Interdependency Case

I chose to work at DCFS as my practicum site because I originally was employed there as a visitation supervisor in the dispatch unit. My job there was to supervise visits of children who have recently been removed from their parents care. Working there helped me to see how important the family system. I also have prior experience in the foster care system. When I was 16 years old, my 12-year-old sister and I were removed from my mothers care and placed into a group home for three days. While my mom was in a 72-hour psychiatric hold, she decided to terminate her parental rights. My sister and I were placed in a foster home with our now foster parents. At this time we were both considered “legally free” youth and I especially was considered unadoptable. Spending two years in the foster care system I was able to see the good, the bad and the ugly and it gave me an in-depth insight when I went back to work at this practicum site,

The department’s intervention plan was to remove the child from the home and place her in a safer environment. My client’s response to this intervention at first was very angry and resentful towards the department. Father especially angry with the department and did not understand why he couldn’t keep his daughter since mother had the drug issue. I realized how difficult it would be to build rapport with them after removing their child. I ensured them that I was there to help; I was very empathic and showed them that I cared about their case. I worked with the parents and helped them to

Question 1: describe the problem facing the restaurant by answering these questions in your own words. What is the problem? Why has it occurred? How is Mr. Diamantouros planning to respond to the problem?

CPSW did a home visit to meet with Ms. Berner and to discuss about her safety plan since the children are moving with her on10/29/16 from the foster provider. Ms. Berner was late for her appointment and CPSW waited a 40 minutes for Ms. Berner. Ms. Berner apologized for being late. CPSW explained Ms. About safety plan. Ms. Berner understood and she signed them. Ms. Berner stated that she will be doing a house arrest for two weeks and the recommendation of her criminal court is to obey law and continue taking her medication on time and seeing her therapist. Also, cooperating with her PO and CPSW. CPSW consulted with the supervisor and she has approved both children to move back with Ms. Berner. Goal 1-2

In the case we are asked to look at with the two little girls, the office was alerted due to neglect and issues of locking the children away in order to not have contact with them and avoid physical discipline. Again having a large amount of experience with this personally I can speak on several different instances in which the agency needs to be involved. My middle son, again who is not my biological child, has 4, soon to be 6 other half siblings by his biological mother. None of which she has custody of. They have all been removed by CPS. In her case it was for the use of narcotics, in and around the children as well as during pregnancy with 4 of the 6 children she has. She is currently pregnant with number 5 and 6 of her living children though technically they are 9 and 10. She has previously had two singleton abortions and an abortion of a set of twin girls. She has had 4 other boys removed now, ages 5, 3, and a set of twin boys who are 18 months. CPS has already stated that the children she is pregnant with now will be removed as well upon their birth. So in a case such as hers, she was given a year to prove to the courts that she wanted to work towards keeping her twins, they set up visitation for her at the cps office, as well as classes for her to attend, weekly drug screens, parenting classes, and set financial goals she had to meet.

The court has made the decision that the Child Welfare program should be given temporary legal custody of your child. Based on state and federal laws the placement of children is only completed with considerable evidence that the child is unsafe due to abuse or neglect. The business practices and decisions made concerning Protective Services are not determined unilaterally but involve many individuals who evaluate the safety and welfare of children with the objective of keeping them safe from abuse and neglect. Making decisions in this fashion ensures that impartial, neutral individuals will facilitate the decision-making rather than one individual. Removing children from their families can be a traumatic, life changing event and is not done without considerable deliberation and

The father reported that they have been litigating for two years. He tried to negotiate for two years. He told her she can win, do what is best for Hudson. The father stated that the child should have both parents in his life. She wanted him to have no time with the child. He indicated that the parents was with Lannie Resnick. He indicated that they worked with Ms. Resnick from June to July of 2014. He believed they made no progress. He believes Ms. Resnick did not want a structured program of access. The father stated that Ms. Resnick stated that he could see the child over the summer however, there would be no overnights. He indicated that Ms. Resnick wanted the overnights to be based on how the child was doing. The father stated that he did not agree with no overnights. He wanted to have overnights with an

Being located in the Federal building I have received tours of the court rooms and have had the opportunity to meet the judges and their staff. I feel I have been given a great lenses to observe the interworking of the courthouse and how cases progress through the criminal justice system. In working with the agents in particular, I have been able to see the different ways a federal case can be assembled within the guidelines and can lead to a federal

After I watched the documentary “Cradle to Jail”, my heart sank having seen Kenneth and Kentrell’s reactions to the Judge’s decision to become wards of the state and put into a placement facility. Watching their mother make such a difficult decision being she loved them so much that she agreed that her sons needed help and she needed the court's assistance steering them into maturity. She knew that if they went home with her they would get into illegal activities again.

