Outstanding Caseworker: Laura Wilson
Don’t take things personally, know that children will heal, and other thoughts from a West Virginia caseworker.
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.
In 21 years of social work, Joy Nyhuis-Wing has learned the importance of educating foster parents, getting them the resources they need—and letting them vent.