ORR Unaccompanied Children Program Policy Guide: Section 4
Part 1
Part 1
All care providers must individually assess every child or youth within _______hours of admission and every 30 days thereafter via the Assessment for Risk.
72 Hrs
(Accessible Policies and Procedures) If the care provider has concerns about a child or youth's ability to comprehend the orientation or any other materials provided, the care provider should consult with:
* A Clinician.
* The care provider's Prevention of Sexual Abuse Compliance Manager.
* The care provider's assigned ORR/FFS.
Efforts to ensure comprehension should be documented in the child or youth's case file (e.g. use of translation services, accommodations provided, etc.).
Care providers must then use _____ along with any other completed assessments, to inform the child's housing, education, recreation, and other service assignments by making an individualized determination on how to ensure the safety and health of each child and youth.
The Assessment for Risk
What step is taken when a minor reports sexual abuse from a Staff member?
Separate the alleged victim, perpetrator, and any witnesses and ensure the safety of all children and staff
EACH ___________ MUST HAVE A PSA COMPLIANCE MANAGER
Care Provider (the shelter/facility)
The care provider should contact the _______ for further guidance if the care provider is uncertain about the appropriate steps to take.
FFS/ORR
Care provider staff must ensure that all children and youth understand:
* How to report any incident of sexual abuse, sexual harassment, or inappropriate sexual behavior and request assistance without fear of retaliation
* That the child can report at any time any concerns, allegations, information, or suspicions of sexual abuse or sexual harassment.
* The child may also request and utilize the assistance of another individual to make a report, including any adult, youth, or staff member inside or outside the care provider facility.
Completion of the initial Assessment for Risk and all updates must be documented in _____.
The child's case file.
If a minor has been sexually assaulted in the facility, what is one action staff should take?
Request that the alleged victim, perpetrator, and any witnesses not take any actions that could destroy physical evidence, including, as appropriate, washing, brushing teeth, changing clothes, urinating, defecating, drinking, or eating if the abuse occurred within a time period that still allows for the collection of physical evidence
CARE PROVIDER FACILITIES MUST ALSO SHARE A COPY OF THE __________ FOUND IN SECTION 4.3.3
CODE OF CONDUCT
Before taking a child off of one-on-one supervision, the care provider must create an in care safety plan for the child within _____ (amount of time).
72 HRS
Care providers must display ORR posters and notices. Where?
* Prominent locations throughout the facility,
* In housing bulletin boards,
* Next to telephones,
* Throughout the care provider facility.
The ____________________must be completed by the child or youth's Clinician or a Qualified Case Manager.
Assessment for Risk
What should a Staff member do if he(she) reasonably believes that a particular child or youth is subject to substantial risk of imminent sexual abuse or harm.
Report the concern of suspected risk of abuse to the appropriate staff at the care provider facility and request assistance in enacting measures to ensure child or youth safety.
ALL individuals must complete background checks before they are hired and gain access to children or youth EXCEPT ___________
ATTORNEYS of record do not need to complete a background check, but care provider facilities must have policies to confirm the identity and the status of attorneys of record before providing them access.
In accordance with Section 4.2.2 Care Provider Requirements, these are the things an orientation must have:
* Must be properly trained care provider staff in an age and culturally appropriate manner and in a language that the child understands.
* Must be separate from any immigration-related orientation that a child receives
* The care provider must document the completion of the orientation and any refresher orientations in the child or youth's case file.
Within 48 hours of admission, the care provider must provide every child and youth an ORR pamphlet as well as a care provider pamphlet that contains, at a minimum, the following:
Within 48 hours of admission, the care provider must provide every child and youth an ORR pamphlet as well as a care provider pamphlet that contains, at a minimum, the following:
* The care provider's policies and procedures related to sexual abuse and sexual harassment.
* The child or youth's rights and responsibilities related to sexual abuse and sexual harassment and
* How to contact diplomatic or consular personnel.
The Assessment for Risk must be completed by the child or youth's Clinician or __________________________.
Qualified Case Manager
After how many hours from ORR admission, must care providers must provide every unaccompanied alien child with an orientation on topics related to preventing, detecting, and responding to sexual abuse and harassment?
Within 48 hours of admission
AT A MINIMUM , WHAT MUST THE BACKGROUND CHECK INVESTIGATION INCLUDE?
* A FBI fingerprint check of national and state criminal history repositories;
* A child protective services check with the staff's State(s) of U.S. residence for the last five years; and
* Background investigation updates at a minimum of every five years of the staff/contractor/volunteer's start date or last background investigation update. Care provider facilities may require the updated background investigation more frequently as necessary.
Within 48 hours of admission, care providers must provide every unaccompanied alien child with:
* An orientation on topics related to preventing, detecting, and responding to sexual abuse and harassment (with a refresher orientation every 90 days from the initial one)
* Definitions, explanations, and examples of child on child sexual abuse, adult on child sexual abuse, coercive sexual activity, inappropriate sexual behavior, appropriate and inappropriate relationships, and sexual harassment (All the PSA info)
* Child's rights and responsibilities related to sexual abuse and sexual harassment.
To reduce the risk that a child or youth is sexually abused or abuses someone else while in ORR care and custody, all care providers must individually assess every child or youth within ______ hours of admission and every ____ days thereafter via the Assessment for Risk.
72 hours and 30 days
Care providers must provide children and youth an opportunity to discuss any __________ or _________ privately while they are completing the assessments.
safety concerns or sensitive issues
What information does the PSA COORDINATOR OVERSEE ?
PSA COORDINATOR OVERSEES COMPLIANCE WITH THE INTERIM FINAL RULE AND RELATED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AT ALL CARE PROVIDER FACILITIES.
COMPLIANCE audits THAT DETERMINE A CARE PROVIDERS COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS OCCUR HOW OFTEN:
EVERY 12 MONTHS