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A little
history – from whence the ICS system derives and why we have it now
together with the basic outline format of ICS – the set of Forms /
Processes and timescales in outline.
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Risk and
outcomes: the meaning of “outcomes” within risk assessment: baselining,
non intervention, intervention outcomes and detail outcome formulation.
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Outline
of the Assessment components of ICS: Framework for Assessment; Initial &
Core Assessments; Assessment & Progress Records and Specialist
Assessments. “Feeder Assessments / Plans” (PEP, Placement Plan etc) and
how they should work within the overall Plan.
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The
meaning of the main Care Plan and its outcome specification – fitting
different levels of outcomes together
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Basic
Assessment of the Risks (Needs) – what the Core / CIN Assessments MUST
have answered and produced in terms of helping to formulate the care /
intervention plan, including optimal (needs led) outcomes: if the LAC team
doesn’t have this information to the quality standard required then it
will still need to be done.
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OHTS on Core
Assessment processes for S17 / S47 – this information also translates
directly to Assessment & Progress Records.
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The Assessment
Domains and their meaning: Child Development, Parenting Capacity and Family
& Environment: key knowledge requirements and links to Assessment &
Progress Records.
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Setting
measurable “Waypoints” on the intervention outcome path.
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what is available, what to choose and when to use them
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Key research on
what works in interventions
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Partnership
or Participation? Key ideas from Game Theory and aspects of the Public Law
Outline.
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What
is meant by “ascertaining wishes and feelings” (S53 CA 2004)?
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The
child’s timescale and “paramountcy”
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Tools
of Direct Work with children, including planning direct work.
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The
child’s rights and the social worker’s role in supporting their rights
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Social
worker, Foster carer, Residential staff and Fostering
link worker
