Overview
In todays hectic world, the competing demands of work and family life can be more challenging than ever. The USC Center for Work and Family Life (CWFL) is a one-stop destination dedicated to helping you maintain a balance between your personal and professional lives.
We provide integrated services for the USC faculty/staff community and their families designed to support you throughout your work experience at USC. We understand that everyone has unique needs and faces different challenges. Whether you need support coping with personal or relationship issues, workplace conflict, a referral for dependent care or a workshop on stress management, you'll find the help you seek from one of our dedicated and highly trained professional staff members.
Our core services include brief, solution focused counseling for a wide range of personal and work-related concerns, consultative support for faculty, managers and departments, as well as a variety of programs and services targeted to help you find and preserve a healthy work-life balance. We also maintain an extensive network of additional resources for referral, both at USC and in the community.
2-Minute CWFL Overview
Here is a brief and informative video about our services, an interview with CWFL Executive Director John Gaspari, LCSW.
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Winner: 2012 State Award Winner (California Psychological Association)
Winner: 2013 Best Practices Honoree
(American Psychological Association)
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Noteworthy Events
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CWFL Executive Director John Gaspari
Celebrated as Winner of
2013 President's Award for Staff Achievement
John Gaspari, LCSW, CEAP, BCD
John, a fifteen year employee of USC, and a graduate of the School of Social Work, was recognized today for making outstanding contributions to university life, enhancing morale, and demonstrating an enthusiastic Trojan spirit.
Mr. Gaspari will be honored at the Staff Recognition Luncheon held April 24th.
To learn more about John, click here.
To learn more about the annual President's Award, click here. |
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CWFL's Newest Lunch-n-Learn Workshop
Building Career and Team Success:
How to Promote Collaboration at Work
When we create shared focus from others at work, we can accomplish amazing things that are not possible with solitary effort. Since workplace success relies on the contributions of many, then our best work is done through our relationships.
Do you feel that the people around you at work are holding you back? Would you like to accomplish more, but realize that you can't do it alone?
This workshop will focus upon the essential relationship-building skills, allowing you to harness the power of collaboration for greater success.
learn more about this workshop, and register online... |
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USC Wins 2013 Workplace Best Practices Award from American Psychological Association
CWFL Plays Integral Role in the Efforts that were Heralded
The American Psychological Association has selected USC as one of nine organizations, nationwide, to receive “Best Practices Honors” for a program that meets the unique needs of employees.
USC’s Center for Work and Family Life was named as a model employee program, and the university is being recognized for its vision and leadership in developing the Center, whose mission includes fostering a psychologically and socially healthy workforce and culture.
The Center’s executive director John Gaspari, who traveled to Washington, DC to accept the award March 9th, says healthy relationships are at the heart of the Center’s objectives. “I believe relationships are the medium through which the best work gets done.”
For more information about the Center’s award, follow this link. |
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