{"report_id":355,"form_id":"22","user_id":81,"organization_id":13,"question_id":"367","question_type":"Free_Text","text_answer":"Using engagement strategies to access the family and build working relationships in order to assess the family's strengths and needs, without law enforcement present, was a successful practice that enabled the staff to remain involved with the family to continue monitoring for risk to safety using least restrictive intervention.  The staff prioritized using the family assessment engagement protocol with the mother by calling the mother first to schedule a time that worked to meet and avoiding the need to make an unexpected home visit to meet the 5 day face to face timeline. Scheduling initial face to face home visits for newly assigned reports -as soon as possible- was a practice norm that the staff had developed to balance best FA practice while also successfully meeting the day response timeline. Furthermore, the staff was able to schedule and meet with the family in the same day, which was a Friday, and the staff also had the following Monday off work.  The staff cross reported the report to law enforcement, and responded under the presumption that law enforcement would not join in the initial face to face for an allegation of neglect, and to facilitate best engagement for a working relationship with the client.","created_by":81,"updated_by":81,"updated_at":"5\/26\/2021 2:05:36 pm","created_at":"5\/26\/2021 2:05:36 pm","id":35792}