Residential Parenting Assessment Placements

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Residential Parenting Assessment Placements

For each referral the centre receives, a risk assessment will be carried out to find out if the centre can meet the needs of the family being referred and that accepting the referral will not disrupt the stability of the families already living in the centre. The centre will ensure a placement planning meeting is held on the day of admission or no later than 72 hours for emergency placements. The centre will hold a planning meeting with the placing authority and the parents. The purpose of the meeting is to:

For each referral the centre receives, a risk assessment will be carried out to find out if the centre can meet the needs of the family being referred and that accepting the referral will not disrupt the stability of the families already living in the centre. The centre will ensure a placement planning meeting is held on the day of admission or no later than 72 hours for emergency placements. The centre will hold a planning meeting with the placing authority and the parents. The purpose of the meeting is to:
Identify needs of the family to be promoted throughout their stay at the family centre and agree how these will be met by the centre and other professionals, where relevant and should include physical, emotional and social development needs of the family and children.
Specify objectives and intended outcomes of the placement (as specified by the referring agency or court), training, assessment, supervision, and protection the centre will provide and how the centre will promote the child’s welfare.
The risk assessment and placement plan will be regularly reviewed by the manager of the centre in agreement with the placing authority.
Review of the family placement plan will be arranged by the placing authority.
The Placement Plan sets out the process upon which the assessment is made and serves as an agreement between the stated parties and ensures that the expectations of the assessment, its modalities and period are understood.

The main remit of this assessment is:

To assess the parents’ abilities to provide the primary care and protection of their child including basic routines and understanding the child’s developmental needs, (comprehensive assessment)
To assess the parents’ understanding of the emotional needs of the child and their abilities to promote positive attachment to the child through play and interaction.
To consider the parent’s wider family and support networks, as well as the abilities to work with professionals in the best interests of their child (care planning and care coordination intervention techniques), (family support intervention technique).
To consider the environmental issues that might affect the parent’s care of the child such as employment, education, budgeting, housing, community resources etc.
To explore the life experiences of the parents in order to consider how such experiences may or may not impact on their ability to parent and protect the child.
To consider with the parent the possible need to receive outside support in connection with their own history or behaviour e.g. counselling, anger management, psychotherapy, drug or alcohol counselling etc.

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