Using Child Welfare Program in Behavioral Health Suite

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Child Welfare Demographics

You can document relevant demographic information such as contact information, address and employment history, emergency contacts, and family household information. You can use the CW Demographics (BH) template to enroll users in programs and capture demographic and other important information on participants in a child welfare program. With the Family Unit feature, you can group patients under a certain name or category. Each member of the household, including foster children, must be entered into a family unit. Each family unit must have a single member identified as the main participant. To update family unit information, select File > Family Unit > Unit setup. Child Welfare Demographics If applicable, you can select the Special Assistance checkbox to open a picklist that can be configured on the BH Foundation Configuration template. Note: You can open the BH Foundation Configuration template by selecting File > System \ Practice Template. For more information, go to NextGen Healthc

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Child Welfare Training and Group Note

You can document the trainings, events, and group sessions specific to child welfare and print a summary of the details. CW Training And Group Note(BH) Panel You can document the following details of the trainings, events, and group details of a foster or adoption parent on the CW Group and Training Note (BH) template. Group details Details of training classes and events Details of group participants Attendance and participation details like the behavior of parents during courses Details of courses, meetings, and trainings Final summary details with any concerns and recommendations You can generate a document with the details of courses and the participation of potential foster parents and family. Open the CW Training and Group Note Template You can document details about the training and group sessions that foster or adoptive parents attend. Document Child Welfare Training and Group Information You can generate a document with details about group sessions, trainings, participants, and

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Child Welfare Home Interview

You can do an in-depth interview of prospective foster parents. After the phone interview of prospective foster parents, you can do the home interview of the parents. The home interview is an in-depth interview of the prospective foster parents. During the home interview, the program staff determines the preferences of the prospective foster parents for foster placement and documents the following details about the fostering family on the CW Home Interview (BH) template. Age and relationship of family members living at home Employment and details of the availability to take care of the children Medical, psychological, and criminal histories of the household family members Details of the home environment where the foster family lives CW Home Interview (BH) Panel The information icon on the panels indicates that the panels are shared with other templates. The fields in the panels are filled automatically if the details are documented on any of the related templates. You can generate a do

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Child Welfare Phone Interview

You can document the initial screening of the prospective foster or adoptive parents. Child Welfare Phone Interview Panel The CW Phone Interview (BH) template enables you to document the initial screening details of prospective foster or adoptive parents. The details collected during this screening help in the subsequent interviews and encounters with foster parents. The panels on this template display the details documented on the CW Demographics (BH) and CW Home Interview (BH). You can view and manage the following details of a foster or adoptive parent on the CW Phone Interview (BH) template. General information and marital status License and certification details Transfer details of foster care agencies Parent's home environment with details of all family members Employment, medical, and background details of all family members The information icon on the panels indicates that the panels are shared with other templates. The fields in the panels are filled automatically if the detai

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Child Welfare Foster Dashboard

You can easily view empty beds available for foster children, and continue to track the locations of each foster child within the program. CW Foster Dashboard(BH) Panel The CW Foster Dashboard (BH) template enables you to view the beds that are available for foster children. You can view the locations of the foster children within the Foster Care or Adoption Service program. The data of foster parents and children are entered in the Bed Placement Configuration panel on the CW Demographics (BH) template. The assignment of foster children to a specific bed and foster family is done on the CW Demographic (BH) template of the foster family, main participant. Note: The data grid on the CW Foster Dashboard template gets the available bed details from the extended data grid in the Bed Placement Configuration panel on the CW Demographics (BH) template. Open CW Foster Dashboard Template You can view and track children with family units on the CW Foster Family Placement Dashboard template. Searc

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Child Welfare Summary and Case Closure

You can document the details when a parent (main participant) leaves the child welfare program. When a parent (main participant) leaves a foster care program, the providers document the discharge summary on the CW Summary/Case Closure (BH) template. The foster parent can leave the program for a variety of reasons. Parent adopted their foster child. Parent are no longer open to fostering or adoption. Parent are not eligible for foster care programs. CW Summary/Case closure Panel You can use the Signature (Tasking Supervisor/Staff for review and signoff) panel on the template to request secondary approval or attestation from another user. You can send a task to the approver requesting approval. The approver can use this panel to add their electronic signature and generate a Signature Attestation document that is separate from the template document. Note: You must use the Signature (Tasking Supervisor/Staff for review and signoff) panel only when you need secondary approval. You can gener

Using Child Welfare Program in Behavioral Health Suite

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Child Welfare Demographics

Child Welfare Training and Group Note

Child Welfare Home Interview

Child Welfare Phone Interview

Child Welfare Foster Dashboard

Child Welfare Summary and Case Closure

Using Child Welfare Program in Behavioral Health Suite

Child Welfare Demographics

Child Welfare Training and Group Note

Child Welfare Home Interview

Child Welfare Phone Interview

Child Welfare Foster Dashboard

Child Welfare Summary and Case Closure