Supporting Parents for Successful Family Reunification
"Discover a new approach to supporting parents through the child protection, custody, and reunification process. Learn how shifting the mindset to work alongside families, building resiliency, addressing barriers, and identifying resources can enhance family reunification. Strengthen families by aligning efforts with factors contributing to healthy family dynamics and facilitating parents' dreams and goals."
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Supporting Families August 2, 2022
How do we support parents through the child protection/custody/reunification process? Everyone is familiar with the reactive system of child protection. REACTIVE Something happens to make us concerned about a child We investigate and make decisions We hand the parents a list of things they must accomplish We check on the list and make judgements about how much the parent cares
Lets think about this differently If we really want to support parents and reunify families we must change our own mindset. Our job is to come alongside families not over the top at families. We can help them access what is already there. We can help them discover what they need to feel successful as a parent. Let s Think about this differently
Strengthening Families Here are the things we know contribute to healthy families. Do our Active efforts /Reunification Plans match and build up these capacities in a family? Resiliency Factors Parental Resilience Social Connections Concrete Support In Times of Need Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development Emotional Competence of Children
Dreams and Goals Are we asking parents what they would like their family lives to look like? This can open a conversation that identifies strengths and resources that are already present and help us support parents in mapping out what needs to be done. Having a voice in creating a plan increases the buy in for parents to actively participate and it increases the success rate.
Addressing Barriers Support Parents in identifying what is getting in the way Start with small things that are easily addressed to build success and moment Documents #1 Barrier to accessing resources Help with paperwork Addresses and phone numbers Transportation Including parents in child meetings school, therapy, medical
Resources Where are they at? Food, Clothing, Shelter housing, utilities Medical Care, Behavioral Health Substance Abuse Domestic violence Parenting support Educational needs Stone Soup, SESA, Equipment Childcare Emergency Support grief/loss, VCCB,
