Link to entire piece here. Excerpt below:
Q: How can parents get sent to services that are actually helpful?
Tomlinson: I work with parents to develop their own plan for success. Normally, caseworkers go into a case plan with an attitude of, “This is what we want you to do.” Even if parents think there is no possible way they can complete the case plan, they automatically agree to do individual counseling and family counseling and treatment and visitations three times a week. The parent will say, “Oh yeah, I can do it.” All that parent is thinking about is getting their child back.
But agreeing to a plan you can’t complete or that you don’t think will help may put your family in even greater jeopardy. Instead, parents need to think about what they believe will help their family and share that with their caseworker.
Sometimes as parents, we have a hard time asking for help. But parents need to be able to voice what they think will help them in order to better their families.
Cissy's Note: Check out this video from the Rise site on parent experiences with caseworkers.
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