Record a strengths record for a case

Strengths and Concerns records are the ”r;heart” of case planning. Every individual or family strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past. will have its own strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past. record that will describe the strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past.. A strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past. record can be created for one or multiple case members. The components of a strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past. record are:

• Participants (These are the case members who have an active role This term will be found in the Participant’s grid of the all activity sources with the exception of External Assessment. This term refers only the selected person and their role in the activity source and not their person relationships. Those types of associations would be recorded in the Person Associations hyperlink only. in a particular strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past. record.)

• Indicators (These are areas identified by assessment tools indicating a the strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past..)

• Describe the Strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past. (This is a text box where you describe the functional strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past..)

Follow these steps to enter a strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past. record for a case.

1. From the Home screen, click the Case tab. The Case Workload screen appears.

2. Click the case ID number link for the case you want to update. The Case Overview screen appears.

3. Click Strengths and Concerns in the link menu. The Strengths tab appears.

4. Click Add Strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past. to record a new strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past. record for one or more case members. The Strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past. screen appears.

5. In the Participants grid, select the check box for each case member who has the strengths you are documenting.

6. In the Available Strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past. Indicators box, click the items for the record and click Add>>. Those items move to the Selected Strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past. Indicators box. DCS assessments such as the CANS CANS stands for Child and Adolescent Need and Strengths. CANS is a tool that identifies and ranks strengths and needs of children., FAST, YLS, and ACLSA should help you determine what the indicators should be for that strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past..

7. In the Describe the Strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past. box, enter more details about the strengths you selected.

8. Click Save. You are returned to the Strengths tab.

9. (Optional) Link the applicable CFTM CFTM stands for Child and Family Team Meeting. This team is built by DCS to make plans, decisions and recommendations toward achievement of permanency for the children involved./FSTM to the strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past. record. You would link the CFTM CFTM stands for Child and Family Team Meeting. This team is built by DCS to make plans, decisions and recommendations toward achievement of permanency for the children involved./FSTM where the strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past. was discussed.

   1. Click the CFTM CFTM stands for Child and Family Team Meeting. This team is built by DCS to make plans, decisions and recommendations toward achievement of permanency for the children involved. link next to the strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past. record. The Link-Unlink CFTM CFTM stands for Child and Family Team Meeting. This team is built by DCS to make plans, decisions and recommendations toward achievement of permanency for the children involved. screen appears.

   2. Select the check box for each CFTM CFTM stands for Child and Family Team Meeting. This team is built by DCS to make plans, decisions and recommendations toward achievement of permanency for the children involved. record you want to link to the strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past. record.

   3. Click Link. The Strengths tab appears. The CFTM CFTM stands for Child and Family Team Meeting. This team is built by DCS to make plans, decisions and recommendations toward achievement of permanency for the children involved. is now linked to the strength Skills, abilities, talents, resiliencies, and resources that have enabled a family to be successful or to overcome adversity in the past. record.

See also:

Record a concern record for a case

Link strengths and concerns records to a family permanency plan  

Record a family permanency plan