assessment models
Families and Carers
The aim of this protocol is to provide workers with a practical framework for the initial assessment of parents or carers of young people who have committed sexual assualts or who display sexually problematic behaviours. We have included carers within this protocol as the identification of sexually problematic behaviour may sometimes first occur in this setting. In addition foster parents and residental staff play an important role in caring for children and young people with sexually problematic behaviour. This protocol forms part of the intial assessment framework operating under the AIM Project in Manchester.
Anyone using this initial parent/carer assessment protocol must do so in conjunction with the initial assessment of the young person/child, as the information from the parental assessment will need to be integrated into the findings from the assessment on the young person / child.
Contents
| page | |
| 1. Context Purpose and Preperation | 62 |
| 1.1 When to Use this Assessment Framework | 62 |
| 1.2 Purpose of the Initial Parental/Carer Assessment | 63 |
| 1.3 Who Should Undertake the Initial Parental Assessment? | 64 |
| 1.4 Preperation | 64 |
| 1.5 Supervision and support for the worker | 64 |
| 2. Initial Interviews with Parents/Carers: points to bear in mind | 65 |
| 3. Initial Parental/Carer Assessment Interview | 67 |
| 3.1 Key Tasks | 67 |
| 3.2 Getting started: first 15 minutes | 68 |
| 3.3 Getting the basics right | 68 |
| 3.4 Initial Assessment Interview Structure | 69 |
| 3.5 Initial Parental/Carer Assessment Outcome Table | 72 |
| 3.6 Scoring | 74 |
| 3.7 Next Steps | 74 |
| 3.8 Ten Key Questions for the Multi-Agency Planning Meeting | 75 |
| 3.9 AIM Initial Assessment Analysis and Action Form | 76 |