Casework

The goal of a Caseworker is to provide a link between family, community, and residential treatment in conjunction with all associated counties. The caseworker helps the child identify and understand the areas of behavioral and emotional difficulty that led to the child's placement.

Daily Individual Supportive Counseling

This intervention assists the child in identifying his/her strengths and areas that need addressing in the program. The caseworker helps the child see how issues being worked on in the residential setting relate to the past, while relating these same issues to the future.

30 Day Initial Home Visit Assessment

The caseworker meets with the child’s primary caretaker in the home, within the first 30 days of the child’s admittance, to discuss the child’s welfare. This is a vital step in the strength-based assessment process where the strengths and needs of the family are identified. This ensures the family’s involvement in developing a successful treatment plan for the child.

Weekly Cottage Group Sessions

The cottage group sessions are a supportive process designed to address the child's adjustment to cottage life. These sessions allow the child to develop his/her communication, social, and peer interaction skills.

Weekly Cottage Team Meetings

These meetings occur when the cottage, education, recreation, and casework staff, meet to assess each child's goals and progress in the program. This shows the child that continuous support is there to aid them in his/her progress.

Specialized Collaborations

The caseworkers collaborate weekly with community-based psychologists, psychiatrists, and in-house therapists, to combine their efforts in order to meet each child's individual needs.

Created: 27 March 2005