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Family Finding: Decision Making
Competency
• Competency:
▫ 207-4: The Child Welfare Professional can use
assessment data to collaboratively develop an
appropriate, culturally competent case plan with
the family, and can develop and link supportive
family and community resources.
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Learning Objectives
• Participants will be able to:
▫ Identify how the Family Finding model supports
casework best practice and child welfare
legislation and guidance.
▫ Put into action the Family Finding model and
related techniques.
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Review
• What are the six steps of the Family Finding
model?
• What are the best practice steps to work within
the confines of assuring confidentiality?
• What are the goals of a Blended Perspectives
Meeting?
• Who is invited to a Blended Perspectives
Meeting?
• How long should a Blended Perspectives
Meeting last?
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Step Four: Decision Making
• Goal:
▫ The team with the social worker will make timely
decisions that provide the young person with
appropriate levels of affection and belonging that
are expected to be enduring.
Source: Campbell, Kevin. Family Finding: Workshop Presented by Kevin Campbell.
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Step Four: Decision Making (cont’d)
• Practice:
▫ The team involved in planning will work with a
sense of urgency, fully and candidly informed
about the needs of the child or young person and
the expected consequences of not having a safe
forever family.
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Step Four: Decision Making (cont’d)
• Practice:
▫ The team will be prepared to make key, informed
decisions about the future of the young person,
including their safety, physical and emotional
well-being and belonging in a lifetime family.
Teams will meet with an understanding that longterm placement(s) without legal permanency are
not considered a successful decision.
Source: Campbell, Kevin. Family Finding: Workshop Presented by Kevin Campbell.
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Alternative Methods of Decision Making
• Team Decision Making – this is very similar to Family
Group Decision Making, except there is no Private
Family Time. This is still a family driven meeting, but
decisions are made by the family, agencies and service
providers together.
• Family Meeting – this would normally occur at a family
or kin member’s home and without the attendance of
agencies or providers.
• Court Hearing – it is possible for the team and the
agency and providers to develop and make decisions for
three plans at a court hearing.
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Goals that the Family Decisions
Need to Address
• Where will the child have a permanent home?
• Who are the responsible parties involved in
getting the child in his or her permanent home
and keeping that child there?
• What needs will have to be met in order for the
child to have a successful future? (remembering
that treatment or a service is not a need)
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Goals that the Family Decisions
Need to Address (cont’d)
• How will the Network for Life support the young
person and caregiver(s)?
• When will this plan take action? (needs to be a
concrete deadline)
• Who will reconvene the team in the future if
further decisions need to be made?
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Ways Families Can Inform the Agency
• Written document from the family
• Reconvene those who participated in the
Decision Making meeting
• The family can invite agency representative to a
family member’s home to discuss the plans.
• The family can identify a spokesperson to notify
the agency of decisions that were reached.
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Summary and Wrap-Up
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