This story is a collaboration between San José Spotlight and Open Campus. Genesis Smith is spread thin. There aren’t enough social workers in Silicon Valley, leaving her to juggle tense encounters with parents whose children have been placed in protective custody with hour-long drives as far as Merced to check on foster placements. “If you love your job, you will never work a day in your life. I love my job. I look forward to work. But I’m not going to pretend it’s not emotionally draining,” Smith, a 25-year-old child welfare worker for Santa Clara County’s Department of Child and…
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