Supervisor Value 3
Helping Children and Youth Achieve Their Full Potential and Develop Lifelong Relationships
Recognizing that the optimal place for children/youth is safely in their own homes
• Coach workers on developing harm and/or danger statements and identifying the protective capacity of the family
• Incorporate coaching into consultation and to sustain training
• Inquire about family and safety network participation in Family Centered Meetings (FCMs)
• Inquire about the development and quality of the safety network in consultations
• Ensure ongoing assessment/discussion during consultation regarding needs and most appropriate services
• Discuss decision making track in Structured Decision Making in one-on-one consultations prior to submitting notice
• Provide opportunity/support to attend training and encourage transfer of learning
• Discuss and model a solution-focused approach in supervision, meetings, and case consultations
• Participate in ongoing coaching
• Continuously review and assess for least restrictive level of placement
• Incorporate coaching into consultation and to sustain training
• Inquire about family and safety network participation in Family Centered Meetings (FCMs)
• Inquire about the development and quality of the safety network in consultations
• Ensure ongoing assessment/discussion during consultation regarding needs and most appropriate services
• Discuss decision making track in Structured Decision Making in one-on-one consultations prior to submitting notice
• Provide opportunity/support to attend training and encourage transfer of learning
• Discuss and model a solution-focused approach in supervision, meetings, and case consultations
• Participate in ongoing coaching
• Continuously review and assess for least restrictive level of placement
If children have to leave the home to maintain safety, we actively strive to preserve their connections to siblings, family, and familiar people; school and community of origin; and, culture, religious, and tribal affiliations
• Attend community collaborative meetings
• Ongoing communication with all staff regarding highlights/happenings of activities in the community
• Ensure genograms/ eco-maps are completed on every case and utilize these as part of consultation with workers
• Help worker to explore and prioritize all aspects of familiarity
• Discuss the child’s school of origin and how to assess the benefits and challenges with the social worker.
• Build relationships with after school programs to support children/youth to remain in their school of origin
• Discuss in consultations various options for visitation, and explore alternatives
• Help social workers identify resources/partners who may help preserve connections
• Ongoing discussion regarding the quality of visits
• Coach social workers in consultations on how to explore and encourage positive relationship building
• Ongoing communication with all staff regarding highlights/happenings of activities in the community
• Ensure genograms/ eco-maps are completed on every case and utilize these as part of consultation with workers
• Help worker to explore and prioritize all aspects of familiarity
• Discuss the child’s school of origin and how to assess the benefits and challenges with the social worker.
• Build relationships with after school programs to support children/youth to remain in their school of origin
• Discuss in consultations various options for visitation, and explore alternatives
• Help social workers identify resources/partners who may help preserve connections
• Ongoing discussion regarding the quality of visits
• Coach social workers in consultations on how to explore and encourage positive relationship building
Identifying living situations that support children and their relationships should be done as quickly as possible
•Facilitate working relationships with placement unit
• Coordinate with staff to contact placement unit as soon as potential removal or change of placement is identified
• Attend Team Decision Making meetings (TDMs)
• Discuss in consultations the social worker’s assessment of the child’s safety, permanency, and well-being
• Coach workers on what to look for when reviewing history prior to investigating
• Coordinate with staff to contact placement unit as soon as potential removal or change of placement is identified
• Attend Team Decision Making meetings (TDMs)
• Discuss in consultations the social worker’s assessment of the child’s safety, permanency, and well-being
• Coach workers on what to look for when reviewing history prior to investigating
Holding a sense of urgency when seeking permanency for children
• Coach social workers on how to use behaviorally specific language in documentation
• Explore the need for Interagency Placement Committee (IPC) and Permanency Round Tables (PRTs)with social workers in supervision
• Ensure the social worker is capturing family history at case transfer in client notebooks, genograms, court reports, contacts and transfer summary
• Discuss continuances with social worker in supervision and elevate any systems challenges to management
• Discuss concurrent planning options with social workers, and ensure these are clearly articulated in reports and documentation
• Ensure concurrent planning options are being supported/nurtured (e.g., visitation with concurrent placement option)
• Ask about extended family during supervision
• Ensure workers identify and document collaterals and network members throughout all stages of the referral/case
• Ensure Family Centered Meetings (FCMs) are occurring to identify permanency options
• Discuss reunification date, placement, and visitation level with social workers during supervision including discussions regarding the difference between placement and permanency
• Discuss reunification dates, placement, and visitation level with workers during supervision
• Explore the need for Interagency Placement Committee (IPC) and Permanency Round Tables (PRTs)with social workers in supervision
• Ensure the social worker is capturing family history at case transfer in client notebooks, genograms, court reports, contacts and transfer summary
• Discuss continuances with social worker in supervision and elevate any systems challenges to management
• Discuss concurrent planning options with social workers, and ensure these are clearly articulated in reports and documentation
• Ensure concurrent planning options are being supported/nurtured (e.g., visitation with concurrent placement option)
• Ask about extended family during supervision
• Ensure workers identify and document collaterals and network members throughout all stages of the referral/case
• Ensure Family Centered Meetings (FCMs) are occurring to identify permanency options
• Discuss reunification date, placement, and visitation level with social workers during supervision including discussions regarding the difference between placement and permanency
• Discuss reunification dates, placement, and visitation level with workers during supervision
Continual focus on children’s well-being while they are in our care.
• Ensure all children/youth with an open case receive an initial mental health screen and ongoing annual screenings
• Elevate barriers to completion of assessments to managers
• Support participation and encourage referrals to Camp Connect
• Encourage community involvement in community activities
• Ensure that visitations with siblings and important people in the child’s/youth’s life occur
• Help workers identify Safety Organized Practice (SOP) techniques to help workers elicit the voice of the child
• Utilize SDM tools in real time with staff when making decisions
• Encourage use of “All About Me” form
• Ensure in depth conversation with parents
• Monitor Safe Measures related to well-being and discuss the child/youth’s development, educational needs, mental health, and overall well-being in supervision
• Elevate concerns with educational stability and support to management
• Coach social workers on balanced assessments and the need to consider how unique/individual needs can be supported in casework
• Communicate training needs to management
• Elevate barriers to completion of assessments to managers
• Support participation and encourage referrals to Camp Connect
• Encourage community involvement in community activities
• Ensure that visitations with siblings and important people in the child’s/youth’s life occur
• Help workers identify Safety Organized Practice (SOP) techniques to help workers elicit the voice of the child
• Utilize SDM tools in real time with staff when making decisions
• Encourage use of “All About Me” form
• Ensure in depth conversation with parents
• Monitor Safe Measures related to well-being and discuss the child/youth’s development, educational needs, mental health, and overall well-being in supervision
• Elevate concerns with educational stability and support to management
• Coach social workers on balanced assessments and the need to consider how unique/individual needs can be supported in casework
• Communicate training needs to management
