Understanding the roles and responsibilities of court appointed special advocates: a training for community professionals

This project sought to lay the groundwork for an outreach effort by CASA of Humboldt to better communicate with community professionals (care providers, teachers and school staff, medical and mental health providers, social workers, probation officers, and other court personnel.) Through a community survey it was discovered that both electronic training materials such as a YouTube video and the option of in person trainings were preferred by community professionals. Additionally the survey revealed that community professionals did not fully understand the role of a CASA advocate and were not fully comfortable working with a CASA advocate. This project makes recommendations to CASA of Humboldt to improve their outreach to community professionals and makes recommendations to future MSW students who may want to continue working on this issue.