Elements and Performance Criteria
- Assess suitability for self managed contact
- Plan with parents to establish self managed contact
- Help parents to identify issues and barriers to self manage contact
- Develop a case plan to assist the family achieve self managed contact according to organisation policy
- Model time management and planning skills to parents seeking self managed contact
- Model parenting skills and appropriate child behaviour management
- Use negotiation skills to assist parents to reach agreement about self managed contact
- Ensure that plans for self managed contact are in accordance with court orders
- Monitor and review transition plan
- Review the transition into self management plan regularly
- Revise the plan as determined by family and/or worker assessment of new or existing information
- Maintain a child focused approach in transition planning
- Encourage parents to remain child focused in all aspects of transition form the support of Children's Contact Service
- Follow revised plans to assist families achieve self managed contact