Wonderful Company - Anonymous employee Behaven Kids Employee Review

Behaven Kids is a mission-driven organization that genuinely cares about the quality of care provided to children and families. The team is passionate, collaborative, and highly focused on results and clinical quality. Leadership holds high standards and actively promotes people who perform well, take ownership, and share the organization’s values. There is a strong emphasis on accountability, continuous improvement, and doing what is best for clients, even when it is operationally difficult. If you value teamwork, clarity, and being part of a results-oriented culture, this is a great place to grow.

This is not an easy environment. The work is demanding, the pace is fast, and expectations are high. It may not be the right fit for people who prefer a slower pace or less accountability.

It was good for a couple months while a BCBA was running things.

I was hired to address training systems within the company. My role was literally director of clinical TRAINING. I spent about 2% of my time on training activities and the rest doing caseload management, something I could not have been clearer during interviewing and onboarding that I was not looking for. Senior management doesn't include any clinical professionals and it's clear they don't understand the ABA industry. Their expectations and plans are unachievable (like trying to onboard 40 new clients in less than 6 months, but forgetting to hire any additional BCBAs first, keeping in mind that they currently have 3 BCBAs across 4 clinic sites with full caseloads, and they're unhealthily reliant on part-time fully remote contract-based BCBAs), but you'll be treated as though it's your fault when you can't succeed. Forget about communication or clarity or even a response to a question. They don't want help or feedback to improve - they've already sniffed their own farts enough to decide they don't need that kind of thing. They're making a string of short-sighted, profit-motivated decisions because they're in "financial survival mode." It's red flag city. AVOID.