STRENGTHS & NEEDS ASSESSMENT 2025

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The document is a North Carolina Strengths and Needs Assessment tool designed for social workers to evaluate the strengths and needs of families involved in child welfare cases. It includes various categories such as emotional/mental health, parenting skills, substance use, housing conditions, family relationships, and caregiver history. Each category has specific scoring criteria to assess the level of need or strength within the household. The assessment aims to identify areas that require intervention and support for both caregivers and children, facilitating case planning and service agreements.

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Click ‘Get Form’ to open the STRENGTHS & NEEDS ASSESSMENT in the editor.
Begin by filling in the basic information at the top of the form, including County, Case Number, Case Name, and dates for Assessment Completed and Report Received.
Identify whether this is an Initial or Reassessment by selecting the appropriate option and entering the corresponding number.
Assess each item listed under Emotional/Mental Health, Parenting Skills, Substance Use, etc. Select one score only under each category based on the household member with the greatest need.
For each section, ensure you record scores accurately. If multiple caregivers are present, choose the highest score reflecting their needs.
Once all sections are completed, summarize identified strengths and needs at the end of the form by listing S codes and titles along with their scores.

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What is a strength-based needs assessment?

Strengths-based (or asset-based) approaches focus on individuals strengths (including personal strengths and social and community networks) and not on their deficits. Strengths-based practice is holistic and multidisciplinary and works with the individual to promote their wellbeing.

What are the 6 key principles of a strengths-based approach?

What are six key principles of a strength based approach? Goal Setting. Strengths Assessment. Environmental Resources. Alternative methods come first for different situations. Hope inducing relationships. Autonomy to make meaningful choices.

What are some examples of needs assessments?

For example, a needs assessment might include the concerns of the service providers (e.g. teachers, guidance counselors, or school principalsthe people who have a direct relationship with the service receivers) or system issues (e.g., availability of programs, services, and personnel; level of program coordination

What is the goal of a strength-based assessment?

Strengths-based assessment is about learning more about each unique participant and continuing to engage them so that they feel acknowledged and respected at each step of the way.

What are strengths and needs?

To complement the Southwest Child Protection Procedures (SWCCP), the Family Strengths and Needs Toolkit has been designed to assist professionals in identifying and assessing children and young people who are at risk of and experiencing neglect.

How to write a strengths-based assessment?

Strengths based assessments are based on good quality conversations, which focus on what people want to tell us and what they want us to know, not just about what we want to ask them. There should be no service or needs led questions at the start.

What is the strengths and needs assessment tool?

COMMUNICATION TRANSPARENCY: Remind the family the Strengths Needs Assessment Tool is a way of summarizing how the child/youth is doing over all, across a broad range of areas so that we, the team, dont overlook something important or spend time in therapy working on areas where the child/family has no challenges

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