Vantaggi
Amazing mission, incredible clinical team. If you are looking to adopt a child from foster care, this is an excellent place to learn more and possibly partner with.
Svantaggi
Leadership seems to have martyrdom confused with leadership. As others have mentioned, the board seems to have little knowledge of the actual challenges faced by the organization, including staff retention and support (for both clinical and administrative roles), equipment upgrades, working conditions. Below market pay (even for a nonprofit). Little in the way of professional development opportunities - few advance, and there seems to be little budget for investing in the growth of the organization (technology, continuing education for non-clinical staff, tools to support fundraising and marketing efforts). There is no human resources staff, so if you do run into a challenge, you have no one to go to for guidance or support. This was brought up several times during my employment at Amara, so I'm assuming that means that several people had cause to want to speak to an HR professional. High turnover in key roles, which had a destabilizing/demoralizing effect on the organization as a whole. No boundaries - expect to get emails at 2am, and expect to be expected to work around the clock during certain projects/seasons.