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Partnering With Families and Youth
Partnering with families and youth promotes their active participation in the development of policy, program design, and program evaluation and ensures they are active decision-makers in their own assessment, case planning, and service delivery. Listening carefully to their concerns opens the door to identifying solutions that will work. When families and youth are approached in the spirit of true partnership, they are more likely to invite and welcome providers' support in evaluating needs, developing goals, and identifying effective ways to strengthen the family and promote safety, permanency, and well-being.
A Family's Guide to the Child Welfare System (PDF - 846 KB)
National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health at Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health at American Institutes for Research, Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, Child Welfare League of America, National Indian Child Welfare Association (2003)
Helps families learn about the child welfare system, child welfare laws and policies, people they will meet, ways to advocate for their family's rights, their responsibilities, and practical tips from other parents. Also available in Spanish: Guía Para la Familia Sobre el Sistema de Bienestar Infantil (PDF - 889 KB)
Engaging Child Welfare Families: A Solution-Based Approach to Child Welfare Work (PDF - 207 KB)
Christensen & Antle (2006)
Handout from a May 2006, teleconference on Solution Based Casework and family engagement. Read more about the Solution Focused Practice teleconferences presented by the National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement.
Family/Professional Collaboration: The Perspective of Those Who Have Tried
Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health (1994)
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Discusses an evaluation of a family/professional collaboration training curriculum. The three greatest barriers to collaboration identified were professionals' lack of time, high caseloads, and families' prior negative experiences with professionals.
Integrating a Youth Development Perspective Into Transition Planning: A Curriculum for Child Welfare Outreach Workers
Trustees of Boston University (2004)
Includes modules on cultural differences and similarities between youth and worker; using developmental theories and models of practice in work with youth; strategies for engaging youth in a collaborative relationship and using a strengths perspective in the engagement process; and applying positive youth development in a broader context that includes the worker, organization, and larger community.
Key Guide Points for Partnering With Families
Casey Family Programs & Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2001)
Considerations for an organization's advance planning for partnering with families, initial meeting(s) or early encounters, and working together in the long term.
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