Permanency Story of the Week: Thank Our Social Workers
In honor of National Social Worker Appreciation Month, here is a wonderful video thanking the amazing group of social workers we have across the country. Social Workers are so incredibly important to the pursuit of Permanency for our youth and families in foster care. THANK YOU!!!
Current Permanency Related Articles:
6 Things I Wish You Knew About Foster Care
Dr. John DeGarmo – After 13 years of caring for children in foster care, and over 50 children through my own home, I continue to find that even my own family members and friends do not understand what it is truly like. Here are 6 things I want you to know about what it is truly like.
Living in foster care and never getting adopted takes toll on youth
At any given time, there are thousands of youth in foster care, wishing to be adopted. But as they get closer to turning 18 years old, their chances of adoption become slim. They run a high risk of never having a family to call their own. Imagine what it would be like to live with the constant fear of rejection: living in a group home, then watching the beds around you slowly empty as your friends get adopted.
How to create a healthy relationship with caseworkers
In order to be a truly successful foster parent, you will need to work closely with your foster child’s caseworker and your child welfare agency. It is important for the well-being of your foster child that you work alongside the caseworker and the agency, and help to build an effective partnership and strong working relationship with both.
Aging out of system tough on foster kids
Each year, an estimated of 20,000 individuals age out of the foster-care system, and about 1,000 of them are in Ohio. Those aging out of the system face many hardships due to the limited resources set up for them after terminating out of the services provided while in foster care. As a result, there are unbearable rates of homelessness, unemployment and crime within this population.
Helping Kids In Foster Care Track Their History
Lifebooks are a place to collect bits of history like that, but there’s another purpose: The books are designed to give kids a way to talk about the trauma they’ve been through. Like, at the top of one page is this prompt: “Why I don’t live with my birth parents anymore.” For most people, birth parents are the keepers of their stories. Jeanne Howard says when the state takes over as a child’s guardian, one of its fundamental responsibilities is to be a keeper of that child’s story. To save it for them until they are ready to confront it, and explain it to them in a way that helps them grow and prosper.
Preparing for a Trauma Consultation in Your Juvenile and Family Court
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. 2015 – Being trauma informed means asking “what happened to you and how can we help? verses What is wrong with you?