INTACT SPECIALTY EXAM
Child and Family Team (CFT0 - correct answer Refers to a group of individuals
identified by and with the family
-Members of the team most commonly include: parent(s); child(ren) (when
emotionally and developmentally appropriate); other concerned family members;
concerned persons from the community, including school/daycare staff; the
DCFS/POS Intact Family Services Worker and Supervisor; and service providers
Child Centered Collateral Contacts - correct answer People who are identified by
the child and individuals who are part of the child's life such as day care, school,
and mental health
Foster Care Candidacy - correct answer Recognition that one or more children in
an intact family may be at imminent risk of placement into substitute care if the
services outlined in the service plan are unavailable, refused, or ineffective.
Hand-Off Staffing - correct answer Meeting that takes place between the Child
Protection Specialist and/or Child Protection Supervisor and the Intact Family
Services Worker and/or Intact Family Supervisor
-Purpose is to provide the Intact Family Services Worker/Supervisor with the
information/documentation necessary to provide the family with adequate
services and interventions
-Will involve a discussion of the safety needs of the child(ren), the dynamics of
the case, the strengths of the family, and the service needs of the family
Initial Assessment - correct answer -Takes place within first 45 days of case
opening
-Preliminary assessment conducted by Child Protection Specialist/Intact Family
Services Worker
-Consideration shall be given to how th best meet the presenting needs of the
family in light of relevant safety considerations; including, but not limited to,
referral and linkage to various community services as deemed appropriate, Intact
Family Services, or possible court involvement
,Intact Family Services Worker - correct answer A family-centered change agent
who partners with families to use expert knowledge throughout the decision and
goal making processes providing individualized, culturally-responsive, and
relevant services for each family to ensure child safety, permanency, and well
being.
-Assists in mobilizing resources to maximize communication, shared planning,
and collaboration among the several community and/or neighborhood systems
that are directly involved with the family to strengthen the family's capacity to
function effectively
Integrated Assessment(IA) - correct answer Formal process that seeks to achieve
the identification of the behaviors, conditions, and issues leading to the child's
maltreatment and family's involvement; the child and family's strengths,
supports, and protective factors; and those services needed to achieve safety,
well-being, stability and to prevent out of home placement
Interim Service Agreement - correct answer -Happens at 1st home visit
-Review the reasons why the case has been opened first
-A written agreement developed at the transitional visit with the family and the
Intact Family Services Worker, identifying immediate service needs during the
interim period between first contact and the development of the Family Service
Plan (which shall be completed within 45 days of case opening)
-Should be documented in a Contact Note
Minimum Parenting Standards - correct answer A parent or other person
responsible for the child's welfare sees that the child is adequately fed, clothed
appropriately for the weather conditions, provided with adequate shelter,
protected from physical, mental, and emotional harm, and provided with
necessary medical care and education as required by law
Protective Factors - correct answer Aspects of a family's functioning that when
present serve to enhance the safety and well-being of children and when absent
serve to increase the risk to children
, -Parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of parenting and child
development, concrete support in times of need, social and emotional
competence, and healthy parent-child relationships
Relative - correct answer Any person, 21 years of age or over other than the
parent who:
-is currently related to the child
-is the spouse, or party to a civil union, of such relative
-the child's step-father, step-mother, step-grandmother, step-grandfather, or adult
step-brother or step-sister
-the partner, or adult child of a partner, in a civil union with the child's mother or
father
-a fictive kin
-a person who is related to a sibling of a child in any of the ways described
above
-Godparent
Fictive Kin - correct answer person who has close personal or emotional ties with
the child or the child's family prior to the child's placement with the person
Godparent - correct answer person who sponsors a child at baptism or a person
in whom the parents have entrusted a special duty that includes assisting in
raising the child if the parent in unable to raise the child
Service Planning - correct answer Strength based, child focused, family centered,
trauma informed activity that is inclusive of who the family identifies as providing
support to the family and focuses on child safety by engaging the family's
problem solving capacities toward the end of enhancing their protective
capacities to control or prevent safety threats from affecting their children
throughout the life of the case
Transfer - correct answer Fiscal and planning responsibility for a case which is
open on CYCIS is changed, via a CFS 1425, Change of Status Form, from one
region/site/field office to another.
