Title IV E Eligibility CPI Specialty Track

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1 Module 1: Introduction to Child Protective Investigations Learning Objectives: Unit 1.1: Reviewing the Child Welfare Practice Model Describe the Child Protective Investigation process and the types of investigation reports (i.e., inhome, institution or other). Explain the role and functions of the Child Protective Investigators. Explain how the child protective investigator applies Florida s Child Welfare Practice Model. Learning Objectives: Unit 1.3: Family Centered Practice and the Investigative Process Explain the application of family centered practice during the work of the child protective investigator. Understand the importance of child well being in the investigative process. Learning Objectives: Unit 1.4: Cultural Competence Demonstrate the steps toward cultural competence. Module 4: Present Danger Assessment Learning Objectives: Unit 4.1: Present Danger Assessment Identify the purpose of the Present Danger Assessment. Explain how to complete a Present Danger Assessment, including FSFN application considerations. Complete a Present Danger Assessment, including FSFN application considerations. Learning Objectives: Unit 4.2: Developing a Present Danger Plan Explain the purpose of a present danger plan. Explain safety actions available to manage the child s safety, opting for the least intrusive path first as it relates to investigations where presents danger exists. Evaluate identified safety action to determine whether or not the present danger plan is the least intrusive/most family centered possible to keep the child safe. Develop a present danger plan that is the least restrictive to manage a child s safety and addresses the present danger identified by the investigator. Explain the FSFN requirements for present danger plan documentation. Complete documentation for the present danger plan. Determine when consultation with CLS may be required or beneficial (before removal) to confirm probable cause for removal or identify potential sources for admissible evidence to support a finding of probable cause. Learning Objectives: Unit 4.3: Temporary Removal Due to Present Danger Identify the legal basis for emergency separations, through present danger plans, under Chapter 39, Florida Statutes. Determine when emergency removal/separation is warranted and considered the leastintrusive/most family centered way to keep the child safe. Provide justification for your recommendation. [1]

2 Module 4: Present Danger Assessment (Continued) Describe the actions to be taken by the investigator when the safety action required within the present danger plan involves taking legal action to ensure the child s safety is managed through an involuntary out of home present danger plan. Describe the legal activities required should an emergency removal/separation be needed. Describe the legal activities required while the FFA is being completed and if a present danger plan requires out of home placement. Explain how to create the required legal documents in FSFN for removal. Create the required legal related documentation in FSFN, if there is sufficient information warranting legal involvement and a separation is warranted. Learning Objectives: Unit 4.6: Continuing the Assessment Process Explain the next actions associated with the family functioning assessment investigations in terms of information collection. Determine which information is still needed to sufficiently complete a FFA Investigation in order to make a safety determination. [2]

3 Module 5: The Family Functioning Assessment Investigation and Safety Planning Learning Objectives: Unit 5.1: Overview of the Family Functioning Assessment Investigation Define and describe the FFA Investigation, explaining major sections and the information required for each. Describe how contacts, collaterals, reported information, information already gathered, and information still needed during the investigation are synthesized and used to complete the assessment. Given all information known, evaluated and analyzed, related to specific cases, complete the information domain area of the FFA Investigation. Given all information known, evaluated and analyzed, determine if sufficient information has been collected. Given a scenario, interview information and written information in each of the six domains, evaluate to determine if sufficient information exists to make a safety determination. Given scenarios, role play interviewing several different key individuals for a case, ensuring that sufficient information is acquired for each of the six domains. In FSFN, complete the six domains for information collection for the FFA Investigation. Learning Objectives: Unit 5.2: Information Collection and Determining Impending Danger Describe the differences in the concepts of safe and unsafe. Define impending danger and the impending danger safety threshold criteria. Define child vulnerability in relation to the danger threshold criteria. Explain the application of the six domains in collecting information related to impending danger. List and describe each of the impending danger threats. Explain the purpose of assessing the family to determine if impending danger is occurring. Given specific negative family conditions, determine the impending danger threat each represents. Describe the importance of information verification to the Child Welfare Practice Model decision points. Explain why it is important to have sufficient info in each domain to determine danger threshold. Demonstrate how to reconcile information collected in each domain. Describe the steps you take to assess impending danger. Explain the difference between present and impending danger and explain how to use the safety threshold criteria to determine the type of danger the child is in. Given scenarios, discriminate between present danger and impending danger using the safety threshold criteria. Given scenarios, determine 1) if the child is in present or impending danger, and 2) if the child is in impending danger, determine which kind of impending danger it is using the provided Impending Danger table and the safety threshold criteria. Given case scenarios situations, determine if sufficient information has been collected. Learning Objectives: Unit 5.3: Assessing Impending Danger Related to Caregiver Protective Capacities (CPC) and Child Vulnerability Define caregiver protective capacities. Define and explain the three categories of caregiver protective capacities and provide examples (behavioral, cognitive, and emotional). [3]

