{"report_id":351,"form_id":"22","user_id":81,"organization_id":13,"question_id":"318","question_type":"Free_Text","text_answer":"Information obtained during the Debrief regarding Learning Point:\r\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tFamily dynamics are convoluted and intertwined coupled by SSIS database challenges \r\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tComplexity of family dynamics impacted how to document in SSIS, along with two family assessments overlapping.  \r\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tCP Intake sets up the participants and victim children in SSIS\r\no\tCP intake came in around 4pm on Friday (03\/27). The CP intake was entered into SSIS and screened in for family assessment on Monday (03\/30). \r\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tKnowledge of complex social services history for subject child's half-brother was limited by accessibility of intakes and workgroups as all of them do not appear in the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcassociated workgroups feature' of SSIS.  \r\no\tNot associated because documented under the legal guardian, which was the subject child's half-brother's deceased grandmother \r\no\tMNCIS was used, MGA Court Records online did not exist in 2015\r\no\tProcess of accessing court documents for subject child's half-brother entailed calling the clerk, who could sometimes find requested information, but sometimes could not. \r\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tBelief about family assessments being less severe allegations and lower safety risk, a softer approach, and perceived to be voluntary work with families, similar to PSOP cases. \r\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tBecause maltreatment determinations are not made for family assessments, attention was on providing services to the family, especially legal permanency for the subject child's half-brother through guardianship with his Aunt.\r\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tThis family assessment was lower priority on workers caseload due to the nature of the allegations, perception of family assessment being voluntary, and that there was a family assessment workgroup open with the subject child's half-brother already (opened on March 4), where the professional was already providing services regarding legal permanency. \r\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tThe subject child's half-brother was included as a participant on the FA, therefore the he would qualify for CP Family Assessment - Case Management. \r\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\tGuidance on how to add victim child and\/or allegation to a victim child in an already open FA\/FI had changed around March 2015, it did not make sense to the professional to make a new CP report for allegation of neglect (failure to protect from serious endangerment) to subject child's half-brother by Aunt's former husband. \r\no\tTime and attention to the new guidance about how to document in SSIS was not priority for the professional because the goal was to work with the family to address needs and provide services. \r\no\tThe professional believed the Aunt was following through with expectations in regard to establishing legal permanency for the subject child's half-brother. \r\no\tIt did not make sense to make a CP intake because it would have been documented under the deceased grandmother's name and the professional would have to duplicate documentation between the workgroups. This would have been time intensive and hard for the professional to track. \r\no\tThe workaround met the goal of getting the child and family the services they needed, and did not require the worker to document in two separate family assessment workgroups.\r\n\u00ef\u201a\u00a7\tLess confusing since would have had to document under the deceased grandmother in SSIS\r\no\tThe SSIS technicality was not priority. \r\n\u00ef\u201a\u00a7\tMondays were especially stressful for assessment workers\/investigators, because the intake backlog from Friday late afternoon and over the weekend was entered and distributed amongst the assessment\/investigation units for assignment to assessment workers\/investigators.\r\n\u00ef\u201a\u00a7\tThere was a significant amount of family assessments\/investigations backlogged and ready to be assigned as well. There were not enough assessment workers\/investigators available to work the influx number of cases being screened in. \r\n\u00ef\u201a\u00a7\tThe time to juggle notes back and forth in SSIS for companion cases would not have been productive given the totality of the circumstances.","created_by":81,"updated_by":81,"updated_at":"5\/26\/2021 1:53:31 pm","created_at":"5\/26\/2021 1:53:31 pm","id":35483}