Child and Family Team (CFT0 - correct answer Refers to a group of individuals
identified by and with the family
-Members of the team most commonly include: parent(s); child(ren) (when
emotionally and developmentally appropriate); other concerned family members;
concerned persons from the community, including school/daycare staff; the
DCFS/POS Intact Family Services Worker and Supervisor; and service providers
Child Centered Collateral Contacts - correct answer People who are identified by
the child and individuals who are part of the child's life such as day care, school,
and mental health
Foster Care Candidacy - correct answer Recognition that one or more children in
an intact family may be at imminent risk of placement into substitute care if the
services outlined in the service plan are unavailable, refused, or ineffective.
Hand-Off Staffing - correct answer Meeting that takes place between the Child
Protection Specialist and/or Child Protection Supervisor and the Intact Family
Services Worker and/or Intact Family Supervisor
-Purpose is to provide the Intact Family Services Worker/Supervisor with the
information/documentation necessary to provide the family with adequate
services and interventions
-Will involve a discussion of the safety needs of the child(ren), the dynamics of
the case, the strengths of the family, and the service needs of the family
Initial Assessment - correct answer -Takes place within first 45 days of case
opening
-Preliminary assessment conducted by Child Protection Specialist/Intact Family
Services Worker
-Consideration shall be given to how th best meet the presenting needs of the
family in light of relevant safety considerations; including, but not limited to,
referral and linkage to various community services as deemed appropriate, Intact
Family Services, or possible court involvement
,Intact Family Services Worker - correct answer A family-centered change agent
who partners with families to use expert knowledge throughout the decision and
goal making processes providing individualized, culturally-responsive, and
relevant services for each family to ensure child safety, permanency, and well
being.
-Assists in mobilizing resources to maximize communication, shared planning,
and collaboration among the several community and/or neighborhood systems
that are directly involved with the family to strengthen the family's capacity to
function effectively
Integrated Assessment(IA) - correct answer Formal process that seeks to achieve
the identification of the behaviors, conditions, and issues leading to the child's
maltreatment and family's involvement; the child and family's strengths,
supports, and protective factors; and those services needed to achieve safety,
well-being, stability and to prevent out of home placement
Interim Service Agreement - correct answer -Happens at 1st home visit
-Review the reasons why the case has been opened first
-A written agreement developed at the transitional visit with the family and the
Intact Family Services Worker, identifying immediate service needs during the
interim period between first contact and the development of the Family Service
Plan (which shall be completed within 45 days of case opening)
-Should be documented in a Contact Note
Minimum Parenting Standards - correct answer A parent or other person
responsible for the child's welfare sees that the child is adequately fed, clothed
appropriately for the weather conditions, provided with adequate shelter,
protected from physical, mental, and emotional harm, and provided with
necessary medical care and education as required by law
Protective Factors - correct answer Aspects of a family's functioning that when
present serve to enhance the safety and well-being of children and when absent
serve to increase the risk to children
, -Parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of parenting and child
development, concrete support in times of need, social and emotional
competence, and healthy parent-child relationships
Relative - correct answer Any person, 21 years of age or over other than the
parent who:
-is currently related to the child
-is the spouse, or party to a civil union, of such relative
-the child's step-father, step-mother, step-grandmother, step-grandfather, or adult
step-brother or step-sister
-the partner, or adult child of a partner, in a civil union with the child's mother or
father
-a fictive kin
-a person who is related to a sibling of a child in any of the ways described
above
-Godparent
Fictive Kin - correct answer person who has close personal or emotional ties with
the child or the child's family prior to the child's placement with the person
Godparent - correct answer person who sponsors a child at baptism or a person
in whom the parents have entrusted a special duty that includes assisting in
raising the child if the parent in unable to raise the child
Service Planning - correct answer Strength based, child focused, family centered,
trauma informed activity that is inclusive of who the family identifies as providing
support to the family and focuses on child safety by engaging the family's
problem solving capacities toward the end of enhancing their protective
capacities to control or prevent safety threats from affecting their children
throughout the life of the case
Transfer - correct answer Fiscal and planning responsibility for a case which is
open on CYCIS is changed, via a CFS 1425, Change of Status Form, from one
region/site/field office to another.
