I am a licensed clinical social worker who has provided in home services to children who were at risk for
out of home placement at any time due to psychiatric hospitalization or removal by social services.
Not exact matches
Served as supervisor with staff
of four mental health therapist carrying a caseload
of at least eight youth, and their family, who were
at risk for
out of home placement due to intense negative behaviors.
Remi Vista, Inc. is a private, nonprofit corporation that provides therapeutic services for youth and families who have either been placed in
out -
of -
home care or who are considered to be
at risk for such
placement.
I have worked with families,
at risk youth, juvenile sex offenders and youth in «
out of home placements».
Permanency planning is a term used to define a philosophy implemented through a number
of family - focused services and programs delivered to children who are either
at risk
of being removed from their family
of origin or who are in
out -
of -
home placements.
Families experiencing crisis benefit from intensive in -
home services EVOLVE offers two types
of services to support families with children
at significant risk
of harm or
out -
of -
home placement as a result
of abuse, neglect, parenting difficulties, mental health issues, or domestic violence: Brief Counseling Services and Families First.
Similarly, the disruptions
of moving into and
out of hospitals, foster
homes, and residential treatment facilities will disrupt learning and interfere with success
at school, which has consequences not only for special education but also for delinquency.20 In this vein, research has found that removal from the
home and multiple
placements occasioned by spending time in foster care are also associated with increased criminal activity.21
The findings reported here form a small part
of a much larger study on the strategies for effective intervention in cases where adolescents are
at risk
of out -
of -
home placement (Ballantyne & Raymond, 1996).
SUMMARY The fundamental processes for interventions are the generic elements
of f amily - worker interactions that are necessary to enhance the likelihood
of successful outcomes with families with adolescents
at risk
of out -
of -
home placement.
Sibling relationships should be considered
at multiple points throughout a case, including removal,
out -
of -
home placement, and
placement in a permanent
home.
Effective strategies for adolescents
at risk
of out -
of -
home placement.
Department
of Human Services Family Preservation Programs: Report on Public Act 63
of 2011 Section 523 (1)(PDF - 154 KB) Michigan Department
of Human Services (2012) Reports on Families First
of Michigan, a program serving families that have
at least one child
at imminent risk
of placement in
out -
of -
home care, and evaluates the savings and cost effectiveness
of the family preservation program.
My past experience includes employment as a domestic violence counselor and advocate, a child protection worker, a targeted case manager and an in
home therapist for children
at risk for
out of home placement.
He enjoyed the process
of engaging resistant clients in a process that benefits the entire system, and will now use that experience to work with the families
at the Green House, and hopefully prevent some
out -
of -
home placements.
Her counseling experience includes individual and group work with adults, children, and families in a mental health agency, elementary and middle school counseling, in -
home family therapy for families with children
at risk for
out -
of -
home placement, and private practice.
Eckerd Family Visitation Services is specifically targeted
at helping parents who lack the parenting skills needed to successfully reunify and prevent their children from re-entering an
out -
of -
home placement.
It includes records
of all child protection contacts with FACS, including information about whether a child has: (1) been assessed by a child protection caseworker as being
at actual harm / risk
of harm; (2) had a legal decision made in relation to them (eg, court orders); (3) been placed in
out -
of -
home care (including type
of care and number
of placements); (4) been referred to and participated in a FACS early intervention programme (eg, Brighter Futures).
PLL serves Juvenile Justice, Child Welfare, Behavioral Health, and Community Mental Health populations who are
at risk for
out -
of -
home placement or who are returning
home from residential
placement.
Target Population: Youth, 12 to 17 years old, with possible substance abuse issues who are
at risk
of out -
of -
home placement due to antisocial or delinquent behaviors and / or youth involved with the juvenile justice system (some other restrictions exist, see the Essential Components section for more details)
Multisystemic therapy (MST) is an intensive family - and community - based treatment program designed to make positive changes in the various social systems (
home, school, community, peer relations) that contribute to the serious antisocial behaviors
of children and adolescents who are
at risk for
out -
of -
home placement.
Total problem behavior was equivalent and
at nonclinical levels in all conditions by the 18 - month follow - up, but youth in the MST plus ARC condition entered
out -
of -
home placements at a significantly lower rate (16 %) than youth in the control condition (34 %).
Target Population: Designed for children and youth with severe emotional, behavioral, or mental health difficulties and their families where the child / youth is in, or
at risk for,
out -
of -
home, institutional, or restrictive
placements, and involved in multiple child and family - serving systems (e.g., child welfare, mental health, juvenile justice, special education, etc..)
Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The aim
of this study was to examine the effectiveness
of Multisystemic Therapy (MST) compared to «regular services» (RS) two years after intake to treatment to investigate whether MST was successful
at preventing
placement out of home, and to examine reductions in behavior problems in multi-informant assessments.
Involvement in the Juvenile Justice system; youth
at imminent risk
of out -
of -
home placement due to criminal offenses; physical aggression
at home,
at school, or in the community; verbal aggression, verbal threats
of harm to others; and substance abuse
This secondary instrument looked
at multiple child welfare factors, including: history
of child maltreatment, child welfare system involvement, and
out -
of -
home placement, as well as potential protective factors, as reported by the youth who were interviewed.
At these hearings, the court reviews the efforts that have been made to address the family issues that necessitated the
out -
of -
home placement as well as efforts to achieve permanency for the child.
Foster care is a protective intervention designed to provide
out of home placement to children living in
at - risk
home environments.
Intensive Family Preservation services target families where a child aged 0 — 18 is the subject
of a risk
of significant harm report, and is
at risk
of placement in
out -
of -
home care or, under certain conditions, is to be returned to the family
home from an emergency
out -
of -
home care
placement.