Expectations
How much of your time should be spent with clients?
50%
What is a good curriculum to use when trying to identify what stage of change someone is in?
Motivational Interviewing
Why do we complete NCFAS for clients?
It assesses for level of need, and allows us to put all important information on one document to be able to establish our focus for services. The updates allow us to see progress in these essential areas.
You have been working with a client for about a month that will meet with you, but only engages for about 15 minutes each time before they tell you they're tired. They are involved with FRC and consistently testing positive for Fentanyl. What would you do to try to reengage the client and open up about their use?
Stay consistent; Focus on activities to build rapport; ask them what they want from services; staff with supervisor/coworkers
What 4 documents need to be uploaded 7 days after your first meaningful contact with a FP family?
Initial Safety Assessment, Initial Summary of Assessment, Safety Plan, and Service Plan
How many times a week are we required to meet with clients?
At least once!
What is the curriculum we use for parenting? And how do we measure progress for this curriculum?
Nurturing Positive Parenting; AAPI - bonus if they include the pretest/posttest
Why did we change the ECO Map from the ACE assessment to PACE assessment?
ACE focuses on negative aspects of childhood. The PACE allows us to ask positive questions to build a secure connection with clients before addressing behavioral issues; essentially, creating a safe space for open communication through a playful, accepting, curious, and empathetic attitude.
"Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, and Empathy"
You have been working with your client for about 3 months and every time you meet with them, they just want to rant about how their case only opened because of their trash baby daddy and about their FCM that your client says sucks at their job. You desperately need to start Financial Literacy with them. What do you do?
Set a timer for their ranting; Let them know in a respectful way that you have curriculum to review with them., etc
What must be signed by each visiting adult in order for us to start supervised visits?
Supervised Visit Rules
When are FRC & TTC Updates due to Lauren? And when are DVC Updates due to Lauren?
12pm on Friday; 5pm on Wednesday
What evidence-based practice would you use to assist a client with coping skills for anxiety?
DBT skills
Why do you have to send updates weekly for the problem-solving courts?
To assist with communication among providers and the court team, advocacy of our clients, and influence decisions made by the court.
You walk up to a Family Preservation client's home for the first time to meet the family and complete your first safety check. As you walk up, you overhear the parents yelling at each other in a threatening manner. What do you do?
When do you fill out an incident report?
Client Suicidal Ideation/Inpatient, Car Accidents/issues with client in the car, Hotline Calls.... whenever I tell you to :)
When are monthly reports due to Lauren? And when are they due to be uploaded for DCS?
The 5th and the 10th
What curriculum do we use for clients that need assistance with budgeting/self-sufficiency?
Financial Literacy
To keep in communication with DCS about the progress our client, to allow DCS to provide accurate & up-to-date reports to the court, AND it's how we get paid for our fantastic services :)
You are supervising a visit for a mother and her newborn baby and the mother appears to be under the influence and is unsafely nodding off while holding the baby. What do you do?
Ask the mom if she is okay and direct her to give you the baby or put them in a safe spot. If they are not responsive, pick up the baby and end the visit. Text/call me. Contact authorities if mom is still unresponsive.
What assessment do you need to complete prior to the initial summary of assessment?
NCFAS
When is an initial NCFAS due for clients that are not Family Pres? And how often do they need updated?
6 months; every 6 months
What curriculum/evidence-based practice do we use for clients involved with juvenile probation, adolescents, and/or adult clients needing to learn every day life skills?
Casey Life Skills, Boystown skills, ADLs
Why do we have to lay eyes on the children of Family Preservation clients each week?
Contractual obligation for FP and TO ENSURE SAFETY IN THE HOME
You are supervising a visit for three children and their father. The father starts cussing at you in front of the children and will not stop. The children are 1, 2, and 5 and appear distressed.
If at any time you feel unsafe in a visit, or feel that the children could be harmed/upset by the parent's behavior, please know I will always back you up for ending a visit. Please contact me if this ever happens and do not feel the need to wait until strike 3 to loop me in.
If you feel safe to do so, respectfully let the father know you do not appreciate the way he is speaking to you and that this is strike 1 for violating the supervised visit rules. If he continues give him another strike and let him know that if you have to get to strike 3, you will end the visit. At strike 3, announce that visit is over and assist the children to your vehicle.
To promote the overall health of our community, LSSI focuses on equipping willing families facing the most challenging obstacles with the skills necessary to make positive life choices as evidenced by advancement toward economic and family stability.