Julie Kreit, a Family Services Caseworker II at the Washington County Department of Social Services, has been recognized by the Maryland Department of Human Resources as the Washington County’s 2012 Social Worker of the Year. Ms. Kreit is a resource home worker, whose responsibilities include recruiting, training, licensing, and monitoring foster and adoptive homes. She was nominated for her outstanding and tireless dedication to the matching and selection of appropriate resource homes for children who enter out-of-home placement. She provides continued support to the families and advocates for them. When a resource home cannot be identified, she takes the same level of care in recommending a particular group home placement.
The Washington County Department of Social Services is a field office of the Maryland Department of Human Resources under the direction of Martin O’Malley, Governor, Anthony Brown, Lt. Governor and Theordore Dallas, Secretary.
