Outstanding Caseworker: Leslie Haton
An adoption specialist and adoptive mother talks about how to help children heal.
An adoption specialist and adoptive mother talks about how to help children heal.
“It’s amazing to me that you can go from being a stranger walking through the door to someone a child looks up to in a month’s time.”
In less than a year, this Oklahoma permanency worker has inspired a family and a CASA volunteer to sing his praises for the support he provides to foster parents and birth families.
“Many times I’ve thought: Why do I come back every single day? Ultimately, I keep coming back because I know that I am making a difference.”
This Ohio caseworker sometimes thinks of himself as a tour guide, because he asks children and teens where they want to go and what they want their future to look like.
Flexibility, patience, and “being comfortable with being uncomfortable” are a few qualities of a successful foster parent, according to this veteran foster care recruiter.