Parental Child Safety Placement (PCPS)

Policy Issue A Parental Child Safety Placement (PCPS) is a temporary out-of-home placement that a parent(s) can make once it determines that the child not is safe being in the home. The PCPS is short term placement those last no more than 90 days (Services, 2015). There are estimates that 61 percent of infants and 41 percent of older children in out-of-home care that are from families with substance abuse (Wulczyn, Ernst, & Fisher, 2011). FBSS do not consider that children of the substance abuse families’ need to stay in PCPS longer than other children. PCPS only wants to help the families for 90 days. The PCPS will call and

The family needs to be seen within the framework of their community, their culture, and society. An understanding of cultural and ethnic values is vital in evaluating the household capabilities to function. The family is understood to a complex system, and the strengths they display are as important as the problem that the family has. The family issue was perceived by the community’s ability to provide resources and social supports for the family. The ecological approach to neglectful families puts more emphasis on the intervention than stress, social support (Crosson-Tower,

Case management is unitizied by CPS to help families reach a better outcome. Case management emphasizes decision-making management and provision of services. The caseworker collects and analyzes information, arrives at the decisions at all stages of the process, organizes services from other professional, and directly provides supportive services. The caseworker is responsible for selecting providers and arranging the appropriate services.They also measure progress toward achievement of the outcome goals and maintain records to document client progress and ensure accountability (DePanfilis, 2006). There are a variety of professionals in the intervention process that are important to the families, but the key to it all is the case manager to help families with complex