Quality is absolutely lacking. They opened a new center last year, while ours didn’t even have an in-house BCBA for several months. (No, a BCBA coming in once a weeks does not count as consistent). We did have a remote BCBA who would call in for supervision and that was “technically” meeting insurance requirements.
Our RBTs were amazing and hard-working but were often treated unfairly. If a morning client doesn’t arrive on time and later calls to cancel, they are not allowed to even clock in while waiting, sent home without any compensation, and expected to turn around a return for the afternoon session. The RBTs are treated as though they are incompetent while simultaneously expected to take on additional responsibilities that aren’t appropriate for the job. So many employees are new to the work force and its truly unfortunate how unaware they are of what is okay in a work force vs what should absolutely never be tolerated.
Turnover is fairly high, about six or seven employees leaving the past year at our center alone- most of them due to increased involvement from the District Director. Some time last fall, one of the centers lost roughly half of their employees because they were upset with how things were running. In addition, it is difficult to leave due to an extremely restrictive non-compete clause- you would be giving up the field entirely for at least 18 months if you decided to move on.
I hate having to say this, but it needs to be said: If you’re a man, I do NOT suggest applying for the Beaufort or St Marys centers. I know for a fact that the District Director has explicitly stated that she is wary of hiring men because of a previous experience.