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from: ParentingKidsToday.comThere are two basic strategies or plans that Child Protection Service (CPS) uses as a way to manage child protection services; the formal plan that covers continued safety and the immediate protective strategy that becomes necessary if they find that a child is in immediate danger. If immediate protection is necessary, then it will normally be recognized during the initial visit with the family. Once it has been determined that a child is indeed in danger, all other activities as they relate to the intervention will be put on hold. CPS then has the responsibility of ensuring the safety of the child once intervention continues.
The formal safety strategy will usually happen during or at the end of the first assessment, after all of the pertinent family information has been taken and analyzed. This formal plan is written on a document and it helps to recognize any foreseeable dangers; it lists child safety products, services and childcare providers.
The major difference between the two strategies is that the immediate protective one is put into place based on a limited amount of information that was gathered at the initial encounter. Whereas, the formal child protection plan is put into place by gathering full and complete information about the child and family.
Some feel that there should be additional provisions added to the ones already in use. They believe that safety care management and intervention should be provisional; that it should refer to specific actions and arrangements that CPS may take at the present time based upon current threats to the child's safety, or if there is not a sufficient childcare provider available to ensure protection.
In order for this type of arrangement to work, the provisional safety care management would remain in place while still searching for a more stable permanent arrangement. Often times those employed with a Child Protection Service say that in order for this to work, they need to give protective responsibility to child care providers and supply them with child protection training; or they have the opportunity to find other permanency options by looking outside the child's home and family.
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