What do youth need from their caseworkers to succeed as they prepare for their transition from foster care? Youth need a place to live, a job, money, medical and dental care, a postsecondary education plan, personal records, an adult or adults to turn to for help over time, information about how to accomplish their short and long-term goals for…

This report describes a case management model and was designed to serve as a basic text for training social service workers. Chapter I defines the term case management and discusses the role of case management in the field of social services. Chapter II delineates the main features of the case management model and the activities required of the…

This guide describes the social services case management process in detail, focusing on some of the ways in which the basic process requirements can be met. An explanation of why each step in the process is necessary is offered from both a system and a client point of view. The guide is divided into seven chapters, each of which concentrates on…

This manual is intended to serve as a trainer's curriculum guide on the case management model for social service workers. It is divided into seven sections, each of which focuses on one of the basic requirements of the case management process. The seven process requirements examined are: (1) evaluation of service request or need, (2) eligibility…

Describes social work case illustrations as teaching tools and information-sharing techniques. Presents suggestions for writing case illustrations, discussing information to be included (order of presentation, pseudonyms, efforts of other professionals, and practitioner orientation) or excluded (exclusively masculine pronouns, theory exposition,…

The lack of a firmly established pattern for managing cases in social services seems to be widespread. This creates a need for a unified and standardized procedure at the individual case level of service delivery. This manual represents a basic variation of the general case management model. It is meant to be used as a rationale and motivation for…

Curricular materials and resources for use in the education and training of students and caseworkers on permanent planning for children in foster care are compiled in this volume. Materials are arranged in modules, which in turn are grouped into two units. The first unit, dealing with direct services to parents of foster children, contains seven…

This handbook, prepared as part of a technical assistance program to the states funded through the Children's Bureau of the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families, is a reference designed to provide caseworkers with both a conceptual framework and practical methodology to secure permanent placements for children who are in foster care.…

Describes the principal features of a multisystems approach to family preservation that involves placement prevention and permanency planning. The approach is being taught to family preservation workers in Illinois. Discussion concerns the approach's theoretical premises, tasks, significant assessment areas, and ways of understanding the approach.…

This book, written by an experienced foster parent, discusses the unique experience of being a foster parent and presents practical guidelines for foster parents. The first section focuses on the foster child and contains chapters on self-assessment to determine foster parenting potential, welcoming the foster child, coping with problems, and…

The purpose of this program guide is to provide a functional, useable, dynamic action plan for Social Work Services in the Grossmont Union High School District. This is an original endeavor in the area of program development for Social Work Services. The strategy and format proposed in this beginning program is to provide a system and procedures…

This manual was designed for use in training students and child welfare practitioners in case management methods that would help to reduce the number of children in long-term foster placement by intervening to help the child's own family cope with their problems. The first two sections describe the process of assessment, the formulation of…