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I live in Los Angeles County. My SW won't let me have her email. She says she can't give it out because "she is a state employee." Well, I am a state employee as a school teacher and every student and parent has my email.
I want her email because she is partly deaf and cannot talk on the phone well. When I fax her something, she "never gets it." She calls me back at my house when I have consistently asked her to call me on my cell phone because I work. She still calls my house phone. As a teacher, it is hard for me to talk on the phone because I am teaching and there are 40 kids in my classes from 8:00-3:30 pm.
I'm just curious - can you let me know if you email your social workers/case workers? If so, can you say what city or state your worker is in (if that's all right with you?) I'm just curious to give her some feedback.
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We email most of the time because it is so much easier to get a hold of them and inform them of information. We have almost everyone that works at the agencies email address.
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MommyWend -
thanks for the email about California foster parents not emailing their social workers. I appreciate the feedback.
It's interesting that California social workers are not doing what other state social workers are.
I wonder why?
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I know this post is old but I did want to let people know in CA you can definately email your caseworker.
In LA its:
lastnamefirstinitial@dcfs.lacounty.gov
ex: smithj@dcfs.lacounty.gov
Sometimes it's slightly different depending on the persons name but you can usually figure it out. If it's wrong it will just bounce back.
I have had the best luck calling but I do have my caseworker's email address. ALL caseworkers have email and if they don't give it to you I think it's because they don't want to have a papertrail.
Good luck in communicating with your CW.
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I know that I can email CW's here in MN, but I've had them state that they don't want anything with identifying information re: foster kids on it going through email. Messages can easily be forwarded or misdirected. Maybe this is part of their issue?
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Some cws like it and some do not. I have a cw who PREFERS I email her and I have former cws who REFUSED to give me their email addresses. I like to think it's the difference between who wants a paper trail and who doesn't ;)
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I have NO idea why CA people say they can't e-mail their sw. That sounds fishy to me.
I've had my sw's e-mail since we started interacting....and she tells me to E-mail her because it's sooooo much easier....
I'm in Riv. county by the way.
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my SW told me she'd rather me email her then call her. She's great she even gave me her cell phone #(for emergencies only...) :phone:
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I have my workers office phone, email and cell phone number just in case. Email is our preferred method of communicating though.
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I email all the important stuff and questions and always cc the DHS worker and advocate. Also ,I always print out a hard copy.
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If this is really about lack of ability to communicate with her, go above her to a supervisor and express your concers. It seems silly that a woman who cannot hear wants to talk to people on the phone??
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The SW encouraged me to call or email her whenever i want. We are both in CT. I have emailed her quite a few times with questions that come up. She is always very pleasant and answers my questions.
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