Transcript inforamtional interview -val

INFORMATIONAL
INTERVIEW
• BY: ROSA GARZA
Valerie Garay
MSW
Title: Facility Investigator
Department of Licensed Resources
Works for: Child Protective Services
Education: MSW 2005 from Eastern
Washington University
What services does the organization
offer?
Classes
Orientation on how to become foster
parents
CPS services
An Average Day at work
new intake
read intake/ contact referrals
gather additional information to start process
make phone calls
interview victims
interview children at their homes
computer work
What Mrs. Garay like the most about her
job? Least?
Enjoys going out to homes to interview clients
Enjoys Interviewing kids
The paperwork is her least favorite task
If she can change one about her job what
would it be?
She would love to be able to work from home
but due to confidentiality it is impossible.
Also sometimes the driving can get a little
tiring since she drives from the region to the
south.
Sometimes she drives to do interviews at
clients homes and the average drive one way
can be between 2-3 hours.
What does she see as the causes of child abuse
and neglect, domestic violence and/ or elder
abuse (as appropriate)?
When it comes to child abuse, drug
abuse causes a lot neglect and physical
discipline
Children in and out of home can also put
children at risk for child abuse.
What does she think are essential elements of
?
intervention
giving parents tools to deal with all sorts of situations
counseling
figuring out how to get financial assistance.
education
follow policy and answer questions
foster parents are new and policy changes a lot all the time
foster parents take care of a lot of children that need a lot
of special needs.
What does she think are essential elements
of prevention?
education
policy’s
release for stress
support from counselor
What does she think future social workers need
to know about child abuse and neglect?
child abuse is always going to be an issue
parents are now afraid to discipline their children
sometimes parents will lose it just one time due to
stress
keep open mind for you can see things that are very
(crazy) the unexpected
anger management
drug management