Workshop Details
D4: Overcoming the Barriers to Break the Silos Between Home Based, Residential & Foster Care Services
Presented by Rachael Fisher and Guene Kalal
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Workshop Description
Breaking the Silos is an initiative to help us think about our work more like people experience it. Families often have multiple providers who offer inconsistent advice or competing demands. We know our goal is to coordinate together for the best outcomes for families as they transition from one service stream to another. This session will discuss how we can effectively avoid a piecemeal approach that inadequately addresses needs and fails to produce the best outcomes across multiple domains. Together we will brainstorm ideas to foster partnerships that expand, strengthen, streamline, and integrate help for families with the most complex needs.
Learning Objectives:
- Better understand the roles of community based, licensed child placing agencies, and residential treatment agencies staff.
- Generate ideas on how staff from all service lines can identity and reduce barriers to improve the experience for youth involved with the child welfare system
- Ideas to increase engagement of families throughout their involvement in the System
Presenter Bios:
Rachael Fisher is the Executive Director and Chief Operations Officer for Community Health Network at Lutheran Child and Family Services. She manages the daily operations of a 109-bed youth residential facility, emergency shelter, group home and comprehensive array of community-based services and programs. She is a licensed clinical social worker, holding a Master of Social Work degree from Indiana University, a Master of Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan and a Bachelor of Science degree in Child Development and Family Studies from Purdue University.
Guene Kalal is the Director of Foster Care Services for Damar Services. She was charged with building Damar’s LCPA from the ground up and has held this position since 2010. Guene has 20 years of experience in the fields of child welfare, mental and emotional health of youth and adults, outpatient addictions, and support services to children and adults with developmental disabilities. Guene holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Purdue University and a master’s degree in Business Management from Indiana Wesleyan University. In addition, she is a registered Mediator with the Indiana Supreme Court.