Intake Basics
0-2, 2-24 &24hrs to 2 business days are.....
What are the Investigation Response Times
This person should be interviewed first
Who is the child(ren)
The questions that all documentation should answer
What is the Five W's + How
The three different forms of Kinship care are.....
What is Informal, Formal and Kindship Foster Care
The behavior change that is necessary for eliminating the safety threats/ risk concerns in the home.
What are Goals/ Behavioral objectives
For a case to be screened in for investigation, it must meet the screening criteria. Intake case managers use the.......to determine whether a case meets these criteria.
What is the Structured Decision-Making Intake Screening and Response Tool (SDM)
Case managers should avoid using these when interviewing
What is leading questions
The number one rule in while welfare is.....
What is if it isn't documented it didn't happen
Families arrange this kinship care situation on their own. EX: grandmother might step in to care for the children when their mother cannot
What is Informal Kinship care
A specific task that can lead to meeting a goal/objective
What is a Action Steps
Screen outs either receive no action, or, if it’s believed the family in the report could benefit from stabilizing support, Intake can refer that family to one of several........
What is Community-Based Prevention Services
This helps guide case managers to structure their question when interviewing clients
What is EARS (elicit, amplify, reflect, and start over)
All elements relevant to a child's safety, living situation and health/well-being
What is the core of documentation
DSS gets involved in these kin arrangements. the agency can verify the safety and suitability of a kinship caregiver's home and monitor the arrangement
What is Formal Kinship care
Strengths that the family could use to address the safety threat/ risk and work toward the behavioral objectives
What is a Relevant Functional Strength
This official DSS form summarizes information received in an accepted report
What is The Intake Summary
This is used to remember basic interaction techniques central to the concept of "Motivational Interviewing" or "interviewing for change"
What is OARS(open questions, affirmation, reflective listening, and summary reflections)
When writing documentation case managers should be sure to avoid the use of......
What is Buzzwords
Kinship caregivers becoming licensed foster parents, given they meet all of the requirements. They are able to receive all the benefits foster parents receive, including board payments, parenting classes, training and case management support
What is Kinship Foster Care
Characteristics that parents possess that allow them to keep their child(ren) safe
What is Protective Capacity
Cognitive (how parents think)
Behavioral (how parents act)
Emotional (parents bond with child and parents ability to put their own desires on hold to address the child's needs)
This stands in for the intake dictation that would be attached to a report in CAPSS. It contains the family's DSS case history and criminal history
What is Records Check Summary
Provides a frame through which case managers can interpret HOW a client says something. If the case manager recognizes certain signpost words and phrases, they can draw some understanding about their client's attitudes toward change.
What is DARNCAT (desire, ability, reasons, need, commitment, actuation, and taking steps)
All progress made during the CFTM should be recorded where....
What is the Family Permanency Plan
DSS Forms 1002, 3017, 3018, 3042, 30212, 37144, 30268, 30261
What are the 9 Kinship Care Forms
1002 Acknowledgement of Licensing of Kinship Foster Parents
3017 South Carolina Kinship Caregiver Agreement
3018 Child Profile
3042 Affidavit for Kinship Care Placement
30212 Assessing the Protective Capacity and Kinship Caregiver Site Visit
37144 Kinship Care Brochure
30268 What to expect from SC DSS: A guide to Kinship Caregivers in SC Booklet
30261 Request for Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) and/or Local Law Enforcement Records.
What is Behavioral, Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time limited