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Casework Supervision for Foster Children and Youth
From:
Sandy Cook, ACSW, LCSW
Children's Home Society of North Carolina
Need/Purpose:
Only 9% of children and youth in Department of Social Services custody receive mental health services. Many clients of agency have never received adequate mental health service due to misdiagnosed or undiagnosed conditions. Therapeutic foster home providers need sound clinical oversight to meet client needs.
- Expand Children's Home Society services and offer clinical oversight to those with mental health needs.
How (activities):
- Contract a psychologist to administer assessment of children, provide clinical case consultation and advise practice modifications to improve program outcomes;
- Social work staff will make service referrals and document client progress.
Outcomes:
- 100% of children placed into adoptive homes will be comprehensively assessed;
- Enhanced capacity to identify clinical concerns and to present individual service need information when seeking authorization of service from providers;
- Improved plan for service provision;
- Team decision-making will happen with input of clinical consultation;
- Implement improved model of quality case management.
Cost/Term: $216,621 over three years. January 2008 - December 2010
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