As National Social Work Month comes to an end, we want to recognize a few more of our amazing staff members. While we appreciate their contributions year round, March is always a great time to check in and share the amazing work our social workers do every day. It’s also a reminder of the broad […]
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March is National Social Work Month and we thought it was a great time to highlight some of the amazing social work staff we have here at Home Start. Carolyn Swint is a Child Development Specialist who has been working with our housing program for about two and a half years. We asked Carolyn to
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Rental Assistance: We have programs in several cities including El Cajon, La Mesa, and Santee, available to distribute funding to cover unpaid rents due to COVID-19 hardships. Family Support: We continue to assist in the case management of families with children in the child welfare system, including clinical assessments, parent education classes, First Steps family support
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Our Community Services for Families’ visit coaching model was recently published in a national journal, Children and Youth Services Review, as part of a scientific study about the potential for improved parenting skills through coached visitation. The Family Visit Coaching (FVC) model, a curriculum written by Marty Beyer, is an alternative to traditional child welfare visitation
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Written by Carin French, Family Visit Coach with Home Start-Community Services for Families “Art is a place for children to learn to trust their ideas, themselves, and to explore what is possible.” – MaryAnn F. Kohl For all of us working with families and children who have suffered trauma, we see the toll it takes on
