INFORMATIONALINTERVIEW

•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