2014 Gathering Leicester – Thursday 1145 – CPFSWA, Katrina Etherington
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Katrina Etherington Senior Practice Development Officer, Rockingham District, Perth Western Australia
The Impetus • Child protection workers must apply the Signs of Safety Child Protection Practice Framework from the point of duty interaction to case closure. This includes cases relating to children in the CEO’s care (i.e. Looked After Children) and child centred family support (i.e. Child in Need cases). • ‘…child protection workers should develop a ‘Words and Pictures’ to explain to the child why the Department and Court decided the child could not live with their parents. Where this is undertaken the child protection worker must involved the parents and the child. • Safety plans must be written in clear and straightforward language that is understood by all children and adults involved in the safety network.
Acknowledgements
Child Protection Worker Claire Team Leader Kaye … and the many other staff who have had a role!
The Family
Timeline of Events 2013 • January – Shakiya & Stevie are taken into care. Series of Signs of Safety Assessment and Planning Meetings held prior and post entry into care.
Timeline of Events 2013 • January – Shakiya & Stevie are taken into care. Series of Signs of Safety Assessment and Planning Meetings held prior and post entry into care. • August – Katrina asked to facilitate and reviewed SofS Assessments & Plans done to date. Presented overview to parents and three staged trajectory for reunification which included (with dates): • Stage 1: Getting Ready for Reunification
• Refine & revisit Danger and Safety & talk through ideas about how safety will be achieved; • Develop Informed Safety Network; • Develop Words & Pictures Explanation; • Stage 2: Reunification • Develop rules for the Safety Plan which will then be reviewed & refined; • The involvement of an agency to facilitate the actual reunification. • Develop final safety plan which will be presented to Shakiya; • Stage 3: Monitoring the Progress of Reunification before closing
Timeline of Events 2013 • January – Shakiya & Stevie are taken into care. Series of Signs of Safety Assessment and Planning Meetings held prior and post entry into care. • August – Katrina asked to facilitate and reviewed SofS Assessments & Plans done to date. Presented overview to parents and three staged trajectory for reunification which included (with dates): • Stage 1: Getting Ready for Reunification • Refine & revisit Danger and Safety & talk through ideas about how safety will be achieved;
• Develop Informed Safety Network; • Develop Words & Pictures Explanation; • Stage 2: Reunification • Develop rules for the Safety Plan which will then be reviewed & refined; • The involvement of an agency to facilitate the actual reunification. • Develop final safety plan which will be presented to Shakiya; • Stage 3: Monitoring the Progress of Reunification before closing
Timeline of Events 2013 • January – Shakiya & Stevie are taken into care. Series of Signs of Safety Assessment and Planning Meetings held prior and post entry into care. • August – Katrina asked to facilitate and reviewed SofS Assessments & Plans done to date. Presented overview to parents and three staged trajectory for reunification which included (with dates): • Stage 1: Getting Ready for Reunification • Refine & revisit Danger and Safety & talk through ideas about how safety will be achieved; • Develop Informed Safety Network;
• Develop Words & Pictures Explanation; • Stage 2: Reunification • Develop rules for the Safety Plan which will then be reviewed & refined; • The involvement of an agency to facilitate the actual reunification. • Develop final safety plan which will be presented to Shakiya; • Stage 3: Monitoring the Progress of Reunification before closing
Timeline for the Words & Pictures Explanation 2013 • 24 September (9am) - Claire and I visit Rhonda & Greg at home to talk more about developing a Words & Picture’s Explanation. • Greg says…
Timeline for the Words & Pictures Explanation 2013 • 24 September (9am) - Claire and I visit Rhonda & Greg at home to talk more about developing a Words & Picture’s Explanation. • By 2pm that day I receive of copy of Rhonda & Greg’s draft. • 9 October – Work on the suggested merged version is finished. • 10 October – Kaye, Claire, Renita (District Psychologist), Rhonda, Greg & I meet to go through the merged version. A final version is agreed upon. • Claire shares the explanation with both carers. • 5 November - The explanation is read to Shakiya by Claire in front of Rhonda, Greg, Amy and one safety network person. (Stevie was also present).
