Summit County Children Services’ Mission, Vision & Values

Because we believe in family preservation and that all children deserve a safe, stable and permanent home, Summit County Children Services will:

• Intervene only where necessary and only to the proper degree;
• Assess the community’s concerns of child abuse and neglect, focusing on safety, risk and family strengths;
• Serve as partners with families and in teamwork with partner agencies in the community;
• Utilize team decision-making meetings to engage families;
• Diligently work towards reunification when a child must be removed from home;
• Seek permanent homes for all children who cannot safely return to their parent or guardian;
• Remain mission-focused in our everyday work;
• Recruit and maintain diverse staff committed to serving all children and families;
• Approach our work with integrity and ethics;
• Be fiscally responsible.

At SCCS, we believe:

• All children have a right to a safe and stable home.
• All children should be in permanent homes.
• The well-being of all children is vital to us, their families, the child and our community.
• All families deserve our best efforts to partner with them and to treat them with respect and honesty.
• We have an ongoing responsibility to increase our knowledge and improve our children services by learning all we can about the diversity of our families and community.
• We have a duty to remain objective and consistent in all of our interactions with families and children.
• We must be creative and innovative in the delivery of services so as to heighten the efficiency and effectiveness of our child protection work with families.
• We have a responsibility to be able stewards of taxpayer resources.
• We believe in creating a culture of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.  We will cultivate an environment that respects, celebrates and supports the differences of our employees and the people we serve.