Like Family Peer Support Services (FPSS) (under the CFTSS program), the Caregiver/Family Supports and Services refers to a conglomeration of activities (supports and services) provided to family/caretaker of a child who is experiencing psychiatric, emotional, social developmental or substance use difficulties to enable the child function as a part of the caregiver/family unit and increase the ability of the care provider/family to care for the child/youth in the home and/or community. However, unlike the Family Peer Support Services where services are provided by a NYS licensed Family Peer Support (FPA) who has lived experience, the Caregiver/family support and services can be performed by anyone with a CDOS credentials and High School Diploma. Such services necessarily facilitate the flow of the family and are important, but are not nearly as technical as the services provided by a FPA. These services can be provided in the home and community where child/youth lives and in setting that child/youth and family/caregiver is happy with or in locations where child/youth and family/caregiver are seen for services.
Service Components
Interfacing with family/caregiver and child/youth to advocate for them when needed, as in CSE evaluation, IEP meetings or facilitating housing, food stamps, Medicaid and other issues for the family. · Helping family be independent and/or self-sufficient by working with them to develop good knowledge of the community resources and, sharpening their access to these services. · Help child/youth and family problem solve and or develop the skills of when to initiate referrals or other help seeking behavior. · This service can be provided on one-on-one or in a group of not more than two.
As the service name indicates, respite services provide temporary relief to a family/Caregiver caring for a child who is experiencing, emotional, social, medical, development and substance use difficulties. Respite worker provides a needed break between the child and caretaker by taking over and temporarily supervising the child/youth and providing recreational activities that support child/youth’s interest, that of the caregiver and the treatment plan for the child/youth. As in all services, Respite is provided within a designated timeframe and can be planned or used in time of crisis.
Prevocational services refer to resources and supports offered to children fourteen years and over, whose psychiatric, emotional, and social developmental or substance use difficulties compound their access to work environment open to youths without such diagnoses/symptoms. Such services are aimed at helping a child find and keep a job and mostly occur as part of teaching the world of work, rather than the goals or objective of any workplace. Lessons here are tailored to meet the objectives of all workplace, rather than teach how any particular workplace functions.
Service components
Components of prevocational Services include:
As the list shows, prevocational services are about providing youth with skills needed to perform in any integrative and competitive job settings.
This refers to the support and services given to a youth who is experiencing psychiatric, emotional, social, and developmental or substance use difficulties who needs continuous support in order to obtain and maintain a job in an integrated workplace or self-employment. Unlike the prevocational services which prepare a youth for the work world, supported employment services are given to a youth who is actively seeking a job or already has a job but would need ongoing support to retain the job. Such a job can be in an integrated setting or the youth can be self-employed.
Service Components
Service components of supported employment include job scouting and placement, job planning and development, job coaching, interfacing with prospective employers and supervisors on needed accommodations based on youth’s health and developmental abilities, transportation, job training and the like.
This service refers to resources and support that are offered to children/youths, whose psychiatric, emotional, social developmental or substance use difficulties limit their ability to access and/or participate maximally in community events. Community Self Advocacy Training and Support helps the children/youths, caregiver and collateral contacts both to understand and respond to a child/youth’s disability/medical challenges, and to strategize on how best to integrate child/youth in communal affairs.
Service components
This involves examining ways and behaviors to help a child/youth be successful in the community, giving direct self-advocacy trainings which focus on child/youth health/disability needs and how best to work with child/youth daily or particular times as during transitions. Services can be delivered on one on one or in group of not more than twelve members and can be in the home or community-based settings, where child/youth works, socializes or receives services.
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