Billy does not allow hitting in his home. Josilynn is now grounded. Billy stated there is still troubles at bedtime. Both are having behaviors. Mostly it is with Sarah, when Billy intervenes the children go to sleep. Both children know Billy means it is time to stop. There are no issues in school. When Billy and Sarah tried going out of town one weekend the children had a blow up. They did not want to stay with Billy's parents over night. Billy understands because they doing want to be moved around and they are comfortable in their our house. Now they are having the oldest daughter come stay the night in their house for date nights. Billy spoke about build a bear and how they earned their stickers to get a build a bear. Billy now created a chore list for the children to earn money. Worker spoke about counseling and IPS if the placement was struggling. Billy states the placement will not blow. Worker spoke to Billy about the progression of the case. The mother was going to motion the court for unsupervised visitation this month. Worker is unsure when it will take place possibly late May early June. Worker discussed how unsupervised visitation would go. Billy was willing to meet someone for the mother to take the

The reporting party (RP) visited foster family on 7/6/15 and found foster father exhibiting mental health behaviors. The RP stated the foster father disclosed he suffers from epilepsy and doesn't take his medication since he doesn't need it. The RP also stated the foster father is prescribe medication due to anxiety and refuses to take the medication. The foster father believes the medication will cause him to "pass out." The RP states the home is a mess with "things all over the place." The RP did not give specific details regarding the "mess." The RP stated the foster father inappropriate behaviors caused him to "last out" at the children and confining the 5 year old child to the back of the garage. The RP stated the child has access to hazardous

Foster mother agreed to remind the client about the court, got ot be on time and to have a breakfast. Foster explained that she doesn’t want the client to be sleeping at court. FF asked mother is she is aware of the reason of the court. Foster mother shared that this court day is to determined legal guardianship for the client. FF shared that the CSW expressed that mother is fight for the client and siblings. Foster mother expressed that she is aware of mother actions and that she is taking classes to get her children

These descriptions can be open to interpretations by individual’s imagination. It is hard to get affect from a narration of a scenario. I would find it hard to be on this panel. I give all these people a lot of credit in there interpretation, nonetheless I feel they are being misled, on purpose, by their real life experiences. John Hockenberry is very much in control during this whole session he is leading these people much like I would walk my dog, we seem to be in step together but I am leading him home. I agree with the one panelist, that the family isn’t going to be open to help, thinking that the social worker is working towards removal of the children. There were things that needed to happen, Kurt had to be removed from the home,

That same day I headed down to the magistrate court I had been here before. This court is more of assembly line justice sine each case is probably like 5 minutes long. The judges name was locatell. The first case I heard was a male he was being charged with reckless driving. The judge then tells him that is a 5 day minimum in jail. At this point u enter a plea he entedred a not guilty plead. After he please there is a bench trail and there will be a posector and see what you sentence will be and the cop that issued the ticket will be there so that both stories can be heard. What I also noticed at this court is that you don’t have to be dressed up you can show up like you just rolled out of bed.

The criminal trials I attended at the Boone County Courthouse where very interesting because it was not the first time ever being in a courthouse and courtroom. I have seen some courtrooms through videos of trials or pictures from high profile cases such as the shooter in Colorado who opened fire in a movie theater during Batman in 2012 and I have been to a small courthouse in Calvert County Maryland. The difference between these two courtrooms was the size and number of people present. At the Boone County Courthouse the room was small and had a large amount of people ready to see the Judge. Some of the people present included: the Bailiff, who did his job by making sure everyone had a seat, was situated and quiet during the court