To make a difference in the lives of individuals and families with the greatest need, you must focus on empowering them to make positive choices. KC Care helps those who are economically and socially disadvantaged cope with the demands of life and paves the way for a better future by providing life skills, education, and support in a safe and nurturuing environment that fosters self-esteem, self-suffiency, and social well being.
KC Care for Human Services
Educating, Empowering, and Regenerating the Human Spirit
Culturally-Sensitive and Community-Based
Our goal is to turn lives in the right direction. To accomplish this, we work to improve mental health, foster effective communications, and advance family cohesiveness through holistic therapeutic services provided in a community setting. Based in Chicago and serving the greater Chicago area, KC Care offers a variety of community-based services that are culturally sensitive and which positively impact the communities in which we live and serve.
Positive Alternatives that Lead
to Promising Futures
KC Care is committed to helping young people get the necessary reinforcement to help them resist the pressures to engage in self-limiting and self-destructive activities. KC Care helps young people by promoting positive alternatives to drugs, pregnancy and gangs through:
- Counseling
- Life Skills
- Professional Consultation
- Group Mentoring
- Family Planning
- Job Readiness Training
- Parenting Skills
- Job Placement Services
- Educational Support/Tutoring
- Sexual Offender Counseling
Compassionate Staff and Quality Care
Our caring staff of seasoned professionals approaches each person with respect, compassion, and discretion. Our professionals include Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW) and counselors who bring years of experience working a number of areas. Our services address our client’s mental health, educational, vocational, and emotional needs. Our generalist task-centered approach builds on a client’s strengths and incorporates the entire family and extended family of the individual being served.
Senior Care Services -- Improving the
Quality of Your Life One Day at a Time
Our approach to improving the lives of seniors in their environment ensures that they are equipped to deal with relationships and solve personal and family issues. Allowing each client to choose the level of support and advocacy that they need to optimize the appropriate resources and access required services. With our seniors we:
- Assess their needs
- Act as a link between clients, their families, and the
numerous public and private programs designed to
help the elderly - Utilize our training to recognize normal and
abnormal aging patterns and to suggest
appropriate relevant services
Affiliations
National Association of Social Workers
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world with 132,000 members. NASW works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and to advance sound social policies.
NASW Code of Ethics
The NASW Code of Ethics is intended to serve as a guide to the everyday professional conduct of social workers.