What is the DHS mission Statement for CW? – answer CW professionals will
demonstrate an unwavering commitment to engage and partner with families we serve
to ensure safety, permanency, and well-being
What is CPS's 3 primary functions? - answer Centralized intake, field investigation, and
ongoing
What is the statewide unit to receive complaints? – answer Centralized Intake
What are the five dispositions for CPS categories? - answer Category V - services not
needed
Category IV - a denied case and community services are recommended
Category III - open case and community services needed (risk assessment)
Category II - open case and child protective services required
Category I - open case and a court petition is required
Who begins permanency? - answer Case planning for permanency begins with CPS
Permanency is NOT a "FC" or "Adoption" issue - it begins with CPS
Does relative search continue throughout the case or just at the beginning? -
answerRelative search and engagement efforts should continue until case closure
What is included in the 5 day packet? - answerMedical, ISP, petition (court order),
education, birth certificate
What are the permanency goals for FC? - answerReunification- Almost always "Plan A"
Adoption- Usually "Plan B"
Guardianship
Permanent Placement with a Fit and Willing Relative (PPFWR)
Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement (APPLA)
What does the placement for permanence include? - answerEVERY time we place a
child, no matter where we are on the continuum, we should be placing for permanence,
and considering both Plan A and B
Where a child is place initially upon removal can have substantial consequences on the
timeliness of their permanency
What is the Child/Parent visitation permanency? - answerVisitation is essential for a
child's well-being
Visitation is fundamental to permanency
Visitation is vital to a child maintaining family relationships and cultural connection
, What is the plan development? - answerInput from parents, relatives, children,
caregivers
Information from previous reports and assessments
Determination of Care (DOC)
Initial service plan (ISP-30 days) and updated service plan (USP)
Family assessment of Needs and Strengths (FANS)
Child assessment of Needs and Strengths (CANS)
What does a referral from FC to Adoption include? - answerFoster care remains primary
worker
Send complete packets - 5 days from receipt of termination order
Case review meeting within 30 days and then quarterly
Continue to send updated reports
What do you do with an unmatched child? - answerDo not have a family identified
Relative searches
Genograms
Michigan adoption resource exchange (MARE)
The heart gallery
What is the "motivation in the workplace" consist of? - answerMaslow's Hierarchy of
Needs - states that certain basic needs have to be met before higher needs can be
satisfied
These needs range from the basics of survival - air, food, water, shelter - to those
higher order needs - self-esteem and self-actualization
People cannot survive without the basics, but once they are attained, people tend to
take them for granted and want to move on to the next levels of need
Frederick Herzberg, a behavioral scientist and author of the Motivation to Work, has
taken Maslow's theory and applied it specifically to motivation in the workplace
Herzberg's theory categorizes categories workplace motivators into two groups: 1.
Hygiene factors which are basic and necessary to survive. 2. Motivational factors which
are on a higher level
What is the Resiliency Approach to Child Welfare? - answerFocus on turn over rate
5 year federal grant, MSU conducted interviews with "resilient" sups and social workers
in MI to determine why they stay in their positions
Interviews findings were compared with info from other research regarding retention in
CW, other human services, and business
The research says ppl stay in child and fam services for reasons that are common to
most jos, but also for reasons that are distinctive for human caring pros
What are the 4 sources of stress? - answerClient-related stressors
System-related stressors
Agency-related stressors
Person-related stressors
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