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California Family Life Center

When I first started at the California Family Life Center as a Child Care Worker I felt as if I was being thrown in without any knowledge of how things were ran. I was working directly with minors that needed to be watched and managed regularly and some particular rules and guidelines were not gone over with me. The training was awful. I spent a few hours going over the handbook that they give out and was thrown in with co-workers who really didn't seem that interested in teaching me anything. 

The pay isn't great for the work that needs to be done. The hours aren't great either. Some days I would work 14-15 hours and other days I would work 4-5 hours. Usually only 3 days a week. You would have to have a second job because you can't live on this income. But then again, it would be difficult to have a second job because CFLC like to call you in at the last minute. 

Eventually I was let go because of a "technicality" regarding one of those rules that I mentioned before that no one went over with me. They also mentioned that there were other reasons but wouldn't tell me what those reasons were which kind of makes me believe it had something to do with my health or possibly even the fact that I was in the military before and have a bit of a military discipline. 

The enjoyable part of the job is, of course, the satisfaction you get from helping the children through their time of need. But the way that this company operates is very disorganized and difficult to get behind.

This company doesn't adjust well to growth and expansion. This company lacks the leadership that understands business and the need for innovation that would streamline this company into the 21st century. Most individuals at this company that are in leadership roles lack higher education , thus stunt the growth of their workers that are seeking higher education. The need for new leadership is greatly shown through the treatment of their employees. This company is in need of a CFO, an unbiased Human Resource representative, and a complete new cluster of employees who haven't been tainted by CFLC's horrible organizational setting and workplace environment.

Over-All it is a good company. They care about their clients.
It  is a stressful job as you are working with at-risk youth that have psychological and emotional issues.
I scheduled and transported the clients to their appointments.
Documented and wrote reports on behaviors. 
Trained Staff and taught independent living skills to the clients.
Provided crisis intervention.
It taught me to work with multi-cultural youth and family's and community contacts.
It is a rewarding field of work.  However, the company is undergoing a lot of changes in meeting new state regulations and Staff Support needs improvement. Salary is targeted to increase with new funding.

The work that CFLC is doing in their community is very impressive. I have seen firsthand how deeply connected they are with partners (private and governmental) and is in that sense, a household name in Riverside County. 

For over 40 years, they have innovated and added services to families in our area and helped bring millions of $/funds to our local cities. 

As an employee, any new ideas for growth/innovation I had were always welcomed. They value training and make sure we have the tools we need to be effective at our job.

They are very unprofessional here.  Management talks about employees behind our backs and they act like they are caring.  Only upper management is protected and if you are a friend or relative, then you have job security.  They act like they have no money to pay employees but that is a lie, upper management saves it for themselves.  Everyone else is dispensable (their words). Save yourself the time and find employment somewhere else.  Everyone is trying to leave this company. (see previous employee remarks on how bad it is, the others are not of actual workers, those are youth comments)

I was hired in February of 2014 and told I would only work 8 hours a day and would have help with my driving and did not receive either. When I told the manager that I could not be driving 7 hours a day and keep up with my paperwork I was given a shrug. When it came to a point where I was months behind I was told that I had one month to get caught up or face termination. Since I was four months behind, there was not way I could get caught up in one month so I was terminated.

typical day at work for me was cleaning and organizing helping costumers.i learned how to be passions i also learned so much about my customers.the store was running great my manager was very helpful at all times. the hardest part of the job honesty noting for me i loved what i did i was always happy to be going to work and see the costumers come back for help . the most enjoyable of my job where my team mates where great always so welcoming i loved being able to respond back to none speaking English costumers when they need help.

this place is a good place to get into your first job if you are just getting out of highschool or trying to finish highschool.
the process is pretty simple they set you up with an internship with local employers and at the end of your internship the employer can hire you if you do well and if they need more employees. job is not guaranteed though

Staff work hard to help the families and children of CFLC. Sometimes a little too hard with unreasonable time frames and excessive amounts of work. Staff can get overwhelmed but will receive no help. 

Basically if you like helping people and like a stressful job than California Family Life Center is the place for you

This place is to help young people get ready to enter the work place. They teach you computer skills like Microsoft Office, phone etiquette, and how to create resumes. They set you up with internships with different types of job places (ie: fast food, retail, social). They will listen to you and help you find a job field you are interested in.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Therapeutic program worker 3 salaries reported	$20.43 per hour
Social worker 2 salaries reported	$69,472 per year
Clinical supervisor 1 salary reported	$82,500 per year
Career navigator 5 salaries reported	$20.26 per hour
Clinical therapist 4 salaries reported	$87,500 per year

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