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Family-Centered Case Planning
Family-centered case planning ensures the involvement and participation of family members in all aspects of case planning, so services are tailored to best address the family's needs and strengths. It includes the family members' recommendations regarding the types of services that will be most helpful to them, timelines for achieving the plan, and expected outcomes for the child and family. Case planning requires frequent updates based on the caseworker and family's assessment of progress toward goals.
Adoption and Safe Families Act Curricula
National Resource Center on Child Welfare Training & Evaluation
Curriculum outlines a training schedule and includes a module on case planning.
Case Planning for Families Involved With Child Welfare Agencies
A case plan is a written document that may be prepared when a child becomes involved with a State child welfare agency. This fact sheet provides information on when case plans are required, who may participate in the process, and describes the general contents of a case plan. Case plans typically include goals and objectives that the parents must meet in order to achieve a safe home for the child and timeframes for achieving those goals.
Elements of Best Practice in Family Centered Services (PDF - 354 KB)
Wells (2000)
Designed to provide Illinois Family Centered Services with the elements of best practice and tools for measuring child welfare outcomes.
Family-Centered Child Welfare Practice: A Resource Manual for Child Welfare Workers, Administrators, and Educators
Tollefson (1999)
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Provides an overview of family-centered practice; topics include theory, program components and characteristics, assessment, service delivery models and methods, practice strategies with multiproblem families, cultural competency, interprofessional collaboration, and curriculum development.
Field Guide to Child Welfare: Volume II: Case Planning and Family-Centered Casework
Rycus & Hughes (1998)
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Describes case planning and family-centered casework, with sections about protective authority, the foundation of family-centered child welfare, assessment strategies, case plan development, case closure and recidivism, interview techniques, and case recording processes.
Implementing High-Quality Collaborative Individualized Service/Support Planning: Necessary Conditions (PDF - 6380 KB)
Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health (2003)
Describes steps to achieve high quality implementation of team-based wraparound services. Includes assessments for implementation quality at the team, organizational, and system (policy and funding) level.
Tough Problems, Tough Choices: Guidelines for Needs-Based Service Planning in Child Welfare
Feild & Winterfeld (2003)
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Designed to help child welfare professionals develop child-and family-specific case plans by providing a structured tool for making case decisions and service plans, a training guide for staff development, and a means for achieving agency-wide consistency in case planning.
Turmoil to Turning Points: Building Hope for Children in Crisis Placements
Kagan (1996)
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Describes strategies and interventions to help high-risk children and their families move beyond trauma to develop safe, nurturing relationships. Includes techniques for engaging parents, mapping family resources, identifying split messages, developing centering messages, and mobilizing supportive networks.
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