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 29: Mother to Many: Doing Life with Nine Children
Episode 28: CAFO’s Aging Out Initiative: Helping Teens Transition into Adulthood
Episode 27: Keeping It Real for Foster and Adoptive Dads
Episode 26: Helping Your Foster and Adoptive Kids Tell Their Story
ENCORE: Foster Care, Adoption, Runaway: The Story of One Child's Reality
Episode 25: Trauma: How You Can Help Your Child and Family Survive
Episode 24: Through the Eyes of an Investigator: Working to Protect Children
Episode 23: Overcoming the "I Could Nevers" of Foster Care
Episode 22: Navigating the “Messy and Complicated" Path of Foster Parenting
Episode 21: Conversation with a Pediatrician: Physical Issues Common in Children in Foster Care
Episode 20: TFI Advocate Roundtable Discussion
Episode 19: Making Foster and Orphan Care a Priority to the Church
Episode 18: The National Foster Care Initiative—Helping Others Engage in Caring for Kids
Episode 17: You're Never Too Old to Foster
Episode 16: Getting the Local Church Involved in Foster Care Ministry
Episode 15: Foster Care, Adoption, Runaway: The Story of One Child's Reality
Episode 14: Who Are Our Nation's Orphans?
ENCORE: The Forgotten Initiative: How It All Began
Episode 13: Trusting God's Plan for Your Foster Care Journey
Episode 12: Why No Act of Kindness Is Insignificant to a Child in Foster Care
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