Good training, but Burnout is extremely likely
Pros
- Company is a little more progressive clinically than other ABA agencies, and prioritizes Skills Based Treatment as the intervention for severe behavior clients - There is a $ bonus structure in place for supervisor monthly performance - Small Group supervisor meetings are monthly, which is nice for collaboration and helpful - Leadership prioritizes staying on top of latest research and will share articles - Company uses both a scheduling and a programming platform for efficiency
Cons
- Supervisors have monthly performance review meetings that last two hours, in which you are given scores for clinical and administrative performance. While having high standards is a good thing, micromanaging supervisors is not. - Supervisors are expected to cover the BT/RBT session if there is a callout and no coverage could be found. Even if you had pre-arranged meetings to attend. Yet you were still expected to meet your required monthly billables. - Supervisors were expected to be available from 7am to 7pm, and although “making your own schedule” is listed as a benefit- you don’t actually have control over what clients you get and what their availability for session is. So even if you don’t want to be in session until 7pm, if you get a client assigned with 5-7pm sessions, too bad. And yes, during regular school year with school clients, you are starting at 7am consistently. - Leadership does not believe in burnout, and has suggested to supervisors that if they just “stopped talking about burnout” that it would alleviate. Leadership will not accommodate you or be open to suggestions to alleviate burnout either if you have them. - The company will actively take on new clients and assessments, even as existing clients are understaffed. - The company is very resistant to discharging a client, even if the family/client meets discharge criteria outlined in the company service agreement. - The required monthly billable is 120, plus 10 hours of non-billable meetings per month, plus drive time, plus administrative work. Good luck. - The large/Whole Group supervisor meetings are monthly, and most of the time involve trainings on basic skills (Token Economy, DTT, Simultaneous Discrimination Training). For BCBAs who have been with the company a while or who are already trained on these topics, it’s an inefficient use of time. For brand new people, it’s valuable. - RBT staff turnover is high and leadership is not open to suggestions from supervisors in group meetings on how to reduce turnover. Instead leadership will basically throw their hands up in the air and say “there’s a lack of say-do correspondence for RBT staff” and move on to other topics.
