Transcript Graded Care Profile

The Graded Care Profile
Patrick Ayre, University of Bedfordshire
Richard Fountain, Luton Borough Council
Why GCP
Judging the quality of care is an essential
component of any assessment but how well
do we do it?
Judgements subjective and prone to bias
Intangible: Difficult to capture and compare
High threshold for recognition
Cumulativeness and acclimatisation
What we would hope to
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What we found
Chronic abuse and the principle of
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Incidents scattered through files
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The problem of proportionality
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Acclimatisation
Graded Care Profile
“Every child has a right to good enough
parenting”
GCP provides:
Framework for making assessment
Baseline measurement
Measure of Objectivity
Judgement about care
Reliable standardised evidence
Domains of Care
Stimulation
Sensitivity
Responsivity
Self
actualisation
Reciprocity
Overtures
Esteem
Love and belongingness
Safety
Approval
Disapproval
Acceptance
Present &
absent
Physical needs
Maslow, A. 1954
Nutrition. Housing, Clothing,
Hygiene & Health
When do you use it?
Can be done:
Concerns about parenting
Child exhibiting problems
Children in Need of Protection
Children in Need
Programme of Intervention
Any other concerns
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CAF
GCP
Initial Assessment
Enquiries (GCP – neglect)
Core Assessment
(GCP parenting capacity)
Protection / Support Plan
GCP – monitoring tool
The Framework Triangle
CHILD’S
DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS
PARENTING CAPACITY
Ensuring safety
Education
Emotional warmth
Emotional & behavioural
development
Identity
Family & social relationships
Social presentation
Stimulation
CHILD
Safeguarding
and promoting
welfare
Guidance & boundaries
Stability
Self-care skills
FAMILY & ENVIONMENTAL FACTORS
Community Resources, Family & social integration, Income, Employment,
Housing, Wider family, Family history & functioning
Record sheet
Scoring
Rating 1
5
Use on every child in the family
Use with different carers
Complete with the parent/carer
Use information, observation, records
Targeting Items of Care
Targeted
Items
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Current Period
Score
Target
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Actual
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Users
Health visitors
School Nurses
Social Workers
Family Centre Workers
Education Welfare and school support
workers
Uses
Pre-referral assessments
Snapshot assessments
Contribution to CAF
Contribution to Core Assessment (parenting
capacity)
Self-assessment (parents and carers)
Young person’s assessment of parenting
Tool for setting goals
Tool to facilitate discussion
Why choose GCP?
Child focused
User friendly
Common language
Promotes partnership
Why choose GCP?
Evaluates strengths as well as
weaknesses
Allows progress to be assessed
A relatively objective measure
Allows help to be targeted where
needed
Contacts
Patrick Ayre
Department of Applied Social Studies
University of Bedfordshire
Park Square, Luton, LU1 3JU
[email protected]
Richard Fountain
Luton Borough Council
Unity House
111 Stuart Street, Luton, LU1 5NP
01582 547560
[email protected]