Intact Specialty Exam Questions and Answers..docx

Intact Specialty Exam Questions and
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Child and Family Team (CFT0 - ANS >> Refers to a group of individuals identified by and with the
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Mfamily

-Members of the team most commonly include: parent(s); child(ren) (when emotionally and
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Mdevelopmentally appropriate); other concerned family members; concerned persons from the
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Mcommunity, including school/daycare staff; the DCFS/POS Intact Family Services Worker and
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MSupervisor; and service providers
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Child Centered Collateral Contacts - ANS >> People who are identified by the child and individuals
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Mwho are part of the child's life such as day care, school, and mental health
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Foster Care Candidacy - ANS >> Recognition that one or more children in an intact family may be
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Mat imminent risk of placement into substitute care if the services outlined in the service plan are
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Munavailable, refused, or ineffective.
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Hand-Off Staffing - ANS >> Meeting that takes place between the Child Protection Specialist
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and/or Child Protection Supervisor and the Intact Family Services Worker and/or Intact Family
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Supervisor
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-Purpose is to provide the Intact Family Services Worker/Supervisor with the
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Minformation/documentation necessary to provide the family with adequate services and M M M M M M M M M


Minterventions

-Will involve a discussion of the safety needs of the child(ren), the dynamics of the case, the
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Mstrengths of the family, and the service needs of the family
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Initial Assessment - ANS >> -Takes place within first 45 days of case opening
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-Preliminary assessment conducted by Child Protection Specialist/Intact Family Services Worker
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-Consideration shall be given to how th best meet the presenting needs of the family in light of
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Mrelevant safety considerations; including, but not limited to, referral and linkage to various
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Mcommunity services as deemed appropriate, Intact Family Services, or possible court involvement
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Intact Family Services Worker - ANS >> A family-centered change agent who partners with families
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Mto use expert knowledge throughout the decision and goal making processes providing
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,individualized, culturally-responsive, and relevant services for each family to ensure child safety,
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permanency, and well being.
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-Assists in mobilizing resources to maximize communication, shared planning, and collaboration
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Mamong the several community and/or neighborhood systems that are directly involved with the
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Mfamily to strengthen the family's capacity to function effectively
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Integrated Assessment(IA) - ANS >> Formal process that seeks to achieve the identification of the
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Mbehaviors, conditions, and issues leading to the child's maltreatment and family's involvement; the
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Mchild and family's strengths, supports, and protective factors; and those services needed to
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Machieve safety, well-being, stability and to prevent out of home placement
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Interim Service Agreement - ANS >> -Happens at 1st home visit
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-Review the reasons why the case has been opened first
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-A written agreement developed at the transitional visit with the family and the Intact Family
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MServices Worker, identifying immediate service needs during the interim period between first
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Mcontact and the development of the Family Service Plan (which shall be completed within 45 days
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Mof case opening)
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-Should be documented in a Contact Note
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Minimum Parenting Standards - ANS >> A parent or other person responsible for the child's
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welfare sees that the child is adequately fed, clothed appropriately for the weather conditions,
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provided with adequate shelter, protected from physical, mental, and emotional harm, and
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provided with necessary medical care and education as required by law
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Protective Factors - ANS >> Aspects of a family's functioning that when present serve to enhance
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Mthe safety and well-being of children and when absent serve to increase the risk to children
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-Parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of parenting and child development, concrete
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Msupport in times of need, social and emotional competence, and healthy parent-child relationships
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Relative - ANS >> Any person, 21 years of age or over other than the parent who:
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-is currently related to the child
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-is the spouse, or party to a civil union, of such relative
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-the child's step-father, step-mother, step-grandmother, step-grandfather, or adult step-brother or
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Mstep-sister

-the partner, or adult child of a partner, in a civil union with the child's mother or father
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-a fictive kin
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, M -a person who is related to a sibling of a child in any of the ways described above
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-Godparent

Fictive Kin - ANS >> person who has close personal or emotional ties with the child or the child's
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Mfamily prior to the child's placement with the person
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Godparent - ANS >> person who sponsors a child at baptism or a person in whom the parents
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have entrusted a special duty that includes assisting in raising the child if the parent in unable to
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raise the child
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Service Planning - ANS >> Strength based, child focused, family centered, trauma informed activity
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Mthat is inclusive of who the family identifies as providing support to the family and focuses on
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Mchild safety by engaging the family's problem solving capacities toward the end of enhancing their
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Mprotective capacities to control or prevent safety threats from affecting their children throughout
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Mthe life of the case
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Transfer - ANS >> Fiscal and planning responsibility for a case which is open on CYCIS is changed,
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Mvia a CFS 1425, Change of Status Form, from one region/site/field office to another.
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-A different worker is assigned when a case is transferred
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Transitional Visit - ANS >> A visit conducted in the home of the family by the Child Protection
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MSpecialist with the assigned Intact Family Services Worker to introduce the Intact Family Services
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MWorker to the family and review issues related to the Department's continued involvement
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-Needs to happen within 48 hours of case assignment
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Consent to Receive Intact Family Services - ANS >> The Child Protection Specialist who
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Mrecommends Intact Family Services is expected to obtain a family's voluntary consent to be
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Mreferred for Intact Family Services.
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-The Child Protection Specialist will document the family's voluntary consent in a Contact Note -
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Mthe Contact Note must include the name of the parent/guardian who gave consent and the date
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Mand time consent was given
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Family Refusal to Consent to Receive Intact Family Services - ANS >> When a family refuses to
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Maccept Intact Family Services, the Child Protection Specialist must decide whether:
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-Protective custody of the child is necessary
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-The case shall be screened for court involvement
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-The family shall be referred to appropriate community services
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-Decision must be documented by the Child Protection Supervisor in a Supervisory note
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