What is the Rehabilitative Philosophy for Child Protective Services?
Child Protective Services attempts to assure the safety and welfare of children through various strategies. A CPS worker enters into a relationship with a family to identify, control, and reduce the risk to children. Factors relating to the origin of the risk are identified and matched with client outcomes. The treatment process is a deliberate, reasonable, mutually agreed upon strategy to reduce the risk which required CPS intervention. It involves planned action to move the family toward desired goals. Using a combination of support, direction, and authority, the worker may provide direct services to the family members and also act as case manager in coordinating the provision of other services that are needed. Principles to the social work discipline for CPS: The ultimate success of CPS intervention rests with the family, which must be encouraged to be involved with and participate in the intervention process. • Most CPS clients can change their behavior if provided sufficient help
