The Children’s Services Unit of Vance County Department of Social Services provides the following services:
- Child Protective Services
- Foster Care
- Adoption
If you believe a child is being abused or neglected, it is your legal obligation to report it.聽 If the situation is an emergency, please dial 911!聽 Reports may be made during regular business hours Monday-Friday from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm by contacting us by phone at (252) 436-0407 or by visiting our office located at 500 N Beckford Dr, Suite C; Henderson, NC聽 27536.聽 Please ask for an Intake Social Worker when making a report.聽聽 By law your identity and information will be kept private.
聽Reports may be made during nights, weekends, or聽holidays by contacting Vance County Emergency Services (911) to request the on-call social worker.聽 Reports can also be made by contacting the Henderson Police Department at聽(252) 438-4141 and the Vance County Sherrif’s Office at (252) 738-2200.聽 These agencies are always open and willing to contact our on-call worker.
Whether聽Children’s Services conducts聽an investigative or family assessment, or provides services through Foster Care and Adoption, the family has important rights:
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To be treated with dignity and respect
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To have a social worker respond in a timely manner
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To know the extent and limits of Social Services’ legal authority
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To know what聽Social Services expects from the family and what the family can expect from Social Services.
The main goal聽of Children’s Services is to聽keep children safely within their own families.聽 Our objective is to seek to help families by strengthening the ability of parents, guardians, or custodians to provide聽proper care for their children by balancing the legal rights and responsibilities聽of parents with聽the needs and rights of children to live in a physically and emotionally healthful situation.聽 Working in partnership is key to the聽success of this goal.
6 Family-Centered Principals of Partnership 1.聽 Everyone desires RESPECT 2.聽 Everyone needs to be HEARD 3.聽 Everyone has STRENGTHS 4.聽 Judgements can WAIT 5.聽 Partners share POWER 6.聽 Partnership is a PROCESS 聽 聽聽 聽 For information on becoming a licensed foster home click on the foster care link located on the right under the “More Information” heading. 聽 Servicios a MenoresLa Unidad de Servicios a Menores del Departamento de Servicios Sociales del Condado de Vance ofrece los siguientes servicios:- Servicios de Protecci贸n de Menores
- Cuidado de Crianza
- Adopci贸n
- Ser tratado con dignidad y respeto
- Tener un trabajador social que le responda de manera oportuna
- Para conocer el grado y los l铆mites de autoridad legal de Servicios Sociales
- Para saber lo que Servicios Sociales espera de la familia y lo que la familia puede esperar de Servicios Sociales.