Auberle
In-Home Services works with child protective service agencies to help
families who are in crisis. Our ultimate goal is to keep families together
and to keep children safe.
Families accepted in the program are at risk of having children removed
from the home. Families are likewise accepted for services if they want
to reunite with children who have been removed or placed.
Auberle In-Home Services works with families to provide the necessary
skills to strengthen themselves. We will do whatever is necessary to
protect the children while keeping them safely at home.
Auberle In-Home Services are comprised of intensive family intervention
programs that typically provides services focused on stabilizing the
family in crisis and preserving the family unit.
Auberle In-Home Services are tailored to meet the needs of each individual
family situation. The focus is on empowering families and teaching skills
that will assist them in dealing with stress and crisis situations in
the future.
Each
of Auberle’s Family Preservation Specialists focuses on the family’s
strengths, building upon them and allowing the family maximum input
in treatment planning. Auberle In-Home Services accept referrals 24
hours a day, seven days a week.
Once a family is referred, a Family Preservation Specialist arranges
the initial home visit, usually within two hours of the referral call.
The Family Preservation Specialist visits with the family and explains
the program and the expectations. The number and duration of visits
depend on the recommendations of the referring agency.
What Makes In-Home Services Different?
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Services are intensive and tailored to meet the needs of the families.
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Family Preservation Specialists carry small caseloads, usually no
more than three to four families, allowing them to devote the time
needed to affect change.
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Our focus is on empowering families and teaching skills that will
assist in dealing with stress and crisis situations in the future.
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We focus on a family's strengths, building upon them and allowing
the family maximum input in treatment planning.
What
Makes In-Home Services Different?
Admissions
criteria:
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least one child is at risk of removal or is currently in placement
outside the family home.
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at least one adult in the home is willing to work with the service
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an alleged or actual sexual abuse perpetrator cannot reside in the
home
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Supervised
Visitation
Supervised
visits are focused on families whose children were removed from the
home with the goal of reunification. Visits occurring between parents
and children are supervised by a Family Preservation Specialist at the
courthouse, Auberle office, or in the home. During these visits, the
parents are able to demonstrate the necessary skills that they are learning.
At the same time, the Family Preservation Specialist is available to
correct and teach needed parenting skills. This program is also appropriate
when only the supervision of parent and child is needed.
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Transportation
Auberle
provides services in order to ensure safe, reliable transportation for
children and their families. This program works in partnership with
all Auberle In-Home and Foster Care Programs. Transportation is available,
by appointment, 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.
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Low Risk Assessment
Service
provided through the Family Preservation Program. Then the designated
FPS visits the family’s home to assess the overall risk and safety
of the children. The FPS then completes the assessment paperwork, within
45 days, with a recommendation to county regarding the need for opening
or case closure with Child Protection Services.
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Intensive Family Reunification Program
is
an in-home program designed to provide services that ultimately reunite
children and families. The program accepts referrals 24 hours a day,
seven days a week. The Therapist uses both clinical and life skills
while working with the family, addresses family dynamics, and implements
treatment plan goals. The therapist also provides individual and/or
family therapy to address concerns and issues of the child, parents,
and family. The primary goal is to return child to a safe and permanent
home.
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Drug and Alcohol Program
Auberle
has an Agreement with Value Behavioral Health of Pennsylvania to provide
drug and alcohol outpatient services to children and adolescents. Drug
and Alcohol services are provided at times convenient for the child
and their families, including evenings and weekends.
Services include diagnostic evaluation, individual psychotherapy, family
psychotherapy, pharmacological management, drug testing and reporting
of results. When clients require drug and alcohol services that are
more intensive than outpatient services, Auberle will make referrals
to appropriate organizations within the county.
Services are available to children and adolescents with a DSM-1V Axis
I drug/alcohol diagnosis. Auberle’s objective is to provide recovery-focused
behavioral health services to children and adolescents in their home,
in order to help them lead a drug- and alcohol-free lifestyle and reduce
the harm associated with substance abuse.
The referred children and adolescents are assessed as to the degree
of substance use by Auberle’s Drug and Alcohol Therapist, through
a child and family interview and through use of assessment instruments
including the Substance Abuse Screening Instrument, Short Michigan Alcohol
Screening Test, Chemical Dependency Evaluation Test, Consequences of
Use Checklist, and the PA Client Placement Criteria.
The two primary modes of treatment are individual and family therapy
in the home. Frequency of sessions and length of service depends on
specific needs of individual clients. Clients complete the questionnaire,
How I Think About Drugs and Alcohol, at intake, every four months and
at discharge. This questionnaire reports their abuse and dependence
on drugs and/or alcohol. Aftercare surveys are sent out at six months
and one year after discharge to track long-term success.
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Life Skills
The Life Skills Program addresses the issues underlying the crisis that
were addressed in the previous program. This program is long-term and
concentrates on the in-depth parenting problems within the family.
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