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Focus of Family Functioning Assessment

Focus of Family Functioning Assessment

"Household"

- A common residence held by two people or more, whether related or not.

Example: Two men, a child, and a dog.

Focus of Family Functioning Assessment

Guidelines

Focus of Family Functioning Assessment

  • After the present danger assessment has been completed
  • Sufficient information as been gathered
  • Will always include the parent/legal guardian of the alleged child victim to assess caregiver protective capacities

"Household Member"

- Any person who resides in the household.

Examples: Caregivers, relatives, other family members, and college students expected to return who reside in the home

Process taken to gather information on how families operate, and used to assess and determine the safety of a child.

Significant Caregiver Responsibility

- Refers to the people in the household who have taken major caregiving responsibilities.

Focus of Family Functioning Assessment

Guidelines for Two Families

Guidelines

Significant Caregiver Responsibilities

  • Will always describe ALL of the people residing in the home
  • FFA will include separate information domains for parent/legal guardians and caregiver protective assessments for members with significant caregiver responsibility

Significant Caregiver Responsibilities

  • Families with more than one family unit resides in the household, the family wherein the maltreatment occurred will be the focus
  • If the two families share caregiver responsibilities then two FFA will be completed
  • Case worker will be responsible for re-evaluating FFA
  • Pervasive day to day care
  • Has taken responsibility over care of child
  • Child views caregiver as one of the primary persons with authority

- Other household member of paramour has become the parent figure

- child welfare professionals have observed interactions between child and paramour

-statements from other family members

-statements from child

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