Petras Donna D, Massat Carol Rippey, Essex Elizabeth Lehr
Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60607, USA.
Child Welfare. 2002 Mar-Apr;81(2):225-48.
The Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA) mandates policies designed to increase the frequency and speed with which permanency is achieved for children in the child welfare system. ASFA's focus is on child safety, permanency, and well-being. The expectation that parents correct neglectful conditions within specified time frames places an increased ethical responsibility on child welfare staff. Carrying out this responsibility requires vigorous and innovative approaches to engaging and working with neglectful families. Drawing on a well-established conceptual framework for understanding the determinants of effective parenting, the authors derive the ENGAGE (Engagement, Needs assessment, Goal setting, Assessment of progress, Goal achievement, Ending work) model for achieving permanency within the policy structure. The model incorporates creative client engagement, assessment of family needs, mutual goal setting, the goal achievement process, termination, and aftercare.
1997年的《收养与安全家庭法案》（ASFA）规定了旨在提高儿童福利系统中儿童实现永久性安置的频率和速度的政策。ASFA的重点是儿童安全、永久性安置和福祉。期望父母在规定时间内纠正忽视状况，这增加了儿童福利工作人员的道德责任。履行这一责任需要采取积极创新的方法来与忽视型家庭接触并开展工作。作者借鉴一个成熟的概念框架来理解有效养育的决定因素，得出了ENGAGE（参与、需求评估、目标设定、进展评估、目标达成、结束工作）模型，以便在政策框架内实现永久性安置。该模型包括创造性的客户参与、家庭需求评估、共同目标设定、目标达成过程、结案和后续照护。
