Pros
Position had a flexible schedule and some of upper management was kind/supportive, but you rarely see them as a clinician since you do not work in the office. The job was rewarding when working with clients who truly needed the support and skills training, but the majority of clients take advantage of the services for a free ride to places instead of attempting to better their lives.
Cons
This job was a nightmare and I should have quit within the first week because there were so many red flags within my training alone. One of the clinicians I shadowed enabled their clients and tried to convince me it was okay to drive clients to crack houses since they had such a difficult time meeting the one hour of direct contact requirement for insurance purposes. The other clinician I shadowed had a client make extremely sexual comments towards me, to which the clinician laughed at and joined in on the inappropriate banter. I felt completely unsafe everyday and was invalidated by my supervisor when I informed them of safety concerns. Not only did clients cuss me out on a daily basis, I had a client physically threaten me and when I notified my supervisor they said they could not help me because they were about to go on lunch break. My supervisor then briefly took on this client but then stated that they even felt unsafe going to the client’s home (so they decided not to), then put the client back on my caseload for me to continue working with them despite them physically attempting to harm me. I had another client attempt to contact me constantly and when I tried to set my boundaries informing them of my working hours, my supervisor told me I basically needed to be on call 24/7 for my clients. To make matters worse, I tested positive for COVID-19 during my employment (during peak of the pandemic) and multiple supervisors tried calling me saying I should still see my clients since they could not get another clinician to cover me.