early intervention program
Cara Langley
Wesley Mission,
Senior Practice Specialist,
Brighter Futures and
Youth Hope,
Metro Western Sydney.
Angela Tarlington NSW Family and Community
Services,
Manager – Client Services,
Penrith Community Services
Centre.
Andrew Luzzi
Wesley Mission,
Intake Caseworker/Team Leader,
Brighter Futures,
Blacktown/Baulkham Hills.
Safety Assessment (SA):
Immediate safety/immediate danger.
Risk/Risk Reassessment
(RA and RRA):
‘Likelihood’ of future harm to a child.
Family Strengths and Needs
Assessment (FSNA):
Child and family’s strengths and
needs for case management
conversations.
early intervention program
Family
status as
of 22 July,
2013
Risk
Ass’t
Updated
Eli Ass’t
FSNA
Updated
Action
plan
template
Families
whose
initial visit
for
eligibility
ass’t
occurs ON
or AFTER
22 July




Planning
Meeting
or
Review
Meeting
record

Families
who have
had an
initial visit
but have
not yet
completed
eligibility
ass’t
If
If
possible possible






Families
who have
signed an
ATP in BF
but have
not started
a SCARF
ass’t.
x
x
If not SDM/
updated
tools, then
what?
N/A
Notes
Until phase
2, the
SAFETY
portion of
the
streamlined
eligibility
tool will be
completed
based on
professional
judgment
only.
If worker
Only
cannot fully
families
complete the who were
SDM risk
nearly at 30
assessment days as of
and cannot
July 22 are
obtain
likely to be
missing
unable to
information
use SDM
within the 30 risk
day
assessment
timeframe,
.
use existing
procedures.
Eligibility
would have
been
determined
by existing
tools/
procedures
early intervention program