MSW Jessyca Garlic 2022 Agency Name: CASA of Berks County Profile: Court Appointed Special Advocates of Berks County speaks up for children who have been abused, neglected, or abandoned by empowering the community to volunteer to be advocates for them in the court system. Their focus is to restore children’s well-being and to ensure a safe, nurturing, and permanent home. CASA wants to help children break the cycle and become healthy, empowered adults in the future. Field Placement Responsibilities: My responsibilities involve attending court when once a week. As well as being added to a child's case and visiting this child at their school to see how they are adjusting, having any sleeping issues, or making friends. My field instructor also assigned me a project to conduct ten initial interviews to explore the need for such a coalition and to assess the response of key community members to the idea of creating a coalition advocating for Berks County’s most vulnerable children. Future Goals: My future goal is to continue to broaden my knowledge within the community and the population I am working with. I want to continue helping communities that are underserved to get the resources they need. Department of Social Work
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