Georgia’s Child Welfare Practice Model - GA+SCORE · by “Practice Model ... stakeholders should...
9
1/15/2016 1 Georgia’s Child Welfare Practice Model
Transcript of Georgia’s Child Welfare Practice Model - GA+SCORE · by “Practice Model ... stakeholders should...
1/15/2016
1
Georgia’s Child Welfare Practice Model
1/15/2016
2
Let’s Define What We Mean by “Practice Model”
Division of Family and Children Services
Practice Model
Practice Model Definition
A Practice Model is a conceptual map
and organizational ideology of how
agency employees, families, and
stakeholders should unite in creating a
physical and emotional environment that
focuses on the safety, permanency, and
well-being of children and their families.
*An Introduction to the Practice Model Framework: A Working Document Series, July 22, 2008National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement & National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections.
1/15/2016
3
Practice Model
And……….
A Practice Model contains definitions and
explanations regarding how the agency as
a whole will work internally and partner
with families, service providers, and other
stakeholders in child welfare services.
*An Introduction to the Practice Model Framework: A Working Document Series, July 22, 2008National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement & National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections.
Practice Model
A simpler way to put it is…….
A Practice Model is the clear, written
explanation of how the agency
successfully functions.
*An Introduction to the Practice Model Framework: A Working Document Series, July 22, 2008National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement & National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections.
What often happens now when we make
contact with our families?
1/15/2016
4
Is this really our job to provide HOPE
to Child Welfare Clients?
Assessment continues to be a balance between:
1) assessing the threats to safety, and ...
2) engaging the family in a consensus on how to resolve them….
Threats of Serious Harm
Degree of SafetyProtective Capacities
Child Vulnerability
Safety Frameworks
Morton and Salovitz, 2006
1/15/2016
5
We Prioritize the Family Partnership
We Focus on Pragmatic
Solutions to Everyday Life
Problems
We Help Families Document and
Celebrate Success
11 3322
The Heart of Solution Based Casework
Integrated Framework from:
� Relapse Prevention
(Cognitive Behavioral Theory) (Marlatt & Gordon, 1985, Pithers, 1990,
Beck, 1993)Cognitive
Behavior Therapy
� Solution-Focused Therapy(Berg, 1994, DeShazer, 1988)
All three models have their own well-documented evidence base.
Solution
Focused Interviewing
� Family Life Cycle Theory (Carter and McGoldrick, 1999)Family Life
Cycle Theory
1/15/2016
6
1/15/2016
7
1/15/2016
8
North District – Regions 1-5
Unit Manager-Tripp P. Jones
South District – Regions 6-12
Unit Manager- Chad Walden
Metro District – Regions 13-14
Unit Manager-Tripp P. Jones
Practice Model Unit Managers
Structure of Support for Georgia’s New
Practice Model
Division Director
Bobby Cagle
Deputy Director
Virginia “Ginger” Pryor
Practice Model Unit
Mgmt.
Tripp Jones
Chad Walden
Practice Model
Consultants/Coaches
Education &
Training
Dir., Laurence Nelson
Knowledge Mgmt.
Dir., Lee Biggar
Structure of Support for Georgia’s New
Practice Model
District Steering Committee
(Chair)
Reg Dir., Andrea Tulloch
State Field Ops.
Dir., Jeff Lukich
State Project Mgr.'s
Letania Gonzalez
Ramon Maldonado
1/15/2016
9
1. PRELIMINARY STEPS 2. INITIAL TRAINING
3. SBC CERTIFICATION 4. CONTINUED SUPPORT
