Introduction to Child Welfare
Three primary goals when working with children and families in child welfare
What is Safety, Permanence, and Well-being?
Refer ALL children under the age of three (3) for early intervention services if there is a SUBSTANTIATED report of child abuse or neglect regardless of the child's role in the report
What is Help Me Grow Referral?
Timeframe to make a screening decision
What is 24 hours from receipt of the information?
Attempt a face-to-face contact or complete a telephone contact within twenty-four hours from the time the referral was screened in, with a principal of the report or collateral source who has knowledge of the alleged child victim's current condition, and can provide current information about the child's safety
What is initiating a case?
Completes most of the school enrollments for child in agency custody
Who is Josh Diggs?
Parents have a fundamental liberty interest in raising their children free of government interference
What is Child Abuse Prevention Treatment Act (CAPTA)?
The services and supports needed to comprehensively address the needs of infants prenatally exposed to the abuse of substances (both legal and illegal) and their families
What is Plan of Safe Care?
The allegation of child abuse, neglect, dependency, or family in need of services
What is a referral?
A parent who does not have physical and/or legal custody of his/her child by court order
What is a non-custodial parent?
Form completed any time a child is in need of a placement
What is an Individual Child Care Agreement (ICCA)?
Permission to enter a home, looking into cabinets and searching the home
What is obtaining consent?
Family Advocacy Intervention Review Program
What is FAIR?
Injury, Corporal punishment, Endangered Child, Substance Use, Ingestion, Mental Injury/Emotional Maltreatment, and Trafficking in Persons
What is Physical Abuse?
The degree of risk or susceptibility to harm a child due to factors like age, developmental stage, or the presence of safety threats
What is a child's vulnerability?
Supervisor of the Placement unit
Who is Starlisa Little?
Comprehensive Assessment and Planning Model
What is CAPM?
Alone, Back, Crib
What is Safe Sleep?
Failure to Provide Basic Needs, Lack of Utilities, Lack of Supervision, Educational Neglect, Child's Poor Hygiene
What are examples of Neglect?
Completion of form within 10 working days from the date the referral was screened in
What is a safety assessment?
Responsible for monitoring all foster placements to help with education stability for youth in foster care
What is an ESSA liaison?
Whether the agency has initiated an investigation of the report, whether the agency is continuing to investigate the report, whether the agency is otherwise involved with the child who is the subject of the report, the general status of the health and safety of the child who is the subject of the report, and whether the report has resulted in the filing of a compliant in juvenile court
What is information that a mandated reporter is entitled to receive?
Location of all documents that have been scanned regarding a case
What is Traverse?
Someone suspected of abusing or neglecting a child, typically someone responsible for the child's care, custody, or welfare
Who is an alleged perpetrator?
Voluntary In-Home, Voluntary Out-of-Home, and Legally Authorized Out-of-Home
What are three types of safety plans?
OAC timeframe requirement for visiting a child after placing a child in a foster home or group home
What is 7 days from the day of placement?
Unsafe work environment during home visit, family members with substance abuse or mental health issues, dangerous neighborhoods, involuntary families, and lack of organizational support or supervisory support to ensure safety
What is potential cases of safety and risk for caseworkers?
Referral source, other family members, neighbors, professionals who have contact with the family or people in the community, whose contact with one of the members may have given them knowledge that would relate to the family assessment
What are collateral contacts?
Immediate or impending danger of serious harm to a child's life or health as a result of the actions or inactions of the child's parents, guardians, or persons legally responsible for the care of the child
What is safety?
Through assessment of both safety and risk to determine if closing/transferring a case and case services if necessary
What is a family assessment?
OAC timeframe for visiting a child after placement in a residential facility
What is 10 days from date of placement?