I was a client that lived at New Beginnings. I wasn't going to write anything but when I saw these horrable things that people wrote I could'nt not write anything. I lived at New Beginnings for two years and the staff and the director treated me like I was their family and yes when staff was not doing their job management did get on the staff because as she would often say "the clients there has been through enough and staff was not going to mistreat them on her watch." We got designer items and not no swapmeet stuff. We always had food and trash bags. They would take us out to eat, disneyland, knotts and other cool places. Never was I missed treated I loved this group home and if my daughter ever went into placement I would call them and ask them to take my daughter cause I know she would be treated right.
Like anything there are some good but, there is the bad as well for the time that I worked with the company it seemed to be professional on the surface but then things were exposed at the seems. Simple thing that were needed for the children like house hold trash bags they wouldn’t have. Food would be old from the food banks. Lack of structure in the home and then office management would favor certain staff. Very little training when you get hired and then they quick to act as if they are doing you a favor about you keeping your job. I was stressed out and very uncomfortable. Glad to be gone and feel bad for those who experience this business.
New Beginnings offered me great opportunities to advance in my passion to work in a youth related feild. When I first started, I wasn't sure which way i wanted to further my passion in working with youth. With all the leads in contacting different departments of social work, probation, advocacy and many more. I have decided to present my focus onto a spoke person for CSEC and align with probation to further my career. I believe when one focus on opportunity that leads into success, they can not only find a window but a door way to their purpose.
I was hired here and was quickly put to work with little training of their group home policies or rules. I have over 5 years of experience working with group home and foster youth, so I quickly learned how to do my job. The young women they serve are strong willed, but great girls who need a nurturing, structured and consistent environment. New Beginnings Group Home is anything but that. The staff are inadequately trained, the paperwork is years behind and the management undermines the authority of their staff. The director of the program is condescending, disrespectful and frequently berates staff in front of the residents and other staff. As a professional who has experience working in multiple groups homes and with foster families, this organization is far below quality of care that these young ladies deserve. The lack of structure promotes a culture where manipulation is the only way to survive (and the residents know this well). This group home does not equip their residents with the life skills needed to transition out of foster care and promotes destructive patterns.
Review from Guidestar