What’s the difference between a family caseworker and a child caseworker?
The family caseworker helps a family complete the adoption and/or foster care approval process, and assists in identifying children that might be a good fit with the family. The child caseworker is responsible for ensuring the day-to-day needs of the child are being met (for example, living in a safe, appropriate environment; access to any needed services; etc.), and finding families for the children they work with that best meet the children’s needs. Once a family is selected for a child, the child caseworker and family caseworker work together to transition the child to their new home and make sure the family has the services it needs to parent the child.
