Home Supported Safety Services - Content Section 1 (ID:168)

Home Supported Safety Services (23:59) will provide time limited services within a licensed foster home (Family Mentor), licensed facility, or the Children's Respite Care Center (Eastern Service Area) for behavioral health, medically fragile and developmentally disabled children for a portion of the day, as identified in the family Safety Plan.  These services will provide support to the child or family when there is an identified safety concern.

 

A collaborative process between the family and the Family Facilitator will be utilized to identify an appropriate location of service specific to the need of the child and family.  Locations for the Home Supported Safety Services will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year and easily accessible.

 

Skill acquisition and early childhood activities will be provided as appropriate based on behavioral and developmental need of the child.  Services provided within the Home Supported Safety Services will be in accordance with the Wraparound Model and adapt skills through Homebuilders® Model with associated intervention techniques described within the Building Skills in High-Risk Families; Strategies for the Home-Based Practitioner and will be directly reflective of the child and families individualized needs. 

 

Skill identification will be determined in conjunction with the family utilizing information compiled during family assessment and engagement.  Family/individual behavior strengths will be identified, placed into the relevant social context and then broken down into individualized skills which can be enhanced.  Skill acquisition activities may be related to numerous facets of the child and/or family's life including education, employment daily living, peer relations, community engagement and/or physical and mental health.  Families will decide and select what skills and individualized approaches will be used.

 

For children who are school-age, the team will ensure that the child remains within his/her home school and will work with the child and family to maintain the child's educational stability during utilization of the Home Supported Safety Services.  Staff will provide transportation to and from the child's school (within a 25 mile radius) during the time that Home-Support Safety Services are being utilized.  These services will be coordinated by the Families F.I.R.S.T. School Liaison.

 

Family and PSW involvement is crucial to the effectiveness of the Home Supported Safety Services; therefore, additional supports will be utilized in conjunction with this time limited service. 

 

Family Mentors will partner with the parents to support generalization of skill acquisition into their home environment and to assist with problem solving any further areas of concern.  Family team meetings will be held on a regular basis to enhance the flow of communication, establish a forum for ongoing planning, and to provide parents the opportunity to review family progress.