ACTION PLANS
Collaboratively, the Social Worker and parents/caregivers
First opportunity after placement for family, foster parents or other placement provider, and Department clinical staff to have an open discussion
What is the Initial Placement Review?
At minimum, monthly
How often should Supervisors be entering their supervision notes into the record?
Send a case closing notification letter, and enter the date the letter was sent in the record
What should the Social Worker do upon APM's approval on a case closing?
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What is the full address of GAO?
Every 6 months for children in our custody
How often should the Department take and upload pictures into the record?
Supervisor should call Foster Parent to check in on how the child did
What should happen the morning after a new departmental placement?
The potential for future harm to a child VS. harm that has already resulted, or may result in the immediate future, from a caregiver's actions or behaviors
What is the difference between risk and danger in child protection?
Cutting and pasting information from reports, intakes, responses, and previous FAAPs
What is NOT an acceptable substitute for thoughtful Clinical Formulation?
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Who is the newest staff member at GAO?
Every 6 months, or when there is a significant change
How often should the Family Assessment and Action Plan be updated?
In order: the assigned Social Worker, Supervisor, and Manager; FRU Social Worker, FRU Supervisor; Foster parent(s)
Who needs to sign the Child Placement Agreement?
If there is disagreement about case direction after a Social Worker and Supervisor have discussed
What is one situation in which a manager should be consulted about case direction?
The first two weeks of the month
At what point during the month is it ideal for Social Workers to schedule home visits?
7 months 2 days
How much time until Carol's retirement?
Identified risks have been resolved, no dangers are present, caregivers promote safety
How do you know when it's time to close a case?
Detailed information both about a child's behavioral challenges and their strengths, hobbies, and interests
What information should Social Workers include in the Child Placement Agreement to help identify a placement?
How and when to see the child(ren), how new allegations relate to reasons for current Dept involvement, and who will contact which collaterals
What should the collaborative plan between the Response Worker/Sup and Ongoing Worker/Sup include for a report on an open case?
By having private conversations with child(ren) at least monthly
How does a Social Worker get information about how safe a child is feeling?
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Parents/Caregivers, with support and accountability from Social Worker
Whose responsibility is it to use the Action Plan for children's safety and wellbeing?
Both children and parents before a removal, and anytime a change in placement is considered
When and who should Social Workers ask about a family's kinship supports?
After a Social Worker reviews the record, consults with collaterals, discusses with family, and (with Supervisor) discusses with legal, consults with Specialists if needed, considers overall observable changes, and determines a projected date
Detailed observations that are specific to the reasons for Departmental involvement
What makes for high quality documentation on family interactions (family time visits and/or home visits)?
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