Many agency workers who serve the foster care community choose this path out of a passion for helping others. But transitioning into this challenging career can often be a very overwhelming experience. Even when workers are doing their best, they can start to feel like they’re not doing enough and that they don’t have a support system to fall back on in their times of need.
Brian Gazdziak is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker as well as a foster and adoptive dad. He has spent years providing specialized mental health therapy to help people, such as those in the foster care community, cope with life challenges. As someone who has experienced foster care from the perspective of both an agency worker and a foster parent, Brian has unique insights and empathy surrounding the topic of these complex relationships.
In this episode, Brian shares what it’s like to work with children and families in a hands-on capacity, how churches can provide much-needed support to foster care workers, how to build a better relationship with case workers, and so much more.
Show Notes: https://theforgotteninitiative.org/brian-gazdziak-226/
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Episode 52: Making an Indelible Difference in the Lives of Vulnerable Children
Episode 51: Going into Foster Care as a Teen: One Woman’s Story of Testifying for her Family’s Safety
Episode 50: Keeping It Real for Foster and Adoptive Dads (Updated!)
ENCORE: Reframing Foster Care: Finding Hope in the Struggle
Episode 49: The Who Loves Series: Two Perspectives About How to Use These Books
Episode 48: Teaching Students, Teachers and Families the Importance of Story
Episode 47: Avoiding Burnout, Tending to our Inner Life
Episode 46: Human Trafficking: Making a Difference in Your Community
Episode 45: Strategies for Making Your Marriage a Safe Haven
Episode 44: Reframing Foster Care: Finding Hope in the Struggle
Episode 43: A Peek into the Agency Workers’ World
Episode 42: A Story that Starts in Brokenness and Ends in Hope
Episode 41: The Benefits of Growing Up in a Fostering Family
Episode 40: Awareness Leads to Action
Episode 39: Establishing a Meaningful Relationship with Birth Parents
Episode 38: Navigating School Challenges with Children Who Have Experienced Trauma
ENCORE: Helping Your Foster and Adoptive Kids Tell Their Story
Episode 37: Adoption as a Picture of Redemption
Episode 36: A Reunification Story
Episode 35: Help for Parents of Teenagers
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