The Words & Pictures Explanation
The Words & Pictures Explanation
The Words & Pictures Explanation
The Words & Pictures Explanation
The Words & Pictures Explanation
The Words & Pictures Explanation
The Words & Pictures Explanation
Timeline of Events 2013 • January – Shakiya & Stevie are taken into care. Series of Signs of Safety Assessment and Planning Meetings held prior and post entry into care. • August – Katrina asked to facilitate and reviewed SofS Assessments & Plans done to date. Presented overview to parents and three staged trajectory for reunification which included (with dates): • Stage 1: Getting Ready for Reunification • Refine & revisit Danger and Safety & talk through ideas about how safety will be achieved; • Develop Informed Safety Network; • Develop Words & Pictures Explanation; • Stage 2: Reunification • Develop rules for the Safety Plan which will then be reviewed & refined;
• The involvement of an agency to facilitate the actual reunification. • Develop final safety plan which will be presented to Shakiya; • Stage 3: Monitoring the Progress of Reunification before closing
Timeline of Events 2013 • January – Shakiya & Stevie are taken into care. Series of Signs of Safety Assessment and Planning Meetings held prior and post entry into care. • August – Katrina asked to facilitate and reviewed SofS Assessments & Plans done to date. Presented overview to parents and three staged trajectory for reunification which included (with dates): • Stage 1: Getting Ready for Reunification • Refine & revisit Danger and Safety & talk through ideas about how safety will be achieved; • Develop Informed Safety Network; • Develop Words & Pictures Explanation; • Stage 2: Reunification • Develop rules for the Safety Plan which will then be reviewed & refined; • The involvement of an agency to facilitate the actual reunification.
• Develop final safety plan which will be presented to Shakiya; • Stage 3: Monitoring the Progress of Reunification before closing
Timeline of Events 2013 • January – Shakiya & Stevie are taken into care. Series of Signs of Safety Assessment and Planning Meetings held prior and post entry into care. • August – Katrina asked to facilitate and reviewed SofS Assessments & Plans done to date. Presented overview to parents and three staged trajectory for reunification which included (with dates): • Stage 1: Getting Ready for Reunification • Refine & revisit Danger and Safety & talk through ideas about how safety will be achieved; • Develop Informed Safety Network; • Develop Words & Pictures Explanation; • Stage 2: Reunification • Develop rules for the Safety Plan which will then be reviewed & refined; • The involvement of an agency to facilitate the actual reunification.
• Develop final safety plan which will be presented to Shakiya; • Stage 3: Monitoring the Progress of Reunification before closing
The Safety Plan
• What was I worried about? • What had worked well? • What needed to happen?
The Safety Plan
The Safety Plan
The Safety Plan
The Safety Plan
The Safety Plan
The Safety Plan
The Safety Plan
The Safety House
The Map as a Multi-Purpose Document! The Proposal to the Court
The Map as a Multi-Purpose Document! The Provisional Care Plans For example in the Safety dimension of the Care Plan we noted: • When Shakiya & Stevie were taken into care; • The Danger Statements as the reasons why; • The Safety Goals to highlight what we were working towards; • The fact that a Words & Pictures Explanation had been developed to inform these things to the children and the network; • The rules of the Safety Plan; and • How the plan was now to change the initial Protection Application to the Court from a Protection Order (Time Limited) to a Protection Order (Supervision) as outlined in the s.143 Proposal. • The majority of this was a ‘cut and paste’ exercise!
The Impact on Claire’s Practice…
It’s Not All Roses!
We anticipated and encountered hurdles along the way!
Believe it or not as well as being challenges these were opportunities! The issues raised more questions - which we asked and as a result we got more depth and refined the plan and …it’s a work in progress!
What’s Needed?
Permission: Organisation's framework & culture
What’s Needed?
Permission: Organisation's framework & culture Ability: The right training, ongoing professional development
What’s Needed?
Permission: Organisation's framework & culture Ability: The right training, ongoing professional development Support: From colleagues & feedback
What’s Needed?
Permission: Organisation's framework & culture Ability: The right training, ongoing professional development Support: From colleagues & feedback Space: Time to go slow so workers can go fast!
What’s Needed?
Permission: Organisation's framework & culture Ability: The right training, ongoing professional development Support: From colleagues & feedback Space: Time to go slow so workers can go fast!
