A Plan of Safe Care (POSC) is a tool that can be used to support individuals or families impacted by substance use or taking medications to treat substance use disorders.
Model description SafeCare aims to improve (1) parental health decision making skills, (2) the safety of the home environment, and (3) parenting skills and parent-infant/parent-child interactions. SafeCare serves families with young children from birth through age 5 years.
A Plan of Safe Care is defined as a document that lists and directs services and supports to provide for the safety and well-being of an infant affected by substance abuse, withdrawal, or FASD, including services for the infant and their family/caregiver.
Providers must assess the risks to people's health and safety during any care or treatment and make sure that staff have the qualifications, competence, skills and experience to keep people safe.
A Plan of Safe Care is designed to ensure the safety and well-being of an infant with prenatal substance exposure by addressing the health and substance use disorder treatment needs of both the infant and the affected family or caregiver.