Intact Specialty Exam Questions with correct Answers Child and Family Team (CFT0 - answer Refers to a group of individuals identified by and with the family
-Members of the team most commonly include: parent(s); child(ren) (when emotionally and developmentally appropriate); other concerned family members; concerned persons from the community, including school/daycare staff; the DCFS/POS Intact Family Services Worker and Supervisor; and service providers
Child Centered Collateral Contacts - answer People who are identified by the child and individuals who are part of the child's life such as day care, school, and mental health
Foster Care Candidacy - answer Recognition that one or more children in an intact family may be at imminent risk of placement into substitute care if the services outlined in the service plan are unavailable, refused, or ineffective.
Hand-Off Staffing - answer Meeting that takes place between the Child Protection Specialist and/or Child Protection Supervisor and the Intact Family Services Worker and/or Intact Family Supervisor
-Purpose is to provide the Intact Family Services Worker/Supervisor with the information/documentation necessary to provide the family with adequate services and interventions
-Will involve a discussion of the safety needs of the child(ren), the dynamics of the case,
the strengths of the family, and the service needs of the family
Initial Assessment - answer -Takes place within first 45 days of case opening
-Preliminary assessment conducted by Child Protection Specialist/Intact Family Services Worker
-Consideration shall be given to how th best meet the presenting needs of the family in light of relevant safety considerations; including, but not limited to, referral and linkage to various community services as deemed appropriate, Intact Family Services, or possible court involvement
Intact Family Services Worker - answer A family-centered change agent who partners with families to use expert knowledge throughout the decision and goal making
processes providing individualized, culturally-responsive, and relevant services for each
family to ensure child safety, permanency, and well being.
-Assists in mobilizing resources to maximize communication, shared planning, and collaboration among the several community and/or neighborhood systems that are directly involved with the family to strengthen the family's capacity to function effectively Integrated Assessment(IA) - answer Formal process that seeks to achieve the identification of the behaviors, conditions, and issues leading to the child's maltreatment
and family's involvement; the child and family's strengths, supports, and protective factors; and those services needed to achieve safety, well-being, stability and to prevent
out of home placement
Interim Service Agreement - answer -Happens at 1st home visit
-Review the reasons why the case has been opened first
-A written agreement developed at the transitional visit with the family and the Intact Family Services Worker, identifying immediate service needs during the interim period between first contact and the development of the Family Service Plan (which shall be completed within 45 days of case opening)
-Should be documented in a Contact Note
Minimum Parenting Standards - answer A parent or other person responsible for the child's welfare sees that the child is adequately fed, clothed appropriately for the weather conditions, provided with adequate shelter, protected from physical, mental, and emotional harm, and provided with necessary medical care and education as required by law
Protective Factors - answer Aspects of a family's functioning that when present serve
to enhance the safety and well-being of children and when absent serve to increase the risk to children
-Parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of parenting and child development,
concrete support in times of need, social and emotional competence, and healthy parent-child relationships
Relative - answer Any person, 21 years of age or over other than the parent who:
-is currently related to the child
-is the spouse, or party to a civil union, of such relative
-the child's step-father, step-mother, step-grandmother, step-grandfather, or adult step-
brother or step-sister
-the partner, or adult child of a partner, in a civil union with the child's mother or father
-a fictive kin -a person who is related to a sibling of a child in any of the ways described above
-Godparent
Fictive Kin - answer person who has close personal or emotional ties with the child or the child's family prior to the child's placement with the person
Godparent - answer person who sponsors a child at baptism or a person in whom the parents have entrusted a special duty that includes assisting in raising the child if the parent in unable to raise the child
Service Planning - answer Strength based, child focused, family centered, trauma informed activity that is inclusive of who the family identifies as providing support to the family and focuses on child safety by engaging the family's problem solving capacities toward the end of enhancing their protective capacities to control or prevent safety threats from affecting their children throughout the life of the case
Transfer - answer Fiscal and planning responsibility for a case which is open on CYCIS is changed, via a CFS 1425, Change of Status Form, from one region/site/field office to another.
-A different worker is assigned when a case is transferred
Transitional Visit - answer A visit conducted in the home of the family by the Child Protection Specialist with the assigned Intact Family Services Worker to introduce the Intact Family Services Worker to the family and review issues related to the Department's continued involvement
-Needs to happen within 48 hours of case assignment
Consent to Receive Intact Family Services - answer The Child Protection Specialist who recommends Intact Family Services is expected to obtain a family's voluntary consent to be referred for Intact Family Services.
-The Child Protection Specialist will document the family's voluntary consent in a Contact Note - the Contact Note must include the name of the parent/guardian who gave consent and the date and time consent was given
Family Refusal to Consent to Receive Intact Family Services - answer When a family
refuses to accept Intact Family Services, the Child Protection Specialist must decide whether:
-Protective custody of the child is necessary
-The case shall be screened for court involvement
-The family shall be referred to appropriate community services
-Decision must be documented by the Child Protection Supervisor in a Supervisory note
Supervisor Approval of Referral to Area Administrator - answer Once a Child Protection Specialist recommends that an investigation be indicated and that a family will need Intact Family Services, the Child Protection Supervisor shall review the recommendations with the Child Protection Specialist during a supervisory conference
-Child protection Supervisor shall document the decision to refer the case to Intact Family Services in a Supervisory note
Before a Case Can Be Referred for Intact Family Services.... - answer The Child Protection Supervisor must ensure that subpoenas have been issued or that releases of
information (CFS 600-3) have been signed to obtain the mental health records for the affected parents/caregivers in the family
If Child Protection Supervisor approves Intact Services recommendation...... - answer a CFS 2040, Intact Family Services Case Referral and Assignment Form shall be completed with the Child Protection Specialist and approved by the Child Protection Supervisor
