Chapter 4: Capacity Building 91Purpose Question Follow-up
To assess the
level of shared
understanding
about why the
family is involved
with the agency
On a scale of 0 – 10, how
would you rate the
caregivers’ understanding
of the department’s
worries about their
family?How could we make the
danger statement clearer to
the family to move your
rating up by one?Is the family clear about
what the day-to-day safety
needs look like?To assess the
social worker’s
understanding of
the children’s
perspective
On a scale of 0 – 10, how
safe do you think the child
would feel if they went
home tomorrow?What rules would the child
need to see the adults
follow to feel safe enough to
return home?How can we find out for
sure what the child is
feeling?To assess the
parent’s level of
informal support
On a scale of 0 –10, how
would you rate your effort
to help the family engage
a support network of safe
people who will be there
for them even after the
child welfare agency is
gone?Before your next visit, what
else could you do to move
your number up by one?To assess the
parent’s
willingness and
capacity to ask
their support
network for help
On a scale of 0 – 10, how
convinced are you the
parents will follow their
safety plans and contact
their support network and
ask for help?What would you need to
see happen to feel more
confident?