In Home Safety Services - Content Section 1 (ID:167)

In-Home Safety Services will provide direct supervision of the children at all times when the parent or caregiver who is or may be responsible for the safety concern is present.  The Families F.I.R.S.T. team member will be responsible for the direct service provision of In-Home Safety Services.  The Family Assistant and/or Partner will be available to provide In-Home Safety Services in accordance with family need as identified within the family Safety Plan, to include service provision 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year.

 

Families F.I.R.S.T. team members will be available to respond to new and existing families within a two hour time frame, thus, meeting them at the time where opportunity for change is most optimal.  Given that the primary responsibility within the In-Home Safety Services portion of the service array is supervision and monitoring of the Safety Plan, In-Home Safety Services will be provided utilizing the Wraparound Model in conjunction with the Florida Supervised Visitation Training standards. 

  

Implementation of the Safety Plan monitoring components and evaluation of protective capacity by the Family Assistant will assist DHHS-CFS and the assigned PSW in obtaining information necessary to make case related decisions, including assisting the family and the team in determining the effectiveness of the Safety Plan.  It also provides direction for the family, PSW, and team members in the creation of the family driven service plan.

  

It is imperative that the Family Partner and/or Assistant view and interact with the family as partners.  The addition of the Family Partner and/ or Assistant to the home environment will serve to have an immediate effect on the stabilization of the family and through observation, will demonstrate the ability to engage with the family to assist in controlling the danger or threat of danger necessitating the implementation of the Safety Plan.

 

While monitoring the effectiveness of the Safety Plan within the home, staff will document and identify family strengths and areas of concern related to parent/child interaction.  Such documentation will provide information sufficient to further define how safety threats are manifested within the home, to identify what further and/or alternative safety management actions may be appropriate for the family, and efforts made to identify and secure an informal protective capacity person.

  

In-home safety services will be utilized as a temporary service which can be delivered in a timely manner to control safety until such a time as protective capacity can be established and maintained by the family, an informal support system, or as a last resort until further services are implemented to resolve the safety threat to the child/family.