Transitions Children's Services, non-profit FFA

1. Agency Analysis
By: Maria Teresa Andrade

2.  Transitions Children’ Services provides needed services for
foster children whose families are temporarily unable to care
for them. Therefore, TCS’ main goal is to protect and defend
the rights of the children, also finding them a safe home,
welcoming, loving, nurturing and competent foster families.

3. Board of Directors
CEO
of the TCS’
agency
CFO
of TCS’ agency Supervisor
of TCS’ agency
TCS’ FFA TCS’ FFA TCS’ FFA
Social Worker Social worker Social worker
Homes & Homes & Homes &
Foster Parents Foster Parents Foster Parents
Foster Children

4.  Transition Children’s Services is a non-profit Foster Family
Agency, that provides quality, culturally competent
treatment foster care services to children and families in the
child welfare/foster care system.
 TCS serves to different counties, which they are: Fresno,
Madera and Mariposa county.
 It partners in philosophy and delivery of service with
surrounding counties.

5.  Specific population-at-risk that TCS addresses is assisting and
protecting foster children that are in the foster care system.
Foster children who have been vulnerable of abused and/or
neglect and removed from their biological parents.
 TCS’ serves foster children ages 0-18.
 Although, there is a law that was passed and is going to be
effected on January 1, 2012. Regarding assisting and
providing services to foster children is going to be up to the
age of 21, for those whom are willing to follow the guidelines,
can be remain in care.

6. Mission statement: Aims:
 TCS mission is to serve abused  TCS aims to use a strength based
and/or neglected children who approach in recruiting, training and
have been removed from their delivering foster care services with
homes and are in need of loving, the underlying theme being that
nurturing and competent foster foster care is a temporary living
families. arrangement for children;
reunification is the goal and
 To provide culturally sensitive cornerstone of case planning which
services that reflect the goals and will be supported throughout the
objectives of the placing agencies treatment plan process.
from which we receive referrals.
 To recruit, train and support families
interested in fostering children.
 Social workers will work to meet the
needs of any child placed in foster
care, support families who open
their home to children and work with
placing agencies as treatment plans
are developed and implemented.

7.  TCS will offers case management services in a form of home
visits, treatment plans, foster parent support services and crisis
intervention services.
 TCS social workers will be expected to make weekly contact
with consumers placed in our foster homes.
 TCS social workers will offer support to foster parents. Social
workers will be available around the clock to provide crisis
intervention services.
 This includes the assigned social worker during normal
business hours and a rotating emergency response cell
phone allowing a TCS representative to be available to any
county personnel, foster child or foster family 24 hours a day.

8.  TCS social workers will be Masters level graduates in compliance with
CCR 88065.3(b) (1). This level of education will allow for social workers to
provide therapeutic intervention during normal and crises situations.
 TCS social workers will assist in the formulation of treatment goals that
will be addressed by the treatment team (to consist of TCS social worker,
county case manager, consumer, foster parent and any other
authorized representative).
 TCS will also partner with the County and incorporate their intended
services for the consumer, like mental health counseling, psychiatric
assessment and services, biological family visits and treatment team
staffing.
 TCS which is Foster Family Agency mainly provide services to foster
children, and their foster parents. However many times the agency stuff
is very involve with the biological parents as well, working along as a
team with the case.
 The county provides services and trainings required and also optional
for the FFA, foster parents, foster children and also outreach the
community.

9. o In terms of social justice: TCS focuses on providing services for the
foster children who are in the foster care system
o In terms of human rights: TCS emphases a quote
“To the world you may be one person,
but for one person you may be the world”
TCS’ vision statement is to see all children who have been removed
from their homes reunified with their families. It is our goal to support
the reunification process and transition children out of foster care
when deemed safe and appropriate by the placing agency. TCS
feel that all children deserve a home and a family who will love and
nurture them. Should a child need the services of a foster home, we
strive to provide the best out-of-home care possible until a more
permanent plan can be achieved.

10.  In terms of social worker values: TCS practices are
based on all the NASW Code of ethics which are
the following:
› service
› social justice
› dignity and worth of the person
› importance of human relationships
› integrity
› competence.

11. http://www.transitionschildrensservices.org/index.html
http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/code/code.asp