Does Fernbrook Family Center pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Fernbrook Family Center employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Fernbrook Family Center. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Fernbrook Family Center?

42% of Fernbrook Family Center employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Fernbrook Family Center 2.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Fernbrook Family Center?

Mental Health Practitioner (9) , Therapist (3) , MHP (2) , Mental Health Therapist (2)

What are the pros of working at Fernbrook Family Center according to real employee reviews?

"Flexible scheduling once you get your caseload established." ((in 4 reviews)); "Hours are flexible, be you may have a three hours gap in your schedule." ((in 3 reviews)); "People should be help accountable while being supported, which they do very well." ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Fernbrook Family Center according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is HORRIBLE." ((in 5 reviews)); "Not well paid, supervisors are bad at communicating together, very unethical behavior, not reimbursed for much, violates confidentiality." ((in 3 reviews)); "Awful benefits" ((in 3 reviews)); "When you go back to leadership for support they will just tell you to “scramble” and make it work." ((in 2 reviews))

Fernbrook Family Center Reviews

2.8

42% would recommend to a friend

(33 total reviews)

Melissa Reintjes

50% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Fernbrook Family Center has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 33 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Fernbrook Family Center employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Non-profit and NGO industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

33 reviews

1.0

8 Jan 2016

Difficult to communicate with supervisors.

Mental health therapist/skills worker

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Pros

They will tell you that you can set your own hours, but give you clients who can only meet at odd hours and tell you that you must meet with them every week. Can be 6 AM or 7 PM. Pleasant office. Hours are flexible, be you may have a three hours gap in your schedule.

Cons

The Faribault office offered no support. The supervisors were tempermental and did not communicate well. Whenever asked questions, the supervisors offer rude responses and were too busy to bother with employees. Employees would give information that was trained differently in the main Owatonna office. Employees who had children on their caseload would often blame the parents even when the children had mental health problems.

3.0

23 Dec 2014

Amazing place to work... if you ar less than 25 and have no family or relationship committments.

Mental health practitioner

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Pros

EXTREME flexibility. You can work whenever you want to: weekends holidays, evenings, start at noon, take off a Tuesday, etc.

Cons

Absolutely no acknowledgment that the standard American workweek is only 40 hours. Functionally impossible to work less that 50-60 hours per week.

1.0

25 Oct 2023

Run

Case manager

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CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

….a nice resume builder if you stay long enough..

Cons

Long story short: I do not know how they are in business. Agencies like Fernbrook are the reason that social workers leave the field, and why clients lose trust in the mental health system. There is no support from management, despite them touting this in training. A worker at Fernbrook can’t even afford their health insurance, and will absolutely struggle to pay their bills unless they have a partner who makes an actual living wage. It’s astounding that this agency is able to stay afloat.

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Jobs at Fernbrook Family Center

Master's Foundational/Generalist Internship