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ACTION for Child Protection. Implementing Safety Driven CPS Intervention Systems. ACTION. workshop agenda. 4:00 welcome and introductions
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ACTION for Child Protection Implementing Safety Driven CPS Intervention Systems
ACTION workshop agenda 4:00 welcome and introductions 4:05 essentials of a CPS safety driven intervention system 4:20 state and county experiences (including participant questions) 5:30 adjourn
ACTIONWorkshop Presenters • Pamela S. Bennett Program Specialist DCPS SD DSS • June CairnsStaff Development DirectorPhiladelphia DHS • Toby LesterCPS Program Policy Specialist WV DHHR • Tammy Sandoval Director AK OCS • Suzanne Schied Child and Family Services Program Coordinator NE DHHS • Todd Holder Director of Casework Services ACTION on behalf of AL DHR
ACTION Safety Driven Intervention System • Intervention • Coherent, connected, interdependent functions producing involvement with caregivers in order to influence • System • Structure • Standards • Procedure • Orderliness • Sequence & progress • Cohesion • Driven • Concepts & definition • Values • Purpose
ACTIONService Population • Families in which children are unsafe • Focus on caregivers as executives of the family system • Attend to children’s needs through caregiver involvement; support and action
ACTION Essential Decision Making Concepts • Present Danger • Impending Danger • Caregiver Protective Capacities • Unsafe • Existence of present or impending danger and caregiver protective capacities are insufficient to provide protection
ACTION Essential Practice Theories • Family system • Family centered • Behavioral • Trans-theoretical model • Involuntary client • Solution based • Motivation – readiness • Provisional
ACTION Essential Interpersonal Values • Child Safety as Paramount • Permanency as an Integral Part of Child Safety • Rights and respect • Individualization • Purposeful Expression • Controlled Emotional Involvement • Self Determination • Acceptance • Reality Orientation • Collaboration • Least Intrusive • Diligence
ACTION Mission • To restore caregivers to their protective responsibilities
ACTION Objectives • To manage present and impending danger • To enhance diminished caregiver protective capacities
ACTION Intended Outcomes • Family independence (from CPS) • Protective caregivers • Safe children • Safe homes
ACTION Comprehensive Assessment Process • Intake assessment • Family functioning assessment • Safety assessment • Protective capacity family assessment • Protective capacity progress assessment
ACTION Safety Intervention System Components • Policy • Procedures • Staff development • Supervision • Management • Automated system • Quality assurance
ACTION STATE AND COUNTY EXPERIENCES
Implementation Experiences ACTION Why your agency chose to implement a safety driven intervention system
Implementation Experiences ACTION What your agency considers unique about your particular approach
Implementation Experiences ACTION Where youragencyis in the process of implementing Your approach
Implementation Experiences ACTION What major challenges your agency faced or is facing implementing your approach
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