The Role of the CASA Volunteer in a Child’s Life The most difficult boundaries to set and maintain are those between the CASA volunteer and the child or children in the case. It is natural to care about a child who has been hurt and who relies on you to keep his/her best interest at the forefront – if you didn’t care, you wouldn’t work so hard to ensure his/her needs are met. However, if you get too personally involved, it is hard to maintain the objective perspective that is required for advocacy work. Our goal is to be part of a temporary intervention in a child’s life – to assist in a time of need and then to leave and let the child continue along his/her way. When the child is in a safe, permanent home, your work as a CASA/GAL volunteer is done. It is time to move forward and help another child. - michelle
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 07:00:00 +0000
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