Guernsey County Children Services
helps provide the support many families need to offer their children safe, loving homes. We offer a wide range of services from family assessment and supportive services, to temporary and permanent placement though foster care, adoption, independent living and kinship services. Everyday we assess reports of abuse or neglect, collaborate with other organizations that serve children in Guernsey County and help families meet the needs of our community’s most vulnerable children.
We are also home to one of the eight Regional Training Centers for Child Welfare Training in the State of Ohio. Click the link to the right to find out more about the training center
Guernsey County Children Services
Safety, Protection, and Permanency
Our Board is made up of seven (7) community volunteers who meet monthly at GCCS. Meetings are held the first Monday of each month excepting holidays. Persons wanting to address the Board, must contact the Executive Director at least 7 days before the meeting.
Our Board ensures that we are operating in a fiscally sound and transparent manner and work in service to our mission and strategic goals. These 7 volunteers monitor our work as public stewards with integrity and accountability.
As of the end of 2009, our staff had over 342 years of combined experience, our management team had over 17 years average experience in child welfare and our caseworkers had over 9 years average experience in child protection.
Child Welfare is labor intensive work, requiring a highly trained staff. Caseworkers are likely the most public presentation of our work, but our caseworkers need the support of other professionals. Our team includes the receptionist, family support specialists, data management, fiscal/business operations management and administrative team members without whom the protection of children and services to families could not happen.
We are divided into five major areas of focus:
Community Education, Outreach and Prevention
Support Services (Reception, Fiscal, Business, Clerical Support, and Data Management)
Specialized Services (Adoption, Foster Care, Independent Living, Kinship, Family Conferencing, Treatment Team Coordination)
Casework Services (Screening, Investigations/Assessment, Ongoing Services, Family Support Services)
Administrative (Supervision and Management of all agency operations within each of the above focus areas)