4 Module 5: The Family Functioning Assessment Investigation and Safety Planning (Continued) List at least five caregiver protective capacities in each of the three CPC categories. Define diminished caregiver protective capacities and how to identify them in each of the three CPC categories. Given specific case scenarios, determine if the child is in impending danger due to diminished caregiver protective capacities. Given case scenarios, assess for impending danger and, determine if the child is safe or unsafe. Given case scenarios, document caregiver protective capacities and safety decision on the FFA Investigation in FSFN. Learning Objectives: Unit 5.4: In Home Safety Analysis and Planning Define the term managing for safety and explain how the child protective investigator effectively manages for safety throughout the completion of the Family Functioning Assessment Investigation., through the development of a safety plan. Define the term Safety Plan. Define In Home Safety Plan and Out of Home Safety Plan and describe their purposes and the essential components each plan. Explain how to determine if the child s safety can be managed within his or her household through the safety planning analysis. Explain how the investigator identifies, through completion of the in home safety analysis and planning, the most appropriate and least intrusive intervention to manage the safety of a child once an unsafe determination has been made. If the child s safety cannot be managed within the household, explain what conditions for return are required in order for the child s safety to be managed in his or her household. [4]

5 Module 6: Developing in Home or Out of Home Safety Plan Learning Objectives: Unit 6.1: Managing for Safety Review how to determine the most appropriate, least intrusive impending danger safety plan. Explain the purpose and use of the information domains and the caregiver protective capacities in developing an impending danger safety plan. Define safety services and describe the array of services available to families. Describe the safety planning considerations that should be made with cases involving domestic violence, substance abuse and persistent mental health issues. Explain the role of safety service providers during an impending danger safety plan and how they can be used to manage safety. Describe the purpose of the safety planning conference. Describe a safety management team and how safety service providers are identified. Describe when to use court supervision when an in home impending danger safety plan is implemented. Describe when a child should be placed in the custody of the Department when an out of home impending danger safety plan is implemented and/or updated. Given scenarios, evaluate each identified intervention to determine whether or not the in home safety analysis and planning completed by the investigator provided the most appropriate and least intrusive intervention possible. Complete a safety plan and document in FSFN. Learning Objectives: Unit 6.2: Documentation, Removal and Placement Describe the types of situations where a child must be removed from his or her household because he/she is unsafe. Determine the least invasive/most family friendly safety plan for the child(ren). Ensure that all documentation, analysis of information and decisions are made in a manner that supports the management of the application to present danger or impending danger. Given specific situations and provided the FFA Investigation, evaluate the decisions that were made in regards to child safety. Describe the process for identifying appropriate placements for children. Define and apply the term diligent search as it applies to investigations and identify the required activities and notifications required by statute. Identify the statutory restrictions for placement. Describe the requirement for obtaining Child Health Check ups and arranging for a Comprehensive Behavioral Health Assessment (CBHA). Identify the placement considerations for children with special conditions such as developmental disabilities, prescribed psychotropic medications, complex medical or behavioral health issues, educational needs, teens and/or sibling groups or human trafficking/prostitution. Learning Objectives: Unit 6.3: Consulting with Children s Legal Services (CLS) Recognize when consultations with CLS are necessary for purposes of shelter or dependency related actions. Demonstrate application of consultation skills with CLS through practice scenario analysis and practice. Describe the purpose of the Legal Staffing Decision Form and the process for staffing with Children's Legal Services. [5]

6 Module 6: Developing in Home or Out of Home Safety Plan (Continued) Identify when the twenty four hour time limit begins for a shelter hearing to occur following removal process. List the notice requirements for all parents for a shelter hearing. Define and describe why identification of the legal father or prospective father must begin at the time of the initial investigation. Describe the need for identification of relatives of the child as early as possible in the removal process. List and specify the elements of Chapter 39 that must be found by the court to affirm probable cause for removal/shelter of the child. [6]

7 Module 7: Closing an Investigation Family Functioning Assessment Investigation and Case Transfer Learning Objectives: Unit 7.4: Investigation Closure: Unsafe Explain the process of conducting a case transfer. Describe the process for closing an investigation in which the child(ren) is/are deemed unsafe and the family requires case management services to manage safety and develop sufficient protective capacities through case planning activities. Identify the tasks needed for transfer to case management in cases where children are determined to be unsafe and the family requires ongoing safety management and case management. CPI Practice Application Labs CPI Practice Application Lab 2: Present Danger Assessment and Planning Dealing with resistance, completing present danger assessment and present danger planning CPI Practice Application Lab 3: Further Information Gathering for Impending Danger Assessment Development of FFA, information gathering [7]

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