Youth Advocate Programs reviews

Scheduling relies on your own time management, capabilities of working at any day or time, and must coordinate with guardians. Usually these cases are rough and the parents involved have had some pretty bad things involved with the kiddos. Shows how the system treats kids, which in my opinion is not great. Guardians can be the biggest pain if you get the wrong one. They can reschedule constantly and make it impossible to get a bonus for meeting the hourly requirements. They can also create drama out of nowhere because they do not want to be a part of this program. Not many other cons. It's a great environment and out of my long list of workplaces i've been in, it is hands down the best job i've had.

The wages. At first the wages seemed to be perfect! Until you actually start doing the job and realize admin time, drive time, phone calls etc is paid at a lower rate. Also, we are only allowed 15 min of pay per service note as our "paperwork" pay (also lower rate) when the whole time sheet is much more time consuming factors than just service entries. Their approval process to get refunded for supplies for sessions has made paying out of pocket the least stressful and time consuming option. I find myself working for free alot of the time. Which is not the companies fault, I could change my boundaries, but I wont do that at the expensive of the youth. I just dont think an $8 refund is worth the time and effort to go buy those products (that typically cost more than $8), have kids cancel, have to go back and return them, and if they did use the materials but for a session on a different week... can no longer bill for them! The only solutions I have come to is making daily shopping trips (AKA working for free)