{"content":[{"text":"effective legal representation, timely services, effective services, positive supports, and \n sincere opportunities to learn and grow.","bbox":{"left":0.166699,"top":0.085258,"width":0.683464,"height":0.037661}},{"text":"✓ We believe positive outcomes for families can be achieved when the child welfare system \n views children in context of their family.","bbox":{"left":0.137294,"top":0.137859,"width":0.734013,"height":0.037636}},{"text":"✓ We believe every child’s basic right is for the system they encounter to make active and \n consistent efforts to have their parent(s) returned to them in a safe environment.","bbox":{"left":0.137294,"top":0.195586,"width":0.7190719999999999,"height":0.037636}},{"text":"✓ We believe parents in dependency and termination proceedings deserve a trusted, accessible \n and non-coercive social worker who can help guide them through the complex and multi- \n faceted social structure of the child welfare system.","bbox":{"left":0.137294,"top":0.247859,"width":0.752288,"height":0.05506}},{"text":"✓ We believe Parent Defense Program Social Workers have unique leverage in developing \n trusted, accessible and non-coercive relationships with parents.","bbox":{"left":0.137294,"top":0.317593,"width":0.724416,"height":0.037636999999999976}},{"text":"✓ We believe parents in poverty tend to be disempowered and marginalized by society from \n well before entering the child welfare system. By working towards empowering these \n parents in dependency and termination proceedings, we create opportunities for parents to \n make better choices.","bbox":{"left":0.137294,"top":0.370472,"width":0.735075,"height":0.07248499999999997}},{"text":"✓ We strive to provide parents with motivation, support, system education, and hope while \n attempting everything within our professional capacity to remove unnecessary barriers, \n thus improving families' real chances of succeeding in the all too often complex and \n impersonal child welfare system.","bbox":{"left":0.137294,"top":0.457593,"width":0.724563,"height":0.07248500000000002}},{"text":"Core Values of Parent Defense Teams","bbox":{"left":0.107882,"top":0.545028,"width":0.31625799999999993,"height":0.02098500000000003}},{"text":"✓ All parents have strengths; \n ✓ Whenever safely possible, the constitution establishes that parents be designated to raise \n their children; \n ✓ All families need and deserve support and encouragement. How much and what kind \n varies throughout a families’ lifespan; \n ✓ All parents have different, but important skills; \n ✓ Parents who fully understand their options can make better choices; \n ✓ All parents have hopes, dreams, and wishes for their children; \n ✓ All families are resourceful, but not all families have equal access to resources; \n ✓ Diversity is an important and valuable reality in our society; \n ✓ All families should be assisted in ways that help them maintain their dignity and hope; \n ✓ Timely and effective services work for families; \n ✓ All families should be partners in their relationship with service providers; \n ✓ Services are provided so families can reach their goals, and are not themselves a measure \n of success; \n ✓ In some situations, it may take time for parents to understand their underlying problems; \n patience rather than judgment is a key component in successfully engaging parents to \n empower themselves; and \n ✓ Through the act of parent advocacy, parents will feel supported and understood. \n 2","bbox":{"left":0.137294,"top":0.580346,"width":0.728958,"height":0.358237}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}