High demand, low flexibility - Behavioral Specialist Seattle Community Care Employee Review

A positive work environment. Supportive and helpful community.

The work is heavy and emotional.

Great benefits, pay, flexible schedule, caring management and staff, great team environment, fun. I've worked at CC for nearly 2 years and absolutely love it. I started working at CC as a university student and management was always not only flexible with my schedule, but never treated my schedule needs as a burden. Management is also super caring; they prioritize staff self care and wellness more than any place I've ever worked. There is good pay, excellent benefits, and lots of open space for discussion about the work. Because of the types of kids we work with, the job can sometimes be physically, emotionally, and/or mentally taxing, but again managers and other staff are excellent at making sure you are okay and taken care of. I have gained more self-care tools and healed more trauma working here than throughout my whole life. Working with the kids CC works with has been incredibly rewarding, challenging, and fun. Unlike most jobs, you get to have fun and be like a kid again in some ways because you facilitate fun for kids. While you take on the responsible role of a behavior specialist, you also get to play alongside your client, helping them live out their childhood healthily. If you are interested in a career related to psychology, this is an awesome place to work because you work with sooo many different types and ages of youth that you get exposed to many different types of situations and learn how to apply therapy in different contexts.

It's hard work. Sometimes case changes can be kind of unpredictable because of client circumstance.