Child Protective Services Workload
Management Model
Agencies are being faced with unrealistic
expectations that their agencies should be responsible for
more cases and more and different work responsibilities while
their internal resources remain the same or decrease. They
are realizing that to try to respond and serve beyond their
capacity, they are not serving anyone very well. Agencies
must develop good public relations skills to let the public,
local lawmakers, etc. know what their limits are. Workload
management requires a close examination of all those factors
which contribute to demand as well as those factors which
characterize capacity. Use this Model to develop your own
ideas and strategies through: self-evaluation; selection
of alternatives; use of public relations; and implementation
of selected workload solutions.
$30.00
SAFE (Safety Assessment and Family
Evaluation) - A Safety Intervention Model
This comprehensive approach to safety intervention
and management begins at the receipt of the referral, operates
throughout the CPS process and does not conclude until the
case is officially closed to CPS. The use of SAFE is intended
to prevent the automatic removal of children from the home
by employing a family centered orientation to managing safety.
$25.00
The Smith Family
This video provides a demonstration of
a family-based approach during initial contact and assessment
of a substance abuse case situation involving lack of supervision.
An interview with the children is followed by interviews
with the mother and her companion. The video concludes with
a family conference concerned with safety.
$75.00
The Dutton - McAdams Family
This domestic violence situation involving
physical abuse of a toddler presenting family centered interviewing
with a passive mother and resistant, angry father. The video
concludes with a discussion concerning forming a family partnership
to protect the child.
$75.00
Assessing Safety Influences
This video presents 5 interviewing vignettes
focusing on the identification and examination of threats
to child safety.
$50.00
The Smith Family
This video provides a continuing look at
intervention with a substance abusing family. Each of the
5 steps to family assessment are demonstrated. The interviews
generate an understanding of underlying need and the basis
for a treatment plan.
$50.00
The Dutton - McAdams Family
This video provides a continuing look at
intervention with a domestic violence family. Each of the
5 steps to family assessment are demonstrated. The interviews
generate an understanding of underlying need and the basis
for a treatment plan. This video is concluded with an interview
concerned with the decision and plan for reunification.
$75.00
The Collins Family
This video consists of a series of interviews
with prospective foster parents for the purpose of assessing
and analyzing their appropriateness for providing foster
care. It demonstrates a foster family assessment process
which emphasizes various areas of study within the applicant
foster family system.
$75.00
The Lane Family
This involves an initial assessment with
a 19 year old single, substance abusing, hostile mom with
a 3 year old bi-racial daughter. The referral involves lack
of supervision and neglect. This demonstrates how a relatively
unskilled caseworker can collect relevant and useful information
in limited time. A family centered approach is applied.
$50.00
The Simmons Family Series
This series of videos of a domestic violence,
neglectful family includes interviews and demonstrations
of the intake / referral interview, initial assessment interviews
with mother and father and the family assessment protocol.
A family centered approach is applied.
$100.00
The Gordon Family
Concerned with a severe physical abuse
report and an apparent violent, out-of-control father, this
video demonstrates initial assessment interviews with the
mother and father. A family centered approach is applied.
$25.00
The Leman Family
This video shows interviews with a troubled,
depressed 15 year old boy and his depressed, verbally inaccessible,
neglectful mother. The family also includes a failure to
thrive 3 year old. A family centered approach is applied.
$25.00
A Coordinated Response to Child Abuse
- Parts I and II
This depicts an initial assessment of a
sexual abuse situation involving an interview with the 14
year old daughter, her mother and father. Interviews are
conjoint between a social worker and police officer. Addressing
denial is a major feature within this case. Additionally,
the video demonstrates key interviewing techniques, collaboration
issues and joining with parents.
$100.00
Demonstration of Interviewing Children
This video also involves sexual abuse
intervention. The video covers the following issues: an
interview with a 7 year old; a law enforcement interview;
a safety interview; child preparation for court; child
testimony; law enforcement testimony; and an expert witness.
$50.00
For more information or to place
an order
contact Kay Thomas at kay.thomas@actionchildprotection.org