No Way We’re Subtitle Arial Narrow 18 Doing This!
Katrina Etherington Senior Practice Development Officer, Rockingham District, Perth Western Australia
The Impetus • Child protection workers must apply the Signs of Safety Child Protection Practice Framework from the point of duty interaction to case closure. This includes cases relating to children in the CEO’s care (i.e. Looked After Children) and child centred family support (i.e. Child in Need cases). • ‘…child protection workers should develop a ‘Words and Pictures’ to explain to the child why the Department and Court decided the child could not live with their parents. Where this is undertaken the child protection worker must involved the parents and the child. • Safety plans must be written in clear and straightforward language that is understood by all children and adults involved in the safety network.
Acknowledgements
Child Protection Worker Claire Team Leader Kaye … and the many other staff who have had a role!
The Family
Timeline of Events 2013 • January – Shakiya & Stevie are taken into care. Series of Signs of Safety Assessment and Planning Meetings held prior and post entry into care.
Timeline of Events 2013 • January – Shakiya & Stevie are taken into care. Series of Signs of Safety Assessment and Planning Meetings held prior and post entry into care. • August – Katrina asked to facilitate and reviewed SofS Assessments & Plans done to date. Presented overview to parents and three staged trajectory for reunification which included (with dates): • Stage 1: Getting Ready for Reunification
• Refine & revisit Danger and Safety & talk through ideas about how safety will be achieved; • Develop Informed Safety Network; • Develop Words & Pictures Explanation; • Stage 2: Reunification • Develop rules for the Safety Plan which will then be reviewed & refined; • The involvement of an agency to facilitate the actual reunification. • Develop final safety plan which will be presented to Shakiya; • Stage 3: Monitoring the Progress of Reunification before closing
Timeline of Events 2013 • January – Shakiya & Stevie are taken into care. Series of Signs of Safety Assessment and Planning Meetings held prior and post entry into care. • August – Katrina asked to facilitate and reviewed SofS Assessments & Plans done to date. Presented overview to parents and three staged trajectory for reunification which included (with dates): • Stage 1: Getting Ready for Reunification • Refine & revisit Danger and Safety & talk through ideas about how safety will be achieved;
• Develop Informed Safety Network; • Develop Words & Pictures Explanation; • Stage 2: Reunification • Develop rules for the Safety Plan which will then be reviewed & refined; • The involvement of an agency to facilitate the actual reunification. • Develop final safety plan which will be presented to Shakiya; • Stage 3: Monitoring the Progress of Reunification before closing
Timeline of Events 2013 • January – Shakiya & Stevie are taken into care. Series of Signs of Safety Assessment and Planning Meetings held prior and post entry into care. • August – Katrina asked to facilitate and reviewed SofS Assessments & Plans done to date. Presented overview to parents and three staged trajectory for reunification which included (with dates): • Stage 1: Getting Ready for Reunification • Refine & revisit Danger and Safety & talk through ideas about how safety will be achieved; • Develop Informed Safety Network;
• Develop Words & Pictures Explanation; • Stage 2: Reunification • Develop rules for the Safety Plan which will then be reviewed & refined; • The involvement of an agency to facilitate the actual reunification. • Develop final safety plan which will be presented to Shakiya; • Stage 3: Monitoring the Progress of Reunification before closing
Timeline for the Words & Pictures Explanation 2013 • 24 September (9am) - Claire and I visit Rhonda & Greg at home to talk more about developing a Words & Picture’s Explanation. • Greg says…
Timeline for the Words & Pictures Explanation 2013 • 24 September (9am) - Claire and I visit Rhonda & Greg at home to talk more about developing a Words & Picture’s Explanation. • By 2pm that day I receive of copy of Rhonda & Greg’s draft. • 9 October – Work on the suggested merged version is finished. • 10 October – Kaye, Claire, Renita (District Psychologist), Rhonda, Greg & I meet to go through the merged version. A final version is agreed upon. • Claire shares the explanation with both carers. • 5 November - The explanation is read to Shakiya by Claire in front of Rhonda, Greg, Amy and one safety network person. (Stevie was also present).
