Transcript & Foster Care Service Planning Structured Decision Making FOM 722-6

Foster Care Service Planning
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Structured Decision Making
FOM 722-6
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What is service
planning?
Process of:
developing
implementing
evaluating
Efforts or Activities to achieve
the permanency planning goal.
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History
Structured Decision Making
(SDM)
• Initially services workers had limited
parameters to follow when doing their
service planning.
• There were no structures or frameworks
as a starting point.
• No basis for evaluating progress.
• How a family/child was assessed varied
from worker to worker and across county.
• Therefore SDM Model was implemented.
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What is
Structured Decision Making ?
(SDM)
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Consensus based process
Increases consistency
Validates decision making
Targets interventions to those most at risk
Provides structure in formulating case
planning and activity
• Improves effectiveness of Foster Care
• Reduces length of time to attain
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What forms will be used?
• Family Assessment and Reassessment of Needs
and Strengths (DHS 145)
• Age Appropriate Child Assessment and
Reassessment of Needs and Strengths (DHS
0432, DHS 0433, DHS 0434, DHS 0435)
• Parent-Agency Treatment Plan & Service
Agreement (DHS 67)
• Initial Service Plan (DHS 65)
• Updated Service Plan (DHS 66)
• Family Reunification Assessment (DHS 147)
• Safety Assessment (DHS 149)
• Action Summary (DHS 69)
• Permanent Ward Service Plan (DHS 68)
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Where do we get our
information?
• TOGETHER with the family and with others, we gather
information, assess and then develop the plan.
• Sources:
o Family (including children)
o Previous child welfare history
o School records
o Psychological evaluations
o Other assessments (esp. Substance abuse)
o Other family members
o Eco-maps
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Family Assessment of
Needs/Strengths (FANS)
• Assess and evaluates the presenting needs and
strengths of each household/caretaker with legal
rights to child(ren).
• Used with every ISP and USP
• Identifies prioritized barriers and strengths.
• Establishes a Commonality
• Consistency
• Case planning reference tool
• Evaluation tool
CFF 722-8A
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Use the DEFINITIONS
• Part of every template
• Know the parameters
• Be objective
• Be consistent
• Not own standards
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Child Assessment of
Needs/Strength (CANS)
• Similar to the Family Assessment in foundation,
purpose and functionality
• Has separate assessment based on age and
developmental stage of child. DHS 0432, 0433,
0434, 0435
• Each child must be scored individually
• Identify the top three needs & strengths
• Justify scores in ISP/USP; address in PATP
Address those needs in PATP
CFF 722-8B
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Initial Services Plan (ISP)
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Presents family history/information
Describes Reasonable Efforts
Identifies Permanency Planning Goal
Defines services/activities to achieve
Makes recommendations
Completed- 30 calendar days after
removal date
FOM 722-8
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Parent Agency Treatment Plan
& Services Agreement (PATP)
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Involves all stakeholders
Written with ISP and USP
Negotiated with all parties
Identifies goals/objectives/action
steps/expected outcomes/timeframe needed
to address needs and achieve the Permanency
Planning Goal
• Used to assess parent progress toward barrier
reduction
FOM
722-8C
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Updated Service Plan
(USP)
• Completed within 120 days of child’s initial
placement and with every 90 days after
that
• Same identifying information as ISP
• Includes an evaluation of progress of
barrier reduction & parenting time
• Must reassess (FANS/CANS) of the family
and children for each USP
CFF 722-9
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Safety Assessment
• Completed following reunification
assessment where parenting time and
barrier reduction is at least partial.
• Helps assess if child:
– Is in immediate danger
– Source of danger
– Protecting intervention to be maintained or
initiated.
FOM 722-9B
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Permanent Ward Service Plan
(PWSP)
• Completed to record progress and
planning of all MCI wards and permanent
court wards.
• To be developed and updated following
same guidelines.
• CANS to be completed.
• Treatment Plan is incorporated in the
document/template.
FOM 722-9B
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REMEMBER
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Strength based
Collaborative
Teaming
Concurrent planning
Limited time-frames
Small successes
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