Module 4: Quality care
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Module four: Quality care – working together (Assessment) Module four: Quality care - working together Assessment Participant’s Name: Date of Training: Worksheets Please complete these questions in your own time and bring to the next session. 1(a). When children have experienced harm, they might display a wide range of behaviours. How do you think you could manage those behaviours in positive ways? (Provide three examples). The answers will be subjective but must not include any prohibited practices. 2(a). Why do you think it may be important to advocate for a child or young person in your care? Answers can include but are not limited to: To ensure the child is receiving the most appropriate services for them. To ensure and promote the safety, wellbeing and best interest of the child. To ensure health, education and cultural support needs are met. To ensure children receive case plans appropriate to their age. To assist with services and supports that helps a young person transition from care. To assist CSSC staff understand the strengths and needs of the child. The child might need a voice of authority to speak for them and on their behalf if they are fearful. To support the child’s rights. Pages 34-35 of the training module 3 session plan. Statement of Commitment. 3. Provide three key roles and responsibilities of carers and three for Child Safety staff? (Provide three examples). Answers should include but not be limited to: Foster and kinship carers – meet the legislative standards of care (examples from the Statement of Standards, Charter of Rights, Principles of the Act), advocate for children and participate in the development of the Foster Care Agreement. Participate in case plan development, undertake training and tell Child Safety staff when there is a change in carer circumstances. Child Safety staff – Provide assistance to help meet the legal standards of care, co ordinate a whole of government approach to child protection, provide policies and procedures that establish and monitor quality of care and supports to carers. Provide training to carers. Investigate any allegations of harm to a child in care. Pages 8-9 of the training module session plan. Statement of Commitment Pre-service training Page 1 of 8 Module four: Quality care – working together (Assessment) 3(a). Who needs to be involved in planning to enhance the child’s placement? Answers can include but are not limited to: The child and their family, CSSC staff, recognised entity, foster and kinship care worker, Foster Care Queensland staff, FAST delegates, Community Visitors, school staff, GP, cultural services, disability services, counselling and therapeutic services. Pages 18-20 in the training module session plan and related slides. 3(b). How do you think you could contribute to that team? The answer will be subjective but could include: Participate in case planning, family group meetings. Undertake actions in the cultural support plan, child health passport and education support plan. Support the child’s contact arrangements with their family. Advocate for services for the child when needed. Assist with any therapeutic interventions at home. Discuss any concerns with FAST delegates and CSSC staff. Seek their own support and assistance where required. Attend and identify any training needs. 3(c). How would you identify the supports you (and your family) need and advocate to ensure these needs are met? (Provide three examples). Answers will be subjective but should include the supports identified throughout the training. Imagine that you are a child or young person who has been in a placement for six months. With very little notice you have been told that you will be going to live with a new foster family. 4(a). What might you be thinking and feeling? Answers will be subjective. Assess on merit of the level of reflection. 4(b). What could your foster carers do to help make your move less traumatic? (Provide three examples). Answers will be subjective. Assess on merit of the level of reflection. Answers could include: encourage positive relationships, encourage them to find their own solutions, develop positive life stories with children, and build on strengths and interests. Expand the children social, cultural and community networks. Promote family based problem solving, assist developing positive communication skills. Show respect. Pages 31-34 of the training module 3 session plan and related resources and activities. 5. What change in circumstances to you or your household do you legally need to tell Child Safety staff about? Household membership – a new person joins or leaves Traffic or criminal history or charges Domestic and family violence Involvement by any child protection agency Personal circumstances – health issues or employment demands Spousal arrangements – divorce, separation, death Change of address Intention to care for other children – relatives, family day care. Page 22 in the training module session plan and related slides. Pre-service training Page 2 of 8 Module four: Quality care – working together (Assessment) Personal Reflections Participant’s Name: Date of Training: Module four The Personal Reflections provided at the end of each module of training will provide you with an opportunity to: Reflect on the information you learn in training; Reflect on your life experiences and how it will impact you as a foster carer; and Record information that you will need to provide to the worker undertaking the foster carer assessment, to inform their assessment. You may have already answered similar questions in earlier stages of the assessment process. Where this is the case, reflect on how your answers and views on fostering children have changed, as you learn more about fostering. The Personal Reflections for Module 4 focus on: Providing Quality Care. Providing Quality Care A number of practical issues need to be considered when deciding to become a foster carer. Some practical issues can influence a carer’s capacity to provide care to a child or young person. Under the Child Protection Act 1999, all care services and persons engaged by these services are bound by law to meet requirements set by the ‘Statement of Standards’. The purpose of this component Personal Reflections is to assist you to reflect on the ways in which you provide care for children and young people, and some of the care issues which may arise while a child or young person is in your care. Outlined below are a list of standards that are contained within the ‘Statement of Standards’. What is your understanding of the meaning of these standards, and how would you ensure that these standards were met for a child or young person in your care. Pre-service training Page 3 of 8 Module four: Quality care – working together (Assessment) Standard of Care My understanding of this standard is … I would ensure this standard was met by … Respect for children and young people dignity and rights at all times. Meet children and young people's needs for physical care including adequate food, clothing and shelter. Provide emotional care that allows children and young people to experience being cared about and valued in ways that contribute to their positive self-regard. Cater for children and young people's needs relating to their culture and ethnic grouping. Meet children and young people's material needs relating to their schooling, physical and mental stimulation, recreation and general living. Provide children and young people with education, training and employment opportunities relevant to their age and ability. Provide children and young people with positive guidance when necessary to change inappropriate behaviour, Pre-service training Page 4 of 8 Module four: Quality care – working together (Assessment) excluding whatsoever any techniques for managing behaviour that include corporal punishment or punishment that humiliate, frightens or threatens them in a way that is likely to cause emotional harm. Provide or arrange for children and young people to receive dental, medical and therapeutic services necessary to meet their needs. Provide opportunities for children and young people to participate in positive social and recreational activities appropriate to their developmental level and age. Encourage and assist children and young people to maintain family and other personal relationships for purposes of, and to the extent determined by, each child or young person's case plan. If the child or young person has a disability, provide care and help appropriate to their special needs. Pre-service training Page 5 of 8 Module four: Quality care – working together (Assessment) 1. How would you know if a child or young person’s views would be encouraged and heard? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. How would you ensure that children and young people in your care would be provided with opportunities for participation in decision-making? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. What do you believe you have to offer to children and young people as a foster carer? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Pre-service training Page 6 of 8 Module four: Quality care – working together (Assessment) 4. How do you think caring for a child or young person in foster care will be different to caring for your own children, or other children you have cared for? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. Can you foresee any potential future difficulties that may arise in fostering children and young people? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6. What strategies do you think may assist you to resolve these difficulties? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Pre-service training Page 7 of 8 Module four: Quality care – working together (Assessment) ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7. How would you help a child or young person placed in your care to settle in? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8. How would you assist a child or young person to return to their family if this was part of the case plan? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Thank you for your time and honesty Pre-service training Page 8 of 8
