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By PHILIPPA KIRBY Rappahannock News Special Writer Several changes have been made recently in the office of the Rappahannock County Department of Welfare. After resignations and inoffice position changes, two new employees have assumed duties here. Sylvia Kreitler has accepted the position of social worker. The larger part of her work will be in the field of family and children’s services. She replaces Ellen Mustoe who recently resigned after ten years and has taken a position with the courts probation offices in Fauquier and Rappahannock. Marie Davis has assumed the position of secretary to the Welfare Department. This position was left vacant after in-office changes came about when eligibility technician Juanita Miko resigned. In the children’s services, Kreitler’s work will encompass adoption, foster care and family counseling. Much of her time will be consumed by the state’s new Child Abuse program. Changes in the law now enable a social worker to remove a child from a violent home at once, if the evidence is strong enough to merit such an act, instead of doing all the necessary paper-work before acting to help the child. Kreitler will also be working on the W.I.N. (Work Incentive) Program, with the aim of placing ADC (Aid to Dependant Children) mothers in jobs. She will interview eligible women, and will help with any problems which might arise, such as arranging day care. Some of the work done with the women will be motivational, “such as counseling to make them see that they can work and they they can try,” explained Mrs. Elizabeth Buntin, Social Services director for the county Welfare Department. Much of the work that the Welfare Department does lies in referring clients to other sources of help. Many people are sent to the Mental Health Clinic, and, some go to the Office on Aging, so a good part of Kreitler’s responsibilities will, involve becoming an expert on other community resources. Kreitler is married with three children, and lives in Front Royal. Her children have grown up in northern Virginia, though Kreitler herself comes originally from Connecticut. She has a son who is currently a student at VMI and a daughter who is at the University of Virginia. Kreitler is a graduate of the University of Connecticut, with a degree in psychology, and she has taken courses at Northern Virginia Community College. Says Kreitler: “I like living in Warren County - it’s great. 1 much prefer it to city life.”
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