Use for completing referral agency. processes once the intake Allocation to Family Services Weekly allocation meetings are to be recorded under the value of outcome is determined. Allocation to Family Services. Aside from the recording of weekly allocation meetings, the value of Allocation to Family Services is only to be selected by Child FIRST. This should not be selected by partner family service provider local intake systems to record the time for internal allocation to their family services program, rather this should be recorded under Referral and Intake processes. Divide the time recorded for Allocation to Family Services by the number of cases received at that meeting, and place the proportion of time against each case. In instances where weekly allocations meetings were attended but no cases received, add this time to the next recording of Allocation to Family Services Include casenote and administrative task recording. Outreach activities are Outreach to engage client/family is to identify those activities undertaken to actively where active engagement approaches are used to engage vulnerable engage the client/family children, young people and their families who may not otherwise with service actively seek services Outreach to engage client/family is to be selected by the allocated family services worker during initial engagement with family, post Outreach to intake. The date of transition from outreach activities to an engage assessment/case work activities is a matter of professional client/family judgement of the allocated family services worker. This option is not to be used by Intake, Holding or Short term assessment and response team activities, as hours for these activities will be reported through the designated service categories. Include casenote and administrative task recording. The provision of a specific Active Holding is a range of activities that can be employed as a active holding response is defined and specific holding response for families awaiting either an provided. Intake Outcome or Allocation to Family Services. All hours of service pertaining to active holding should be recorded Active Holding under this value, with the exceptions of Consult with Child Protection, Report to Child Protection and Referrals to, that must be entered to count incidence Include casenote and administrative task recording.
Allocation to Family Services Use for completing referral processes once the intake outcome is determined. agency. Weekly allocation meetings are to be recorded under the value of Allocation to Family Services. Aside from the recording of weekly allocation meetings, the value of Allocation to Family Services is only to be selected by Child FIRST. This should not be selected by partner family service provider local intake systems to record the time for internal allocation to their family services program, rather this should be recorded under Referral and Intake processes. Divide the time recorded for Allocation to Family Services by the number of cases received at that meeting, and place the proportion of time against each case. In instances where weekly allocations meetings were attended but no cases received, add this time to the next recording of Allocation to Family Services Include casenote and administrative task recording. Outreach to engage client/family Outreach activities are undertaken to actively engage the client/family with service Outreach to engage client/family is to identify those activities where active engagement approaches are used to engage vulnerable children, young people and their families who may not otherwise actively seek services Outreach to engage client/family is to be selected by the allocated family services worker during initial engagement with family, post intake. The date of transition from outreach activities to an assessment/case work activities is a matter of professional judgement of the allocated family services worker. This option is not to be used by Intake, Holding or Short term assessment and response team activities, as hours for these activities will be reported through the designated service categories. Include casenote and administrative task recording. Active Holding The provision of a specific active holding response is provided. Active Holding is a range of activities that can be employed as a defined and specific holding response for families awaiting either an Intake Outcome or Allocation to Family Services. All hours of service pertaining to active holding should be recorded under this value, with the exceptions of Consult with Child Protection, Report to Child Protection and Referrals to, that must be entered to count incidence Include casenote and administrative task recording.
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