Division of children and family services (DCFS) Bundle Set

DCFS MISSION STATEMENT - Answer 1.Protect children who are reported to be abused or neglected and to increase their families capacity to safely care for them 2. Provide for the well-being of children in our care 3.Provide appropriate, permanent families quickly 4. support early intervention and...

Dual Mandate - Answer Protect Children and Strengthen/Preserve families Permanency Iniative - Answer to achieve safe, permanent homes for foster children IEPA : Inter-Ethnic Placement Act - Answer Passed in 1996; prevents discrimination based on race or ethincity ANCRA - Abuse and Neg...

Working with Caregivers - Answer 1. Foster and relative caregivers are part of Child & Family Team 2. Caseworkers must provide all available information about children's strengths and needs in relation to health, education, psychological-emotional and physical development to ensure caregiver...

family centered practice - Answer services that incorporate families into the assessment and treatment process. this construct is designed to recognize the importance of connections with family members in communication development trauma informed practice - Answer Integrating what is known ab...

What is the core function of supervision? - Answer To assess workers knowledge, skills, and abilities against the DCFS mission statement. Good permanency planning is - Answer assessment driven, trauma informed, and focused on the child and family's identified strengths and needs. CFS 1050...

Infanticide - Answer 1. the crime of killing a child within a year of birth. "cases of infanticide often involve extreme emotional disturbance 2. a person who kills an infant, especially their own child. Mary Ellen Wilson - Answer in 1874, Her case of child abuse led to the creation of the ...

Core Practice Model (CPM) - Answer CPM is a shared model of practice developed to better integrate services and supports for children, youths and families. The model emphasizes child-centered, family-based practice to identify strengths/needs, collaborative case planning and decision making that c...

When is a Shelter care (temporary custody) hearing held? - Answer with in 48 hours of protective custody (PC) When should a Introductory Meeting take place? - Answer within 7 days after PC When should an initial Visitation and Contact plan with the court be developed and filed? - Answer ...

Order of Juvenile court hearings - Answer 1. Temporary Custody / Shelter Care Heating 2. Adjudication Hearing 3. Dispositional Hearing 4. Permanency Planning hearings 5. Termination Hearing 6. but anytime. Status and Progress Hearings Child welfare professionals as change agents help to - ...