Placement Process
Field identifies a child/youth that needs an out-of-home caregiver and submits it in Guardian
Service request SR
Interact with Children, 24/7 supervision for all child(ren), Provide food, clothing, developmentally appropriate play and transportation, Provide emotional support Provide Medical support if necessary, and Transportation
Welcome Center Duties
Aside from the Service Request, the field also must complete before bringing a child to the Welcome Center
Online Welcome Center Intake Form
6:00am, 9:00am, 2:00pm, 4:00pm, 7:30pm, 9:30pm
Check-in time
Alone, Back, Crib: ABC
Safe Sleep
Licensed Foster Home, DDD Child Development Home (CDH), Residential Group Home, DDD Group Home, Qualified Residential Treatment Program (QRTP), Shelters, DDD Receiving Home
Caregivers the Placement Administration secures
Intake Date/Time, Child's Name, DOB, PID, and Child Abuse or Neglect Report
Placement Intake Form
Any children names in red font
Currently Offsite
8:00am, 11:30am, 3:00pm, and 5:30pm
Terros & La Frontera/Empact
Crisis Stabilization/Rapid Response
Within five business days after a child enters out-of-home care or is moved to a new out-of-home living arrangement, the best interest of the child with regard to school placement.
Best Interest Determination (BID) meeting
Indicates prescribed medication
Yellow Wristband
The lightening bolt in the In-Center App
Aggressive
School, Hospital, Foster home/group Home, Appointments
Transport
Newborn-1month: 2 to 3 hours
1-3 months: 2 to 4 hours
3-6 months: 3 to 4 hours
Infant Feeding Schedule
CSO-2599 and CSO-1035A
Out-of-Home Placement Packet
Intake Case Aide must open when a child under 12 months enters the Center
Infant Log
Tiny, wingless insects that feed on human blood. Spread from person to person through close contact and by sharing belongings
Lice
Activity Spaces
In-Center App
In-Center Board
Cafe Board
Red Wristband
Allergies
A bill designed to help foster parents get necessary behavioral health treatment faster
Jacob’s law HB 2422
Visual for all staff including Coordinators and Case Aides to see all children in the Center.
Welcome Center board
Area where important updates, events, and positive comments about child while they are in Center should be entered.
Notes Section
Shift specific duties
Case Aide Checklist/Kanban
AWOL-A child who runs away from the center, Medical Emergency, Verbal or physical aggression, Injury to child, staff or other individual, Child or youth escalated or in crisis, Sexual misconduct, Property damage or building malfunction, Unauthorized phone calls, Child/Youth offsite for medical/behavioral services (emergent or ongoing)
Unusual Incident Report (UIR)