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Family Care for Children &
Youth is a social service agency staffed by
Pennsylvania’s most experienced foster care and behavioral
health professionals. More importantly, the people who make
up our organization come to work each day with one mission:
to be the best social service agency committed to providing
an excellent standard of care and culturally competent services
while communicating compassion, empathy, and hope for the
future.
At Family
Care for Children & Youth, all case managers have a minimum
of a bachelor’s degree and have received specialized
training in Choice Theory/Reality Therapy. Case managers also
complete a number of additional training programs throughout
the course of each year. A case manager and case manager supervisor
work hand-in-hand on each FCCY case, and the progress of each
child is reviewed weekly in regard to the child’s treatment
family, our agency, the child’s biological/legal family,
and placement goals.
The average
caseload for each FCCY case manager is 15. Case managers meet
with each youth at least twice a month and speak via telephone
at least once during alternate weeks. At least one visit per
month will be conducted in the foster home setting where the
child resides. Visits and telephone contacts are adjusted
to meet the specific needs of each child, and most youth receive
more than one visit or phone call per week. Experienced FCCY
regional directors and supervisors provide continual guidance
to case managers, youths, and families.
FCCY
Senior Staff
Teresa
Storer
Executive Director
Teresa Storer has been working in the fields of child welfare
and mental health since 1983 and has served as FCCY’s
executive director since the organization’s inception
in 1994. Teresa is a licensed social worker and holds a master’s
degree in social work from Marywood University. She is also
a certified CT/RT instructor. Teresa has trained foster parents
and agency staff members throughout Pennsylvania on an array
of topics and also serves on the PCCYFS (Pennsylvania Council
of Children, Youth and Family Services) Board of Directors.
Bill
Shutt
Assistant Executive Director
Bill Shutt began working in the field of foster care in 1988.
Bill has a master’s degree in social work, is certified
in CT/RT, and possesses extensive training experience in a
variety of topics including Independent Living, Managing Anger,
and Effective Discipline. Bill teaches Grief & Loss
Issues for Children as part of our FCCY
Training Series.
Lauren
Leap
Director of Foster Care
Lauren Leap holds a master’s degree in social work from
Marywood University and is a licensed social worker. She is
also certified in CT/RT. Lauren has been in the field of social
work since 1976 and possesses extensive experience in child
welfare, medical social work, and international training.
Lauren has conducted social work training in the Republic
of Ireland and the Philippines.
For more
details on Family Care for Children & Youth, e-mail
us today or call (570)
522-9790. |
