,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,Partnership-Based Practice in Children and Family Services,A Brief Overview of Solution Focused Therapy&The Signs of Safety*,Paternalism in CPS,CPS has the sole responsibility to assess or analyze the problem;,CPS has the sole responsibility to generate the solution;,Parents and families are relegated to service recipients,Paternalism in CPS,CPS interviews are focused on gathering evidence;,Emphasis is on identification of deficits in family functioning and parenting,Problem Solving Model,Engagement,Problem Identification,Data Collection&Assessment,Intervention planning,Intervention,Evaluation and follow-up,Termination,Partnership,Can CPS develop a cooperative relationship or partner with parents during:,An emotionally charged investigation?,Where there is substantiated maltreatment?,When there is a need for ongoing casework?,Partnership,CPS,Work towards specific,mutually understood goals;,CPS is open to the familys perspective;,Legislated in Internationally,UK Child Act of 1989,New Zealand Young People and Their Families Act of 1989-FGDM,Practiced Nationally(Michigan;Olmstead Co in Minnesota),Strengths Perspective,All possess strengths that can be used to improve their life;,Motivation is increased by emphasis on strengths,as the client defines them;,Strengths learned through a cooperative exploration between practitioner and client;,Strengths Perspective,Focus on strengths leads to better knowing how clients survived,even the most difficult circumstances;and,Less blaming,Strengths Perspective,Facilitates movement towards the clients preferred futures and strengths,Possible suggestion(question)pay careful attention to“what is happening in your life(lives)that you want to continue to have happen,Strengths Perspective,Develop a state of“being informed through a stance of genuine curiosity;,Listen for WHO and WHAT are important to a client;these are people,relationships,events;,Focus your questions on interactions;who is present,what are they doing,etc.,Partnership Practice Principles,Respect service recipients as people worth doing business with;,Cooperate with the person not the abuse;,Recognize that cooperation is possible even when coercion is required;,Recognize that all families have signs of safety,Maintain a focus on safety,Learn what the service recipient wants,Partnership Practice Principles,Always search for detail;,Focus on creating small change;,Dont confuse case details with judgment;,Offer choices;,Treat the interview as a forum for change;,Treat the practice principles as aspirations,not assumptions.,Solution Building-Stages,Describing Problem respectful listening;few questions about severity,duration,causes;,Development of well-formed goals Miracle Question or what will be different when problems are solved;,Explore exceptions who,what,where,when,and how to make exceptions happen,Solution Building-Stages,End of session feedback messages which include compliments and usually some suggestions based on relationship,Visitor,Complainant,Customer,Evaluating progress scaling questions,O-10,Partnership CP:A-Z,CP Practice is“front end loaded careful,detailed,and thorough work at the beginning leads to well-informed decisions and easier resolution,Practice principles and practice elements are utilized by screener,intake worker or investigator,ongoing case manager,etc.until case closure,Partnership Practice Elements,Understanding the position of each family member:,R,espect what they have to offer,A,ppreciate this is the best they are able to do at that moment,T,ake-what they have to offer and,U,se it to provide a,G,raceful way out of the problem,(RATUG),Partnership Practice Elements,Find the exceptions to the maltreatment:,Times when the problem could have happened,but did not;,Explore for them after disclosure or Identification of a problem;,Question and enlarged by a who,what,where,when,and how approach,Partnership Practice Elements,Discover the family strengths&resources,Explore positive aspects and strengths of family life:,Give message=family life and experiences are the foundation of change;,Focus on openness to change;family relationships extended family connections,etc.,Partnership Practice Elements,Focus on Goals:,CP has one goal SAFETY articulate in behavioral terms what will indicate safety,Examine the familys views how they would begin to create safety,Elicit the familys goals,Concretize:measurable,observable,and positive,Establish overlap with agencys goals to provide safety,Partnership Practice Elements,Scale safety and progress,Direct and straightforward way of accessing the perspective of the family,Creates a dialogue that automatically assumes a continuum between dangersafety,illness.health,etc.,Worker/agency must still make their own judgments as to what the answers mean in terms of risk and safety,etc.,Partnership Practice Elements,Assess willingness,capacity,and con