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Cassie Helms and Mallory Walker met in Freshman Orientation, <\/strong> graduated together in 2021, and landed jobs at Bethany Christian Services in Grand Rapids. And though their work with foster children and teen refugees creates high-stress challenges, they are still good friends who finish each other\u2019s sentences.<\/p>\n

“When you\u2019re dealing with teens,\u201d Mallory says, \u201cfirst of all, teens of your own are difficult enough, but dealing with teens that have\u2014\u201d
\n\u201cSevere trauma,\u201d Cassie interjects\u2014 \u201cCan be really, really difficult.\u201d
\n\u201cIt\u2019s ministry work,\u201d Cassie finishes.<\/p>\n

In her role as a refugee foster care case manager, Mallory works with some of the world\u2019s most vulnerable teens.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes they\u2019re fleeing from a national crisis, sometimes their family didn\u2019t have the resources to take care of them. But a lot of times they\u2019re coming here because a biological family member was abusive to them,\u201d Mallory says.<\/p>\n

The government calls them Unaccompanied Refugee Minors. Her clients, ages 13-21, arrive from Central America, South America, Africa, and a growing number from the Middle East.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of them don\u2019t know if their parents or siblings are alive,\u201d Mallory says. \u201cAnd they\u2019re 16 years old, so they can\u2019t function on their own.\u201d<\/p>\n

Somehow Grand Rapids became an unlikely hub for refugee services. In the past decade, Michigan has ranked in the top five states for refugees. BCS\u2019 well-regarded program has attracted more refugees and, in turn, created more needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey need a place to live\u2014they need to be protected . . . they need a family,\u201d Mallory says. \u201cThey need counseling services a lot of times, and they need an advocate for them. So my job is to make sure they\u2019re safe, secure, and that they\u2019re doing well.\u201d<\/p>\n

REFUGEE MINORS<\/strong> have fled their country of origin, seeking safety at a refugee camp. Instead, they often find dangerous conditions, minimal services to children, inadequate food rations\u2014and the vulnerability of human trafficking. Most will never see their family again.<\/span><\/p>\n

A foster care case manager, Cassie offers safety and support to children who have been removed from their home for any number of difficult reasons, usually involving the parent. She sees the effect of family trauma every day.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re not addressing your trauma, you\u2019re going to be very angry, you\u2019re going to have behavioral outbursts, and depending on your trauma, you might have sexualized behaviors,\u201d she says. \u201cA lot of our teens, especially the ones who have sexualized behaviors, have placement breaks all the time,\u201d explaining how troubled teens bounce around the foster care system.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, we want to establish permanency for our kids as fast as possible,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

When all goes well, families reunite. The next best solution, according to Cassie, is to place the children with other family members. \u201cStudies have shown that kids go home sooner if they\u2019re with their family,\u201d she says. On the day we talked, she had testified in Family Court, reporting on two cases. \u201cI testify to what the parents are doing, what they haven\u2019t been doing, and whether they need more time.\u201d But that can lead to the toughest part of her job, when she\u2019s forced to recommend a termination of parental rights.<\/p>\n

It feels like a heavy task for someone straight out of college.<\/p>\n

\"Speechmarks\"<\/strong><\/h2>\n

GRACE IS REALLY GOOD AT TEACHING CULTURES\u2014AND THE IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES IN CULTURES AND VIEWS<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mallory Walker<\/p>\n

‘YOU CAN DEFINITELY DO THIS’<\/span><\/h4>\n

Cassie majored in Human Services<\/strong><\/a>, interned at BCS during her senior year, and landed a fulltime job even before graduating.
\nIf her career path seems textbook-perfect, Mallory\u2019s was less direct.<\/p>\n

\u201cI switched my degree way too many times\u2014that\u2019s a little embarrassing,\u201d Mallory says as Cassie laughs, anticipating a familiar story.<\/p>\n

Mallory launches into a meandering explanation about changing her major several times before settling on Psychology<\/strong><\/a>, once living in Africa, then in Nicaragua for three months. She returned home hoping for a job to use her Spanish skills\u2014then she saw the BCS job posted online.<\/p>\n

I thought I was applying for Cassie\u2019s job, but I applied on accident to work with refugees,\u201d Mallory says. The wrong job. Worse still, BCS called for an interview, leading to Mallory\u2019s panicked visit to Dr. Scott Shaw, dean of the School of Business Innovation & Public Service.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel enormously underqualified for this job,\u201d she told him. \u201cDo you think I can do this?\u201d<\/p>\n

Take it,\u201d Shaw said. \u201cYou can definitely do this!\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking back, Mallory sees the thread that holds her story together: \u201cMy heart for people of different cultures is a big passion of mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGrace is really good at teaching cultures\u2014and the important differences in cultures and views,\u201d Cassie says, crediting the professors who influenced her, such as Dr. Pamela Sherstad and Professor Dawn Rodgers-DeFouw. Mallory jumps in to add Dr. Dave Greydanus, Dr. Scott Shaw, and Professor Sherita Jahaziel.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like it\u2019s a small community,\u201d Cassie says, \u201cso your professors know you well, and they really want you to succeed.”<\/p>\n

THE GOOD MOMENTS<\/span><\/h4>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\u201cWe experience so much secondary trauma in this job,\u201d Cassie says. \u201cIf you\u2019re staying over two years, you\u2019re pretty much a
\nveteran.\u201d They\u2019ll see war survivors, sexual exploitation, abusive parents, difficult court cases\u2014\u201cand when you go home, you can\u2019t talk about it, because of confidentiality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cassie\u2019s first advice to Mallory was to set boundaries. Go home, have your own life, leave work at work. Otherwise, \u201cyou work with so many people, you just worry about them all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

And cherish the best parts of the job\u2014the \u201cministry work\u201d that started it all.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love airport arrivals for families or kids,\u201d Mallory says, describing how she welcomes refugees to the US. \u201cYou take them to a hotel, and you teach them how to turn on the heat, and where to turn on the faucet, and how to turn on the stove. That\u2019s my most rewarding part of the job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cassie recently finished a two-year case where foster children returned home, reunited with their family. \u201cI got to have that call with a mom\u2014\u2018My case just closed!\u2019\u201d Cassie says. \u201cThose are the good moments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kevin Mungons is the Backlist Curator at Moody Publishers and a freelance writer<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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