Family Group Decision making is one
option for social workers that continues
to reach beyond its
introduction within child-welfare. Within a short period of time it has been
utilized in a variety of settings by people who work with
children and families. Some of these settings include:
Child Welfare:
To keep children safely at home
To return a child safely from
placement
To increase Kinship involvement
To help stabilize a troubled
placement
Juvenile Justice/Balance
&Restorative Justice:
To plan for a juvenile who has
admitted to offense or found guilty
To plan for a juvenile at the
court/intake level
To empower families to create
supervision plans
To safely return juveniles from
placement
Schools:
To resolve disruptive behaviors
To address truancy
To resolve concerns of
suspension/expulsion
MH/MR:
To resolve disruptive/unsafe
behavior
To help youth remain in community
To include family in treatment
To reduce isolation, secrecy and
involve community
