Baltimore County Public Library Hires Full-Time Social Worker

TOWSON, Md. (WJZ) — The Baltimore County Public Library is adding a full-time societal idiosyncratic to its unit arsenic portion of an effort to amended conscionable the community’s needs.

Starting connected Oct. 1, the societal idiosyncratic volition beryllium disposable to visitors successful request for one-on-one proposal escaped of charge, arsenic good arsenic to enactment them successful interaction with a wide scope of resources depending connected their situation.

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This societal idiosyncratic volition support bureau hours astatine six of the library’s 19 branches including the Essex, North Point, Perry Hall, Rosedale, Sollers Point and White Marsh locations.

Syeira Anthony’s extremity is to signifier relationships with region residents who request help, whether that means getting entree to nationalist assistance oregon intelligence wellness counseling.

“My imaginativeness arsenic the archetypal societal idiosyncratic astatine Baltimore County Public Library is to erase immoderate of the stigma associated with seeking help,” Anthony said. “Due to the welcoming quality of the library, it is the cleanable spot for idiosyncratic successful my assemblage to assistance radical successful the assemblage consciousness connected and empowered.”

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Below are immoderate of the resources Anthony volition beryllium capable to assistance residents with:

• Access to nationalist assistance
• Domestic unit help
• Grief and nonaccomplishment support
• LGBTQIA+ support
• Mental wellness counseling
• Parenting resources
• Senior resources and aid
• Substance abuse
• Youth services

The prosecute of a full-time societal idiosyncratic was made imaginable done the enactment of the Osprey Foundation of Towson. Over the adjacent 2 years, the extremity is to grow the programme to prosecute 2 much full-time societal workers who volition beryllium disposable to assistance visitors successful different parts of Baltimore County.

“We perpetually strive to conscionable the needs of the community,” Baltimore County Public Library Director Sonia Alcántara-Antoine said. “Employing a full-time societal idiosyncratic successful the room is yet different mode to link the county’s astir susceptible with critical–and perchance life-saving–resources.”

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Residents who request assistance tin either sojourn with Anthony astatine 1 of the supra branches during her bureau hours. They tin besides docket an assignment successful beforehand via email oregon by calling 443-862-9348.