County Self Assessment Questionnaire

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The San Luis Obispo County Departments of Social Services and Probation seek your input for our County Self-Assessment. The County Self-Assessment is part of a state mandated triennial review process that results in a System Improvement Plan. The System Improvement Plan is our county’s commitment to both the state and the children and families we serve that we will take the steps necessary to address areas in need of improvement.

During the County Self-Assessment we are seeking input from our partner agencies and from the families of San Luis Obispo County, if you are interested in providing input, please answer the following questions by May 16th, 2008.

We look forward to your input.

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FOCUS ON TIMELY SOCIAL WORKER OR PROBATION OFFICER CONTACT ON INVESTIGATIONS AND CASE MANAGEMENT:

#1 What has been your experience regarding the timeliness and responsiveness of the agency’s action related to your report?

#2 Are there areas that you see as a way for the Juvenile Probation Department and/or Child Welfare Services to be more timely?

#3 How has the timeliness or responsiveness of the agency affected your relationship with the agency?

#3a How has the timeliness or responsiveness of the agency affected the family you called about?

Focus on re-entry of children into foster care:

#4 What do you believe are important elements or issues facing our families after they leave Child Welfare Services and/or the Juvenile Probation Department?

#4a What are the services they might need?

#5 From your perspective, how can the Juvenile Probation Department and/or Child Welfare Services contribute to increase the success rate of families who are involved in reunification services, thereby avoiding re-entry into care?

#6 Do you think there are missing services that contribute to children going back into foster care?

#6a If so, what are they?

Emancipation and permanency planning:

#7 Achieving successful launching means: · Preparing the youth with skills for managing adult life · Creating a meaningful permanent connection to provide support in the first decade of adult life. What can Child Welfare Services and/or Juvenile Probation Department do to support these two important components of successful launching?

#8 Achieving successful launching means: · Preparing the youth with skills for managing adult life · Creating a meaningful permanent connection to provide support in the first decade of adult life. What can the community do to support these two important components of successful launching?

General improvement:

#9 Understanding that the County’s Self Improvement Plan process addresses children who are already involved with Juvenile Probation Department/Child Welfare Services, do you have any additional thoughts in how we can improve our processes?

Congratulations, you have completed the survey.

Thank you for assisting us in working towards our next Self Improvement Plan. If you have any questions, please call Belinda Benassi @ 805-781-1841 or email bbenassi@co.slo.ca.us.

San Luis Obispo County, California

County Self Assessment Questionnaire