Social Worker Services

Choose the service that best fits your current need. Our teams collaborate, but each service has a distinct purpose.

Intensive Recruitment Services (IRS)

Refer a youth for child-focused permanency support through targeted recruitment, including relatives and fictive kin.

Best for: youth referral + permanency planning
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For IDHW social workers referring a specific youth.

Wednesday’s Child Media Requests

Request media support for recruitment materials, child features, or updates connected to permanency efforts.

Best for: recruitment materials + storytelling support
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For approved media and recruitment storytelling support.

Using IRS and WC Media Together

Intensive Recruitment Services and Wednesday’s Child Media serve different roles in permanency efforts. IRS focuses on cases where previous efforts to identify permanency resources have been exhausted. Media support may be requested separately when appropriate, and use of one service does not require the other.

IRS
Relationship-based recruitment, relative and fictive kin searches, and case-specific permanency planning.
WC Media
Public-facing recruitment materials and storytelling support, when appropriate and approved.
Important Note
An IRS referral does not automatically trigger media, and media requests can be made independently when appropriate.

Submit an IRS Referral

Referrer and Worker Information

Child Profile

Permanency Planning Considerations

Past Recruitment Efforts

Sibling Details

Placement Contact Details

Request WC Media Support

Child's Information

No Yes
No Yes
No Yes
No Yes

Case Manager's Information

Permanency Worker's Information

No Yes