Forms
What is form DHS-3200
DHS-3200: Report of Actual or Suspected Child Abuse or Neglect
Completed by mandated reporters
What are the 3 assessments types?
Safety, Risk, and Threatened Harm
What are the 2 types of petitions?
Removal: Removing the kids from the home
In Home Jurisdiction: Kids stay in the home but the Court steps in and supervises.
What are the 2 Maltreatment buckets?
Child Abuse & Child Neglect
What is best practice for commencement?
Priority 1: 12 hours to commence. 24 hours to make face to face
Priority 2: 24 hours to commence. 72 hours to make face to face
Best practice is to do face to face for your commencement.
What is form DHS-269
DHS-269: Criminal History Information Request
Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN) Request
What does a Safety Assessment identify and what are the outcomes?
Safety of the kid TODAY
Safe, safe with services, and unsafe.
What are the recommended first placement options when removing a kid from their home?
Non-custodial, non-perpetrator parent.
What are the different types of Child Abuse?
What is Birth Match?
The automated birth match system that notifies Centralized Intake when a child is born to a parent who previously had any of the following:
What is form DHS-729?
DHS-729: Confidential Notice to Friend of the Court of Children's Protective Services Disposition and Family Court Action
Send if there's: A preponderance finding, Emergency removal of child from the home due to child abuse and/or neglect, The family court takes jurisdiction on a petition, and a child is maintained in their own home under the supervision of the department, or If 1+ children residing in the home are removed and 1+ children remain in the home.
What does a Risk Assessment identify and what are the outcomes?
Identifies the level of risk of FUTURE harm to the children
Low, moderate, high, intensive
When do you do a mandatory petition?
When an egregious act occurs.
Egregious acts include: Sexual abuse and severe physical injury
What are the different types of Child Neglect?
What are the 5 Category Dispositions?
What is form JC04B?
PETITION (CHILD PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS)
What 5 areas does the case manager assess in a Threatened Harm Assessment?
What is an Ex Parte Order?
An order without a hearing.
Example: emergency removal taking place on a weekend.
What is the Crystal Ball Theory in relation to Threatened Harm?
If we don't intervene, something COULD happen
What is the age range for Safe Sleep?
0-12 months
What are forms DHS-1105 & DHS-1107?
DHS-1105: Family Team Meeting Report
DHS-1107: A Caseworker's Guide to Pre-Meeting Discussions and Family Team Meetings
When might a mandatory or discrectionary override occur?
After a Risk assessment is completed but the score is not accurate.
When are court orders required?
Taking a kid out of the home
Removing a perpetrator from the home if they are on the lease
What does CPS-MIC stand for and what do they investigate?
Maltreatment In Care
The CPS-MIC unit investigates alleged abuse/neglect involving:
How long do you have to enter Social Work Contacts?
5 calendar days.
*your local office may have less days as best practice