’ve heard about a lot of struggle with it. It can be challenging when your client doesn’t want to go to the same place as the other person and their client, one is eating and the other is not, or you just can’t seem to match up your schedule. This could be improved in some way, I think. But it works mostly. Other than that I would just say the job is a demanding job that calls for consistency, attention to detail, and communication. But this goes for working at any ABA company. If you struggle with these things, and/or struggle with thinking of resolutions quickly, I would maybe consider a different path. This is all you do, all day, and its important. Also, you have to have personal mental health and physical health routines of self-care. You need ways to constantly be recharging and taking care of yourself or you will get exhausted mentally and physically. Like I said, this is more of a general warning of working at any ABA company, not specific of Soar.
