Bancroft reviews

Pay rate is below average as a non-profit; raises and promotions are rare. More training and cross-training would be helpful. High burn-out for direct program associates; might benefit from regular built-in respite for the caregivers.

The pay: for being someone's caretaker and being the backbone for the company the compensation is not close enough to what we deserve (even our School's principal has said it in our meetings). We are paid to change diapers of teenagers, wipe them clean, shower them, shave them, brush their teeth and while your doing that they have behaviors. Now these vary from child to child but I've been punched, slapped, bit, headbutted, spit on, peed on, and defecated on. And that's all for a whopping 9.75/hr. The training: their training techniques have caused more injuries to staff and have seemed to cause more and escalated behaviors in the children and if you don't follow the right techniques you get written up and could be accused of abuse. So it makes you not want to help out in crisis situations. The favoritism: It doesn't matter how well you do your job or how deserving you are, you will be passed up for promotions and higher raises if your not buddy, buddy with the managers. You could do the bare minimal and skate by but kiss the right butts and get promotions, while others bust their butts and pick up the slack for everyone else and get passed up.