Plan for Reunification of Child in Foster Care with Birth Family

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Christina and her family wish to successfully reunite despite the abuse that occurred in the past. The abuse was brought to the attention of Child Welfare by a teacher who noticed bruises on Christina. The fact that Christina was reluctant to discuss the bruises made the situation all the more suspicious and thus resulted in reporting the situation to Child Welfare. At this point, both the parents and Christina have stated they want their family to eventually be reunited. This is the broad goal that will be used as a starting point by the agency. The purpose of this discussion is to develop a goal plan for Christina and her family that emphasizes family reunification. There are four main points that this plan must address: goal objectives, strengths of the family, target dates of goals and interventions that will be used. In order to address these points the discussion will be split into 4 sections and each of the points will be addressed in a separate section. Goal and Objectives Client: Christina and her family Goal A: Christina and her family will be reunified as evidenced by: Objective 1: Christina and her family will attend all counseling sessions. Objective 2: Christina’s safety will be maintained; no evidence of abuse. Goal B: Christina will be more socially interactive: Objective 1: Christina will attend all designated group counseling sessions. Objective 2: Christina will attend selected camp at least twice a week. Objective 3: Christina will interact with at least one person during each session. Strengths of Christina and Her Family One of the major strengths Christina and her family have is other family members that care and are involved. This is evident by the fact that Christina was place... ... middle of paper ... ...ain point is to get Christina to interact with others by using topics she is interested in. Counseling would also serve similar purpose. The main idea is to get Christina to be more confident in her communication and interactions with others. References A review of family preservation and family reunification programs. (1995). Retrieved January 6, 2012, from http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/cyp/fpprogs.htm Family reunification. (2002). Retrieved January 6, 2012, from Child Welfare League of America: http://www.cwla.org/programs/r2p/rrnews0203.pdf Family reunification: what the evidence shows. (2011). Retrieved January 6, 2012, from http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/issue_briefs/family_reunification/family_reunification.pdf Summers, N. (2009). Fundamentals of case management practice: skills for the human services, 3rd Edition. Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning.

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