Outstanding Caseworker: Lori Nichols
Flexibility, patience, and “being comfortable with being uncomfortable” are a few qualities of a successful foster parent, according to this veteran foster care recruiter.
Flexibility, patience, and “being comfortable with being uncomfortable” are a few qualities of a successful foster parent, according to this veteran foster care recruiter.
Don’t take things personally, know that children will heal, and other thoughts from a West Virginia caseworker.
“As a caseworker, there are good days, and there are bad days. But there are seldom boring days!”
A Nevada adoption worker says: “there is a lot of growing to be done in this job.”
Anna Wood says that a big part of her job is doing what she can to make foster parents’ lives easier, because “they have a really hard job, and they do it 24/7.”
This Illinois caseworker says that being organized and having empathy for birth families are two keys to success.