When I started working in adoptions, I came
with the attitude I have to find this child
a home.
And I really felt that I made an incredible
difference.
Yeah, I really do feel that I'm a change maker
out there.
Well, I feel that everything that we do makes
a difference and
It makes it fun to be busy as a caseworker
and, you know, come to work everyday
I've worked for CPS for almost 13 years and
I get to continue to have those long term
relationships with the kids and I think that's
what's so special about the job.
There is a teenage girl I worked with. She
was sixteen years old, had been in foster
care since she was seven or eight years old.
People didn't want to take her in. They considered
her a hard to place child and she was about
to age out of care and we could find her a
forever family.
It's an overwhelming experience, really, when
you think about playing a role in joining
a child with parents.
It makes me feel amazing when I can actually
help somebody and provide them a future and
changes that will help in their family life.
Just knowing that you're making, hopefully,
a good lasting impression on their lives.
I try to be a changemaker, yeah, I try to
give opportunities.
Yeah, I mean, I really do feel like I'm a
change maker when I'm out there. I mean I'm
out there making decisions on the front line,
meeting with families, finding out different
crises that emerge and responding to them
the best I can to make sure that they live
a healthier and safer life.
When you get those other clients that are
successful then you know your job is making
a difference.
It's the most rewarding feeling seeing the
child being adopted, seeing everyone that
was once involved in her life present.
This year I had the good fortune of working
with a young man who was four and had some
really incredible special needs and he actually
was in a position that he may not have even
survived. We were very concerned about his
health. We located a home that was incredible,
very skilled, loving parents and this little
boy now has this forever home where he has
just blossomed and it's been incredible. It's
made medical miracles that we didn't think
would ever happen in this home and it's been
just a wonderful experience to know that I
played a little role for him.
We provide them that door and that opportunity
to come out of that community and see what
else is out there for them.
It. It's amazing. It makes the whole, it's
the whole purpose of the job, it makes the
job more fun
It's just something that I really enjoy. It's
something that I look forward to every day
It's for the kids and that's what it's all
about
I love my job. I tell everyone that. I love
coming to work every day.
I do this job because this is my calling.
This job is right for me because I love working
with children.
It is, um, it's just. It really feels like
a miracle in some ways.
You see that in the child and that's the most
rewarding. Knowing that they will have a forever
family. Someone to be supportive of them at
all times.
At the end of the day there's one question
you have to ask yourself. Are the children
safe? And when you answer that question the
children are safe because I did this. That's
why I can get up in the morning.
It's just makes everything more exciting fun
for me.
I'm very proud to work at CPS.
