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Overview
KVC West Virginia is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening families and preventing child abuse and neglect. Our team of caring experts delivers a range of essential services, including in-home family support, foster care, adoption, in-home mental health therapy, and youth educational support – all to fulfill our mission of enriching and enhancing the lives of children and families.
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KVC strengthens families using wraparound services so children can remain with their own families and in their own communities. We also provide foster care, reunification support, adoption, substance use treatment, in-home family services, educational support, and child, family and adult therapy.
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KVC West Virginia continues to make a positive difference in the lives of hundreds of West Virginia children and families.
Spotlight on Providers
In this section, we profile KVC staff and partners who are making a difference.
Inspirational Families
Each year, we recognize one family as the KVC Resource Parents of the Year.
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How To Become A Foster Parent
Each year, hundreds of local children are removed from their homes due to abuse, neglect or other challenges. These kids and teenagers need the support of a caring foster family.
How To Become An Adoptive Parent
KVC West Virginia helps match children in foster care with loving forever families through adoption. We work exclusively with children that are placed through the Department of Health and Human Resources
Parenting and Mental Health eBooks & Videos
Find helpful guides, assessments and videos on topics like parenting, mental health, ways to help children in crisis and more.
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Virtual Training: Ethics for Social Workers and Helping Professionals (2 CEUs)
July 19, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Ethics training is an integral part of ensuring that social workers and helping professionals uphold the highest standards of professional conduct and provide ethical, compassionate, and effective services to their clients. The aim of this ethics training is to help professionals identify, understand and navigate ethical dilemmas that may arise in their practice.
Our experienced trainer uses a combination of interactive activities, case studies, and real-life examples to help attendees navigate complex ethical situations and make ethical decisions with confidence. Attendees who participate in the full training will receive 2 CEUs.
In this training, Erin Keltner, MSW, LICSW, KVC West Virginia’s Vice President of Clinical Services, will discuss:
– The Code of Ethics as explained by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
– Professional and personal boundaries in the workplace
– Confidentiality and communication
– Importance and benefits of teamwork
*CEUs are valid for individuals in West Virginia who have a social work license or are licensed professional counselors (LPC).
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10am-12pm training
3-5pm training
Meet the Presenter
Erin Keltner, MSW, LCSW (KY), LICSW, started with Croney and Clark, Inc. (now KVC Kentucky) as a practicum student in August 2004. Since then, she has worked as a case manager and clinician in the Intensive In-Home Services and IMPACT Plus programs, was the Director of IMPACT Plus and then the Director of Development, Training, and Quality Assurance. Erin also assisted KVC Kentucky in becoming accredited by The Joint Commission in November 2010.
Erin graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Transylvania University in 2001 and received her master’s degree in social work from the University of Kentucky in 2005. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Kentucky and a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in West Virginia.