DF....I still have something in my copy paste and I am going to just paste it here. Its the child team stuff from NC. I was looking it up for someone else. I have no idea why it would be any different for SC than NC but if it is, I would ask your idiot caseworkers supervisor if they want you to plant a sign at the border. And call the news.
Child Services System of Care is a philosophy and foundation which defines how to provide services to children and families with the best possible outcomes. It creates the standard for best practice in children's mental health. It is based on some of the following beliefs for providing services:
- Family and child centered
- Based on family strengths
- Plans and services are family driven
- Services are provided in the least restrictive settings
- Respect for and culturally appropriate
- Provided in child's home and local community settings
- Clinically appropriate and adhere to best practice standards
- Work collaboratively with multiple human service agencies involved with the family
- Children, their families and community supports (both formal and informal) are equal and integral partners and a team that respects, listens and works together to accomplish goals.
- Builds on family and community supports for resources to accomplish goals
- Builds on natural support systems for the children and families
- Focus on safety and success for child and family at home, school and community
Core values and guiding principles for System of care were developed in 1986 (Stroul & Friedman) to support the federal Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP). They are:
SYSTEM OF CARE CORE VALUES
- The System of Care should be child-centered and family-focused, with the needs of the child and family dictating the types and mix of service provided.
- The System of Care should be community based, with the locus of services as well as management and decision-making responsibility resting at the community level.
- The System of Care should be culturally competent, with agencies, programs, and services that are representative to the cultural, racial, and ethnic differences of the populations they service.
SYSTEM OF CARE GUIDING PRINCIPLES
- Children with emotional disturbances should have access to a comprehensive array of services that address the child's physical, emotional, social, and educational needs.
- Children with emotional disturbances should receive individualized services in accordance with the unique needs and potential of each child and guided by an individualized service plan.
- Children with emotional disturbances should receive services within the least restrictive, most normative environment that is clinically appropriate.
- The families and surrogate families of children with emotional disturbances should be full participants in all aspects of the planning and delivery of services. Children with emotional disturabcnes should receive services that are integrate, with linkages between child-serving agencies and programs, and mechanisms for planning, developing and coordinating services.
- Children with emotional disturbances should be provided with case management or similar mechanisms to ensure that multiple services are delivered in a coordinated and therapeutic manner and that they can move through the system of services in accordance with their changing needs.
- Early identification and intervention for children with emotional disturbances should be promoted by the System of Care in order to enhance the likelihood of positive outcomes.
- Children with emotional disturbances should be ensured smooth transitions to the adult service system as they reach maturity.
- The rights of children with emotional disturbances should be protected, and effective advocacy efforts for children and youth with emotional disturbances should be promoted.
- Children with emotional disturbances should receive srevice without regard to race, religion, national origin, sex, physical disability, or other characteristics, and services should be sensitive, and responsive to cultural differences and special needs.
WHAT IS CARE REVIEW?
Care Review is a sub-committee of the xxx County Local Collaborative. The Care Review Team is comprised of representation from multiple systems including: Department of Social Services, Department of Juvenile Justice, Guardian ad Litem, xxx County Schools, the xxx Center LME, and LME/PSO Providers, Community Mental Health Providers and Family Representation.
Care Review is committed to following System of Care Principles, working with Child and Family Teams to help ensure systems issues that are barriers to families receiving appropriate services are being addressed. The primary goal of Care Review is Better Outcomes for Children and Their Families.
What Does Care Review Offer?
- Opportunity for the Child and Family Team to obtain and share additional information about resources
- Opportunity to better understand the mandates and resources of multiple systems
- Opportunity to get another perspective on the situation and create additional solutions
- Opportunity to share what is working in the System of Care and what are the ongoing barriers
- Opportunity to help the Care Review Team provide input to the Local Collaborative on system issues and what needs to be addressed at a local community service level
- The Care Review is not a vehicle for crisis placement, but will work proactively with teams to address crisis situations.
Who is Eligible for Care Review Participation?
A Child/Youth and Family Team plan is eligible for presentation to Care Review when the following criteria have been met:
- The individual for whom the plan was developed meets Mental Health/daughter/SAS target population criteria and is involved in multiple systems
- The individual is under the age of 22 years old
- The Child and Family Team members have been participants in their Child and Family Teams and are invited to attend
- All Wright School and Whittaker School referrals
- All out of state placements