BASICS NW Careers and Employment

You have a conversation. Take the 40 hours of required training and certification (that you pay for). Then do the review of skills test and start working with the clients.

Day and evening Monday through Friday Meeting one Saturday a month

The supervisors were always there when needed.

You have a conversation. Take the 40 hours of required training and certification (that you pay for). Then do the review of skills test and start working with the clients.

A phone response was within a day, with a short conversation on the phone. Set-up face-to-face interview during initial conversation. Interview with owner did not talk much about job or company until time crunch at the end.

Be completely prepared and understand the line of work you are entering. This cannot be stressed enough. If you are easily frightened by confrontation or angry parents, nervous about following ethics due to reactions from others or struggle with boundaries and consistency, you will not succeed. You must be able to take physical hits, bites, kicks screams, hair pulls, deal with feces, vomit and the heartache of saying goodbye to your clients when it becomes time for them to generalize their skills. If you are a volatile or emotional person, you will not be safe for the kids. Also if you are not extremely energetic, open to feedback, detail oriented or able to separate yourself from personal to professional, you just won't make it. This company is amazing and it does amazing things. But it is not for everyone.

You have a conversation. Take the 40 hours of required training and certification (that you pay for). Then do the review of skills test and start working with the clients.

A phone response was within a day, with a short conversation on the phone. Set-up face-to-face interview during initial conversation. Interview with owner did not talk much about job or company until time crunch at the end.

Once at the start of the hiring process for substances illegal on a state level.