The Words & Pictures Explanation
The Words & Pictures Explanation
The Words & Pictures Explanation
The Words & Pictures Explanation
The Words & Pictures Explanation
The Words & Pictures Explanation
The Words & Pictures Explanation
Timeline of Events 2013 • January – Shakiya & Stevie are taken into care. Series of Signs of Safety Assessment and Planning Meetings held prior and post entry into care. • August – Katrina asked to facilitate and reviewed SofS Assessments & Plans done to date. Presented overview to parents and three staged trajectory for reunification which included (with dates): • Stage 1: Getting Ready for Reunification • Refine & revisit Danger and Safety & talk through ideas about how safety will be achieved; • Develop Informed Safety Network; • Develop Words & Pictures Explanation; • Stage 2: Reunification • Develop rules for the Safety Plan which will then be reviewed & refined;
• The involvement of an agency to facilitate the actual reunification. • Develop final safety plan which will be presented to Shakiya; • Stage 3: Monitoring the Progress of Reunification before closing
Timeline of Events 2013 • January – Shakiya & Stevie are taken into care. Series of Signs of Safety Assessment and Planning Meetings held prior and post entry into care. • August – Katrina asked to facilitate and reviewed SofS Assessments & Plans done to date. Presented overview to parents and three staged trajectory for reunification which included (with dates): • Stage 1: Getting Ready for Reunification • Refine & revisit Danger and Safety & talk through ideas about how safety will be achieved; • Develop Informed Safety Network; • Develop Words & Pictures Explanation; • Stage 2: Reunification • Develop rules for the Safety Plan which will then be reviewed & refined; • The involvement of an agency to facilitate the actual reunification.
• Develop final safety plan which will be presented to Shakiya; • Stage 3: Monitoring the Progress of Reunification before closing
Timeline of Events 2013 • January – Shakiya & Stevie are taken into care. Series of Signs of Safety Assessment and Planning Meetings held prior and post entry into care. • August – Katrina asked to facilitate and reviewed SofS Assessments & Plans done to date. Presented overview to parents and three staged trajectory for reunification which included (with dates): • Stage 1: Getting Ready for Reunification • Refine & revisit Danger and Safety & talk through ideas about how safety will be achieved; • Develop Informed Safety Network; • Develop Words & Pictures Explanation; • Stage 2: Reunification • Develop rules for the Safety Plan which will then be reviewed & refined; • The involvement of an agency to facilitate the actual reunification.
• Develop final safety plan which will be presented to Shakiya; • Stage 3: Monitoring the Progress of Reunification before closing
The Safety Plan
• What was I worried about? • What had worked well? • What needed to happen?
The Safety Plan
The Safety Plan
The Safety Plan
The Safety Plan
The Safety Plan
The Safety Plan
The Safety Plan
The Safety House
The Map as a Multi-Purpose Document! The Proposal to the Court
The Map as a Multi-Purpose Document! The Provisional Care Plans For example in the Safety dimension of the Care Plan we noted: • When Shakiya & Stevie were taken into care; • The Danger Statements as the reasons why; • The Safety Goals to highlight what we were working towards; • The fact that a Words & Pictures Explanation had been developed to inform these things to the children and the network; • The rules of the Safety Plan; and • How the plan was now to change the initial Protection Application to the Court from a Protection Order (Time Limited) to a Protection Order (Supervision) as outlined in the s.143 Proposal. • The majority of this was a ‘cut and paste’ exercise!
The Impact on Claire’s Practice…
It’s Not All Roses!
We anticipated and encountered hurdles along the way!
Believe it or not as well as being challenges these were opportunities! The issues raised more questions - which we asked and as a result we got more depth and refined the plan and …it’s a work in progress!
What’s Needed?
Permission: Organisation's framework & culture
What’s Needed?
Permission: Organisation's framework & culture Ability: The right training, ongoing professional development
What’s Needed?
Permission: Organisation's framework & culture Ability: The right training, ongoing professional development Support: From colleagues & feedback
What’s Needed?
Permission: Organisation's framework & culture Ability: The right training, ongoing professional development Support: From colleagues & feedback Space: Time to go slow so workers can go fast!
What’s Needed?
Permission: Organisation's framework & culture Ability: The right training, ongoing professional development Support: From colleagues & feedback Space: Time to go slow so workers can go fast!
