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 199: A Unified Call to Foster (w/ Anna Koon)
Episode 198: A Story of Resilience (w/ Kamille Justus)
Episode 197: From Kinship Care to Kinship Adoptive Mom (w/ Raquel McCloud)
Episode 196: From Foster Youth to PhD (w/ Dr. Danisha Keating)
Episode 195: A Family Reunified (w/ Jackie Polk)
Episode 194: Celebrating Reunification, Listening to God's Call, & Resting Regularly (w/ Ryan MacDonald)
Episode 193: Influencing Policy and Practices in Foster Care (w/ Danika Briggs)
Episode 192: The Journey of Becoming Foster Parents (w/ Jonah & Sarah Wilson)
BONUS: Building Trust Between a Church and Agency in Carver County, MN
Episode 191: Embracing Your Identity Outside of DNA (w/ Anna Bernacki)
Episode 190: Uncovering the Importance of Trauma-Informed Parenting (w/ Kara Higgins)
Episode 189: Celebrating One Million Downloads (& A Special Opportunity!)
Episode 188: What to Do with Unmet Hopes (w/ Corey Johnston)
Episode 187: Making an Impact that Goes Beyond a Child (w/ Sarah Hamaker)
Episode 186: Understanding the Effects of Trauma (w/ Cordelia Cranshaw Skeete)
Episode 185: Walking Through Grief After Foster Care (w/ Melissa Smallwood)
Episode 184: How Awareness Leads to Action (w/ Sarah Butler)
Episode 183: Supporting Your Biological Children While Fostering (w/ Daniela Coats)
Episode 182: A Story of Hope, Healing, and Forgiveness (w/ Dairius Kawewahi)
Episode 181: Intentionally Serving the Foster Care Community (w/ Candace Franklin)
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