Duration
and Service Planning
Building
on the information gained in family assessment, developing strategies and
planning for the timely and effective execution of those strategies.
Current
Elements
Standardized
model for identifying and labeling family conditions that contribute to
underlying risks to children.
An
approach for determining the frequency, intensity, and duration of services
necessary to address the family conditions identified above.
A process for balancing hours of work (demand) with hours of capacity.
Latest
Thinking
This
element has been the most difficult to define in a way that leads to consensus
and clarity. In the December 2000 ILF, we did some work that may support a
significant next step. We began by
identifying a few questions that this prong of the pitchfork needs to help us
answer, and then grouping these questions into 2 major categories:
Classification/Diagnosis/High
Level Service Planning
 | What
will we do for and with this family?
|
| For
what duration will we provide services?
|
| How
many hours will we spend from a macro perspective?
|
| What
informs these decisions?
|
Project
Planning/Workload Management
| Who
will do what by when?
|
| Balancing
weekly/monthly workload with capacity
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This
lead us to potential organizing theory:
Effective
Classification System
Should
Support Big
Picture Planning which
should enable
Detailed Workload/Capacity
Management
In
the next ILF, we will test this hypothesis and consider next steps in further
developing this prong of the Pitchfork.
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