SEVEN ELEMENTS
What is Location and Circumstance?
This assessment should be updated when significant changes occur in the family.
What is the FAST?
Documentation should describe caregiver behaviors instead of simply stating this.
What is "protective" or "not protective"?
Documentation should only include facts you personally observed.
False (You can document information reported by others.)
This phrase reminds workers why documentation is essential.
What is "If it isn't documented, it didn't happen"?
What is well-being?
Strengths documented in the FAST should be reflected here.
What is dictation/FPP?
Examples of protective capacities.
What are cognitive, behavioral and emotional?
It is acceptable to document your professional assessment if observations and evidence support it.
True
Documentation should avoid words like lazy, unsanitary, crazy or unkempt.
What are "buzz" words?
Case Manager (CM) spoke with Johnny in the living room privately for 15 minutes.
What is interviewing a child alone?
Documentation should support every rating assigned in this assessment.
What is the FAST?
Workers should document both diminished protective capacities and these.
What are caregiver strengths?
Documentation should be entered as soon as 7 days after contact with the family.
False (documentation should be entered by 5 days per policy.)
DSS policy requires documentation to be completed within this timeframe after a contact.
What is within 5 days?
This refers to the child’s immediate condition and whether they are protected from present or impending danger.
What is safety and risk?
Workers should provide examples that justify each documented item in the FAST.
What is a rating or score?
Protective capacities should be reassessed whenever this occurs.
What is on-going assessment?
Using direct quotes is unnecessary if you remember what the client meant.
FALSE
Well written, clear, and concise documentation is written in this form.
What is narrative form?
What is permanency?
FAST helps guide decisions for this plan.
What is a FPP?
The primary goal of protective capacity is to determine whether a caregiver/parent has the necessary abilities to protect a child.
What is present or impending danger?
Workers should document both strengths and concerns about the family.
True
Specific hazards such as exposed electrical wires, loaded firearms within children’s reach, broken windows, or lack of running water.
What are safety concerns?