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Our Agency Mission & Values

CYFS Our Culture
CYFS Our Culture
CYFS Our Culture

All employees at The Center for Youth and Family Solutions influence the agency’s work culture and share responsibility for cultivating and promoting our desired working environment.

Shared Mission and Values

Our workforce shares a common purpose. Our mission reflects a belief in enduring strength, creativity, and perseverance of the human spirit and compassion of a community.

Our Mission

Empowering those we serve to achieve lasting solutions.

Believing Change is Possible.

Our Values

C – Collaboration

We work together — with families, partners, and one another — because lasting solutions require shared effort. Collaboration means showing up for each other, combining our strengths, and knowing that we achieve more when we work as one team.

A – Advocacy

We lift the voices of those we serve and stand up for their right to dignity, safety, and opportunity. Advocacy is at the heart of our mission — it’s how we help create change and ensure that every person we serve is heard and valued.

R – Respect

Every interaction matters. We honor each person’s humanity, even in the hardest moments. Respect shapes how we treat others — with kindness, fairness, and understanding — because that’s how we build trust and community.

E – Empathy

We lead with understanding, recognizing the strength in every story and walking alongside families with compassion. Empathy reminds us to see beyond challenges and connect with the people behind them

It F.I.T.S. with CYFS

Four interconnecting pillars guide all our work, giving our clients a truly unique experience. The pillars align with our agency mission and values and are evident in how we serve individuals and families, find solutions, and interact with one another.

01. Family Systems

We share an understanding that the family system is central to a person’s development, identity, and relationships and therefore is always considered and integrated into our work.

02. Inclusivity

We embrace and value the distinctive skills, experiences, and perspectives of everyone; working actively to remove systemic barriers, challenge inequities, and ensure equal access to resources and opportunities; and we thrive when everyone’s voice is heard and their contributions are valued.

03. Trauma-Responsive

We recognize that often behaviors and symptoms can be the result of traumatic experiences, and we promote environments of healing and recovery by infusing and sustaining trauma awareness and knowledge into our agency culture, practice, and policies.

04. Strengths-Based

We affirm that every person has inherent worth—identifying and building upon strengths to build resilience and empower people to be their best—both with our clients and with each other.

Our F.I.T.s Approach to Our Work and Each Other

Four interconnecting pillars guide all our work, giving our clients a unique experience. The pillars align with our agency mission and values and are evident in how we serve individuals and families, find solutions, and interact with one another.

Family Systems

We commit to understanding how a person’s family system is central to their development, identity, and relationships and that strengthening these systems is critical in creating lasting change.

Inclusivity

We commit to acknowledging how important it is to embrace the distinctive skills, experiences, and perspectives of everyone and actively work to remove systemic barriers, challenge inequities, and ensure equal access to resources and opportunities.

Trauma-Responsive

We commit to understanding that behaviors result from traumatic experiences. By integrating trauma awareness into our practice, we promote healing and recovery.

Strength-Based

We commit to affirming that every person has inherent worth – identifying and building upon strengths to build resilience and empowering people to be their best with our clients and each other.

Shared Mission and Values

Our workforce shares a common purpose. Our mission reflects a belief in the enduring strength, creativity, and perseverance of the human spirit and compassion of a community. The values that guide us include: collaboration, partnership, treating everyone with dignity and respect, excellence, and dedication to achieving solutions.

Supporting Each Other

Our workforce is supportive of each other. We establish and maintain trust with all of our staff. We affirm our strengths and diversity, and seek a greater understanding of our differences. We encourage each other in establishing a healthy balance between our professional responsibilities and life outside of work.

Open Communication and Shared Decision Making

We keep each other well informed. Communication is clear, honest and timely. We ask questions and provide input into decisions affecting our work. Challenges are viewed in a systems context, and solutions build on strengths. We value teamwork, and recognize that productive conflict is healthy and necessary for creativity and effective problem solving.

Autonomy and Accountability

We take pride in the quality of our work and our accomplishments. We set and carry out goals for individuals, teams and our agency to accomplish our mission. We take care of agency property and facilities. We approach our work conscientiously; holding ourselves and others accountable.

Improving What We Do and Taking Action

We are proactive, flexible and adapt to change. We are committed to our professional growth and ongoing learning. We solicit and use feedback from each other, and from those we serve. We keep up with trends that impact our work, and look for new ways to generate creative energy and fresh ideas. We are always taking action to improve the quality of our services.

A Snapshot of Our Employee Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Choice of 3 medical plans including PPO and high deductible plans with HSA
  • Dental and vision insurance
  • Paid holidays
  • Vacation, sick and personal days
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • Employer paid life insurance and long-term disability
  • Flexible spending plan and dependent care plan
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What Our Employees are Saying

See what it’s like to be a CYFS Family Worker
“I like the flexibility The Center for Youth & Family Solutions offers me as a single parent.”
Tiffany Beschorner, Medically Specialized Coordinator
“CYFS has been so supportive of my ambitions to continue to learn and develop both as a professional and as an individual. I’ve been given opportunities to challenge myself and continue to grow into a stronger social worker and leader.”
Cecily Dorsett, Foster Care Team Supervisor

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