By Amy Castle | Post Adoption Services Intern During my four years working at Holt, I’ve held several different positions within the China program: college intern, pre-travel and post placement assistant, dossier assistant, and my current position as the family case coordinator. I’ve learned about each part of the China adoption process, and I’ve loved every moment of it. In 2013, I began a Master of Social Work program through Portland State University. I chose PSU’s distance MSW program because it allowed me to continue working at Holt while attending school. This past September, in addition to my China team job duties, I began another new role at Holt: MSW intern with the post adoption services department. The purpose of this internship is to gain experience different from my regular job. Even though both of my roles are within Holt, they look very different. The people I work with in post adoption are usually adult adoptees rather than adoptive parents. In post adoption services, we also focus on serving and advocating for (more…)