FCC Assessment 2: Organizational Readiness for Whole-Family Work

Organizational Culture

Please select among the following answers which statement best describes your organizational culture.

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* 1. Mission

Full Family-Centered: Working with the whole family is central to the mission

Some Family-Centered: Mission includes working with families but not an explicit focus on working with the whole family.

Not Family-Centered: The focus is on one member of the family (usually child or adult).

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* 2. Leadership

Fully Family-Centered: Leadership embraces whole-family approaches and has made it a priority with supports and tools to implement.

Some Family-Centered: Leadership is aware of and in support of family-centered coaching approach, but hasn’t yet implemented necessary supports or tools.

Not Family-Centered: Organization leadership is unaware of or not concerned with how work with the whole family takes place.

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* 3. Staffing

Fully Family-Centered: Staff reflect the diversity of the communities being served, and the organization provides cultural competency training and support.

Some Family-Centered: Staff reflect the diversity of the communities being served, but staff are not supported in understanding cultural contexts.

Not Family-Centered: Staff do not reflect the communities in which they serve and are not supported in understanding cultural contexts.

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* 4. Approach to Family

Fully Family-Centered: Family/parent is the driver of the work together; strength-based focus.

Some Family-Centered: Family/parent is included in the planning; driver is the coach; plan is jointly agreed upon.

Not Family-Centered: Caseworker or case manager is driver of the work.

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* 5. Use of Data

Fully Family-Centered: Organization collects and uses data on the whole family to reflect on effectiveness of coaching. When in partnership, organizations share data regularly and have data sharing agreements in place.

Some Family-Centered: Organization collects and uses data on the whole family but does not regularly review or share with partners.

Not Family-Centered: Organization does not review data on the whole family on a regular basis or at all, or does not share data across departments or partners.