What is Family DOORS Everyday?

Family DOORS Everyday is an online web form that professionals like counsellors, psychologists, social workers, and other community workers can use to help clients stay safe and improve their well-being. It follows the Family DOORS framework (McIntosh 2012a).

Like the original Family DOORS Web App (launched in 2017), it is designed to make it easy for any helping professional to detect and evaluate safety and wellbeing risks before they escalate and helps them to tailor their responses.

With the Family DOORS Everyday, professionals can now:

  • Self-register with their practice email address.
  • Easily send a DOORS link by email to their client to complete online
  • Send multiple DOORS links to multiple clients at once.
  • Choose from the below multiple versions of DOORS depending on their client’s situation.

To start using Family DOORS Everyday to support the safety and wellbeing of your clients

Register for Family DOORS Everyday
Already Registered? Login In here to send a DOORS to your client.

Family DOORS Everyday provides its users with the same functionality as the previous online version of the Family DOORS Web App but with a few new features. However, if you are currently using the previous online version of DOORS (Family DOORS Web App), for now you can still login here.  Take note that it will no longer be available as of Friday, 29 November 2024.

Do you have other questions about Family DOORS Everyday? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions for more information.

DOORS Versions

There are four DOORS versions using the Family DOORS Framework (McIntosh & Ralfs, 2012a), which is set out in the DOORS Handbook (McIntosh & Ralfs, 2012b), of which three are available in the Family DOORS Everyday app. All are based on the original FLDOOR 1, McIntosh, 2011a; FLDOOR2, McIntosh, 2011b).

The available tools are:

  • Family Law DOORS for parenting or property matters (FLDOOR 1, McIntosh, 2011; FLDOOR2, McIntosh, 2011)
  • My DOORS with and without parent-child questions (MyDOOR 1, McIntosh & Lee 2016; MyDOOR 2, McIntosh & Lee, 2016)
  • Young Persons’ DOORS (DOORS YP 1, Lee & McIntosh, 2019; DOORS YP 2, Lee & McIntosh, 2019)

Family Law DOORS

Family Law DOORS is intended for adult clients in dispute about a family law matter with another adult person such as people:

  • two people or more mediating about parenting arrangements for dependent children;
  • parents or carers arranging supervised visits or changeover for dependent children;
  • former partners needing a property settlement after a relationship separation; or
  • individual clients seeking family law advice which may result in family law court proceedings.

Family Law DOORS covers non-parent parties in parenting matters who are “significant others” to children (such as grandparents, kinship carers, aunts/uncles and any other person who has can demonstrate a meaningful connection and interest in the children). Based on answers by a client to some demographic questions in Family DOORS Everyday, the Family Law DOORS will be tailored to a client’s individual situation.

MyDOORS

MyDOORS is intended for adult clients who are seeking counselling or therapy; or who need case management for different issues or needs. Each adult client individually complete his/her/their own MyDOORS. Such clients would include:

  • couples seeking relationship counselling;
  • family members seeking family therapy;
  • individuals starting their own counselling after significant or potentially traumatic life events;
  • parents or carers wishing for their dependent children to receive counselling; or
  • people searching for birth family or needing support following being in care as a child.

Based on answers by a client to some demographic questions in Family DOORS Everyday, the MyDOORS will be tailored to a client’s individual situation such as including additional questions about being a parent or carer to dependent children (if relevant) or about current or recent separation (if relevant).

Young Persons DOORS

Young Persons’ DOORS (DOORS-YP) is intended for young people aged seeking counselling or needing case management who don’t have dependent children. It is aimed at young people aged approximately 15-20 years who are:

  • engaging in relationship counselling or family therapy;
  • starting their own counselling after significant or potentially traumatic life events;
  • needing additional support and case management after significant life events like leaving state care.

Young Persons’ DOORS is not intended for young people who have dependent children (use MyDOORS) or in family law disputes (use Family Law DOORS ).

References

McIntosh, J. E. (2011a). DOOR 1: Parent Self-Report Form. In J. E. McIntosh & C. Ralfs (Eds.), The Family Law DOORS Handbook (2012). Canberra, Australia: Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department.

McIntosh, J. E. (2011b). DOOR 2: Practitioner Aide Memoire. In J. E. McIntosh & C. Ralfs (Eds.), The Family Law DOORS Handbook (2012). Canberra, Australia: Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department.

McIntosh, J. E., & Ralfs, C. (2012a). The DOORS Detection of Overall Risk Screen Framework. Canberra, Australia: Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department.

McIntosh, J. E., & Ralfs, C. (2012b). The Family Law DOORS handbook. Canberra, Australia: Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department.