What Do I Need To Know?
- You will be asked to help develop a
team
Wraparound Team
A group of people – chosen with the family and connected to them through natural, community, and formal support relationships – who develop and implement the family’s plan, address unmet needs, and work toward the family’s vision.
and make decisions with that team. - You will be asked to identify your family’s
strengths
Strengths
Strengths are the assets, skills, capacities, actions, talents, potential and gifts in each family member, each team member, the family as a whole, and the community. In wraparound, strengths help family members and others to successfully navigate life situations; thus, a goal for the wraparound process is to promote these strengths and to use them to accomplish the goals in the team’s plan of care.
and needs. - You and your team will consider a variety of
actions
Action Steps
Statements in a wraparound plan that describe specific activities that will be undertaken, including who will do them and within what time frame.
to meet needs. - Your wraparound
plan
Individual Support Plan (ISP)
A dynamic document that describes the family, the team, and the work to be undertaken to meet the family’s needs and achieve the family’s long-term vision.
will change regularly. - You and your team will get an opportunity to evaluate whether your plan is getting to the results or
outcomes
Outcomes
Child, family, or team goals stated in a way that can be observed & measured.
you want.
What Can I Expect?
- You can expect a
Case Manager
Case Manager
A person who is trained to coordinate the wraparound process for an individual family. In some agencies, this person may also be called Care Coordinator, Navigator, Wraparound Specialist, Resource Case Manager or some other term. At Wings, your Case Manager will act as your wraparound facilitator. The person in the facilitator role may change over time, depending on what the family thinks is working best. For example, a parent, caregiver, or other team member may take over facilitating team meetings after a period of time.
to contact you to get to know you and your family. - You can expect regular team meetings.
- You can expect to get copies of all plans and reports including your wraparound plan and your strengths inventory.
- You can expect your first youth/child and family team meeting to occur within one month of your initial conversation with your Case Manager.
- You can expect that the Case Manager may ask you to sign papers so that he or she can talk to other people in preparing for your first team meeting.
- Throughout the process, you can expect to be respected and your voice to be heard.
What Can I Do To Be Prepared?
If you would like to get started on your own with the Wraparound process, here are some suggestions:
- Make an initial strengths list of what each member of your family does well, what they like and what their best features are.
- Make a list of who has been helpful to you or your family as well as who cares about what happens to you.
- Think about your goals and what you would like your family life to be like in the future.