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Department for Community Based Services It Takes a Village: Partnerships for Youth 01/17/2019

Department for Community Based Services It Takes a Village: Partnerships for Youth 01/17/2019. Three Goals for DCBS. Child Welfare Transformation Workgroups. When a child is removed from their home….

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Department for Community Based Services It Takes a Village: Partnerships for Youth 01/17/2019

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  1. Department for Community Based Services It Takes a Village: Partnerships for Youth 01/17/2019

  2. Three Goals for DCBS

  3. Child Welfare Transformation Workgroups

  4. When a child is removed from their home… Visitation between children in foster care and their biological parents can be considered a primary intervention for maintaining the parent-child relationship (Mallon & Leashoer, 2002). Foster parents, however, often state that visitation results in problematic behavior of children (Moyers et al., 2006). Professional social workers are advised to use visits as a way “to support parents and children as they learn to reach out and respond to each other, and develop a relationship that meets the children’s needs” (p. 204). There is greater parental involvement when social workers and foster parents seemed to have a positive attitude towards parental participation and towards the parents themselves. Poirier and Simard (2006)

  5. Factors impacting timely reunification The stability of foster care placement Visiting with parents and siblings in foster care The needs of and services for the child parents, and foster parents Child and family involvement in case planning Worker visits with the child Worker visits with the parents www.childwelfare.gov

  6. A Strong Partnership Supports Frequent Contact Between Parent and Child Children who have regular, frequent contact with their family while in foster care have: More positive experiences A greater likelihood of reunification Shorter stays in out-of-home care Overall improved emotional well-being and positive adjustment to placement Partners For Our Children, April 2011

  7. We meet the goal faster if we are all moving in the same direction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulucJnxT7B4

  8. Family engagement activities contribute to successful reunification and a decrease in re-entry Activities include: Involving birth families in planning and decision-making Encouraging foster parent support of the birthparents Facilitating visits between children in foster care with their parents Use of some type of family team meetings (e.g., Family Group Conferencing, Family Group Decision Making) to facilitate reunification efforts. These strategies promote active involvement of both birth parents, extended family, foster family and others to achieve permanency www.childwelfare.gov

  9. Family Engagement Is Fundamentalto Successful Reunification Much of the literature addresses three dimensions of family engagement: The relationship between the caseworker The biological family Parent-child visitation The involvement of foster parents www.childwelfare.gov

  10. Activity Barriers to partnerships

  11. Overcoming Barriers to Partnership • What are some of the barriers we know? • What can each person, in their role, do to contribute to overcoming challenges? • DCBS workers • Foster parent or relative caregiver • Birth parent • Private agency staff

  12. Success of Partnership Initiatives and Positive Impact for Children https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3-8YGBP2xg

  13. DCBS Partnership Plan Effective January 15, 2019, DCBS will be utilizing a Partnership Plan. The Partnership Plan will be: Completed at the 10 Day Case Conference with the birth family, foster parents, the social worker, the foster parent’s worker, and any other participants involved Reviewed and/or updated if there is a placement move and at periodic case planning conferences Referenced during home visits

  14. Remember… The Partnership Plan is not just another piece of paper!

  15. “Parenting should be like a symphony. Right now, birth and foster parents are apart and we have different keys…disjointed. When we come together with different notes, it is better for kids.” Stacie-foster parent “It doesn’t matter whether we are birth parents, foster parents…what you call us. We are family, and we want to speak together for children.” Jeremiah-birth parent

  16. Questions? We want Kentucky to be the absolute best model for foster care in the United States... - Governor Bevin

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