Questions for Newcomers
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:56 am
Questions for Newcomers
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Agency
Here is an outline to follow when describing your situation, if it is hard to know where to start.
This outline is for CPS Record-keeping, but the list applies to parents also, and will help newcomers organize their thoughts in order to write them down. It will also help readers of this forum to share information or experiences which may help newcomers.
http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/userma ... s/cpsl.cfm
1. Report:
Information about the nature and extent of the referral or report;
identify demographic data on the child, family, and significant others;
and the response of the agency to the referral.
2. Contacts:
A record of all dates and length of contacts,
including in-person and telephone interviews with all family members,
collateral sources,
and multidisciplinary team,
as well as the location and purposes of these contacts.
3. Confidentiality:
4. Initial Assessment:
Information about the initial assessment,
including documentation of what may have already occurred
(e.g., the report of alleged child maltreatment),
as well as the assessment of the risk to
and safety of the child.
5. Diagnostic procedures:
Information about any diagnostic procedures that may have been part of the initial assessment
(e.g., medical evaluations, x-rays, or other medical tests;
psychological evaluations;
and alcohol or drug assessments).
6. Initial decisions:
Clear documentation of initial decisions with respect to substantiation of
the alleged maltreatment,
risk assessment
and safety evaluation,
basis for any placement in out-of-home care
or court referral (if necessary),
and reasons for continued agency involvement
or for terminating services.
7. Safety plan:
The safety plan, if one was developed,
and documentation of referrals to other programs, agencies, or persons who will participate in the implementation of the safety plan.
8. Family Assessment:
A record of the family assessment (including risks and strengths)
and a delineation of the treatment and intervention needs of the child, caregivers, and the family.
9. Court involvement:
A description of any criminal, juvenile, or family court involvement
and the status of any pending legal action in which the client may be involved.
10. Case plan:
The case plan with specific measurable goals,
as well as a description of the process used to develop the plan.
11. Intervention outcomes:
Specification of the intervention outcomes, which, if achieved, will reduce the risks and address the effects of maltreatment.
These intervention outcomes should lead to the achievement of child safety, permanency, and child and family well-being.
12. Case activities and outcomes:
Documentation of the case activities and their outcomes,
including information from all community practitioners providing intervention or treatment
(written reports should be requested from all providers)
and information about the family's response to intervention and treatment.
13. Progress:
Information about the progress toward the achievement of outcomes,
completion of case plans,
risk reduction process,
and reunification of children with their families
or other permanency options.
14. Information provided to the court:
Information provided to the court, if court involvement was necessary.
15. Case-closing
Inclusion of a case-closing summary that describes:
- outline summarizing the original reason for referral;
- process of closure with the family;
- outcomes and goals established with the family;
- nature of the services provided and the activities undertaken by the various practitioners and the family;
- description about the level of progress accomplished with respect to outcomes and goals;
- summary of any new reports of maltreatment that may have occurred during intervention;
- assessment of risk and safety as it now exists;
- problems or goals that remain unresolved or unaccomplished;
- reasons for closing the case.
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Courts
Here is an outline for Legal and Judicial issues
http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/userma ... ppende.cfm
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Agency
Here is an outline to follow when describing your situation, if it is hard to know where to start.
This outline is for CPS Record-keeping, but the list applies to parents also, and will help newcomers organize their thoughts in order to write them down. It will also help readers of this forum to share information or experiences which may help newcomers.
http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/userma ... s/cpsl.cfm
1. Report:
Information about the nature and extent of the referral or report;
identify demographic data on the child, family, and significant others;
and the response of the agency to the referral.
2. Contacts:
A record of all dates and length of contacts,
including in-person and telephone interviews with all family members,
collateral sources,
and multidisciplinary team,
as well as the location and purposes of these contacts.
3. Confidentiality:
4. Initial Assessment:
Information about the initial assessment,
including documentation of what may have already occurred
(e.g., the report of alleged child maltreatment),
as well as the assessment of the risk to
and safety of the child.
5. Diagnostic procedures:
Information about any diagnostic procedures that may have been part of the initial assessment
(e.g., medical evaluations, x-rays, or other medical tests;
psychological evaluations;
and alcohol or drug assessments).
6. Initial decisions:
Clear documentation of initial decisions with respect to substantiation of
the alleged maltreatment,
risk assessment
and safety evaluation,
basis for any placement in out-of-home care
or court referral (if necessary),
and reasons for continued agency involvement
or for terminating services.
7. Safety plan:
The safety plan, if one was developed,
and documentation of referrals to other programs, agencies, or persons who will participate in the implementation of the safety plan.
8. Family Assessment:
A record of the family assessment (including risks and strengths)
and a delineation of the treatment and intervention needs of the child, caregivers, and the family.
9. Court involvement:
A description of any criminal, juvenile, or family court involvement
and the status of any pending legal action in which the client may be involved.
10. Case plan:
The case plan with specific measurable goals,
as well as a description of the process used to develop the plan.
11. Intervention outcomes:
Specification of the intervention outcomes, which, if achieved, will reduce the risks and address the effects of maltreatment.
These intervention outcomes should lead to the achievement of child safety, permanency, and child and family well-being.
12. Case activities and outcomes:
Documentation of the case activities and their outcomes,
including information from all community practitioners providing intervention or treatment
(written reports should be requested from all providers)
and information about the family's response to intervention and treatment.
13. Progress:
Information about the progress toward the achievement of outcomes,
completion of case plans,
risk reduction process,
and reunification of children with their families
or other permanency options.
14. Information provided to the court:
Information provided to the court, if court involvement was necessary.
15. Case-closing
Inclusion of a case-closing summary that describes:
- outline summarizing the original reason for referral;
- process of closure with the family;
- outcomes and goals established with the family;
- nature of the services provided and the activities undertaken by the various practitioners and the family;
- description about the level of progress accomplished with respect to outcomes and goals;
- summary of any new reports of maltreatment that may have occurred during intervention;
- assessment of risk and safety as it now exists;
- problems or goals that remain unresolved or unaccomplished;
- reasons for closing the case.
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Courts
Here is an outline for Legal and Judicial issues
http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/userma ... ppende.cfm
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