Social Services: On 11/29/2016, Ms. Santana met with assigned Case Manager for the family ILP Document Review. Ms. Santana’s next ILP Document Review is on 12/13/2016. Ms. Santana is expected to meet with assigned Case Manager bi-weekly. Ms. Santana is in-compliance with the terms of her ILP. Case Manager asked Ms. Santana if she has any concerns or issues that she would like to discuss during the meeting.…
Reason Case was accepted for investigation: On 5/8/17, Hennepin County Child Protection accepted a report of alleged neglect, inadequate supervision of Rainy Darden age 7 months by mother, Jenny Ware. Also, Chronic and severe use of controlled substances by Jenny Ware that adversely affect Rainy Darden. Per reporter on 5/8/17 Ms. Ware arrived to the hospital via EMS after attempting to get methadone from a methadone clinic. Per reporter, Ms. Ware left her daughter Rainy unattended in her car while going into the methadone clinic.…
Circumstance: Ms. Smalls (MHP) made face to face contact with Ms. Clemmons (MHS) and Neveah at the home. Action: MHP introduced herself to MHS and Neveah. MHP and MHS review additional services needed for Neveah. MHP and MHS discuss MHS concerns about school and Neveah behaviors.…
AGENCY CONTEXT Penny Lane Centers (MSWI resides at the Commerce, CA location) is a nonprofit organization that care for over 3500 abused and neglected children, youth and families a month. The agency offers therapeutic residential services fosters family home placements, adoption services, transitional affordable housing, family preservation, wraparound and mental health services for children youth and families throughout Los Angeles County. Introduction Within Penny Lane, MSWI works with the foster families. MSWI currently has one family; composed of two one-year-old babies and one five-year-old boy.…
This counselor received a call from Michael and his father, Tom with some concerns about the JVS Pathways Team. Michael gave permission for his dad to explain their concerns to this counselor. Tom explained that since the internship planning meeting he hasn't heard much from the team and is very disappointed with the process. Tom stated that there has been little progress and no leads. He stated when Bill from the Pathways team has called, he updates them on where he has been looking, but nothing ever pans out.…
Salina was not given an opportunity to speak about what lead her to where she was, but was told of all the services she must complete in order for reunification to occur. She was provided with all of the referrals of the possible places she can go to complete her mandated services. Salina agreed to the service plan, without showing any emotions. She had a flat affect and made minimal eye contact. As I sat there, I wondered to myself, how I can help her to regain her worth, power and dignity.…
Focus: Taliana’s family will learn and utilize healthy communication skills to assist Taliana towards reunification with biological family. Ms. Smalls (MHS), Mrs. Clark (MHS), Ms. Brown (DSS Worker) and Taliana discuss Taliana’s permanency plan and family contact. Intervention: MHP ask Ms. Brown for an update on Taliana’s permanency plan, biological’s mother treatment plan and status on case. MHP asked about Taliana receiving assistance for a driver’s permit and changing physical feathers. MHP provide Ms. Brown with an update of behaviors and praise Taliana for the behavior improvements in the past three months.…
Belinda – I wanted to follow-up to our discussions yesterday on the telephone. We discussed many topics such as the overall health of your son’s and his progress. I understand Joey’s has made many improvements over the past months and continues to improve daily. During my conversation, I asked you to provide me a doctor’s note by 25 January regarding Joey’s health.…
Circumstance: Ms. Smalls (MHP) made face to face contact with Ms. Cordova (caregiver) and Richard at the home. Action: MHP, Ms. Cordova and Richard review monthly paperwork. MHP complete quarterly training and request for Richard to explain his understanding of the training. MHP and Ms. Cordova discuss the delivery of Richard’s new box spring and mattress.…
Focus: Angelica will adjust to the new home and comply with all home and school rules. Intervention: CSP and MHS discussed adjusting to the new foster home. CSP encouraged youth to communicate with MHS. CSP explained the process of visits and the purpose of the assessment at next visit.…
The last part of this plan should have been geared toward promoting communication between all parties associated with Gabriel’s recovery, including Gabriel’s school personnel, healthcare professionals, and foster parents. This would have allowed the case worker to accurately monitor and…
Keith Rogenski shared that the California School Board Association recommends that school districts adopt policy for temporary and substitute employees. AB1522 went into effect 7/1/15 and grants eligible employees, who are not provided sick leave under a collective bargaining agreement and work a specified amount of time each year sick leave. Board members requested the following clarifications; -Under Paid Sick Leave – “within a year” – define year -Under Paid Sick Leave – “ A day of employment is defined as a day that a person is eligible to work” – change to “that a person has been assigned to work” -Review 3 days = 24 hours with legal counsel as many of the employees do not work an 8 hour day.…
• Educational o Ahe is going to be transitioning to Kindergarten within the next year. o Lahela is finishing kindergarten and is going to transition into first grade. The IEP meeting that was held is for her transition into first grade.…
The third concept in family centered care is participation. Families with the ability to partcipate in treatment plans for the patient results in decreased stress and anxiety, in addition to decreased hospitalization for the child (Coyne, O 'Neill, Murphy, Costello, & O 'shea, 2011). This concept was implemented when the mother was informed that if she observed her son having difficulty breathing or upset, that she can press the call bell and the nurse will come to assist her. Another example in the scenario was when the mother was holding the child during x-rays this enabled the mother to participate with the child’s care, empowering her.…
Sick leave is a crucial benefit in the employee 's benefit package. The benefit package offers paid time for an employee who cannot work due to sickness or unintentional injury to continue receiving his or her pay uninterrupted. However, sick leave was initially designed as a privilege and not as an entitlement, over time this benefit has come to be expected. Many companies are no longer offering sick time to employees as they are now combing vacation and sick time and leave it up to the employee how they want to utilize their time off. Similar benefits are being implemented in other countries; however, even though the benefit exists in other countries, culture expectations take priority over outlined employee’s benefits.…