How do community partners and the work they do fit into the Oregon Safety Model?
Community partners will continue to work with the Department and with families as they have always done so. However, because the Oregon Safety Model, when fully implemented, provides the Department with an understanding of what is uniquely occurring within the family, the Department will also be able to focus the intervention provided by community partners. Rather than simply asking a parent to engage in a particular service and relying upon the provider to decide, in a vacuum, what the service is intended to accomplish, the Oregon Safety Model allows all of us to focus on specific, observable outcomes from particular services, and a consistent way to measure progress and appropriateness of services. For community partners and service providers working with the child, each can engage in meeting the child’s identified needs and supporting the child during a very difficult time.
