24-72-Hour Tasks
This is a document that is submitted in Extended Reach after a youth either gets suspended from school, goes to the hospital, or does anything major that may require safety planning and/or follow up conversations.
What is an incident report?
Name the two places where incident reports, face-to-face visits, monthly summaries, and contact with biological families are documented.
What is Extended Reach and TFACTS?
This document is the road map that explains what to expect from all parties involved in the youth's life during their time in our agency.
This is the time frame that allows all parties to review the progress (or lack thereof) regarding the specific goals of the youth.
When is 90 days?
This is the amount of time that a CFTM (Child and Family Team Meeting) is conducted.
How often is every three months, or as needed?
This is how soon a mental health referral should be made after placement.
When is within 72 hours after placement, and as needed?
This routine task summarizes all areas of the treatment plan, incorporates foster parent documentation, face-to-face visits, family visitation, and conversations with youth. It must be uploaded in Extended Reach and TFACTS.
What is the Monthly Summary?
This amount of time is the frequency that the OHIO scale needs to be redone.
These three individuals must be present for the treatment plan meeting.
Who are the youth (if age 6+), the Foster Parent, and the Agency Case Manager?
This is something that must take place three times within the first 30 days of placement, and six times within the first eight weeks (60 days).
What is a face-to-face visit?
This is the person/people that must be contacted outside of the agency to be informed of the youth's placement.
This is the deadline for the Life Book.
This is the policy that reminds the caregivers to allow the youth to have as "normal" of a life as possible while in their care (including, but not limited to involvement in extra-curricular activities, the right to have toys/games, and date at an appropriate age).
What is Prudent Parenting?
Name three (3) assessments that are supposed to be used in goal setting for the treatment plan.
What are the CANS (Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths), OHIO Scale, and Casey Life Skills Assessment?
This is what you do if/when a biological parent is over 15 minutes late to their visit, appears to be under the influence when they arrive, or if safety is compromised despite redirection.
What is cancel/end the visit?
When is 9:00 PM?
This is the frequency that sibling visits must occur.
What is no less than once per month? Siblings are encouraged to visit as much as possible (unless prohibited by a court order).
This document is reviewed with the child in an age-appropriate manner and signed by the child, Agency Case Manager, and biological parents (if parents still have their rights).
What is the Client Rights Handbook?
This domain (section) of the treatment plan includes the following items:
What is Family Visitation?
True or False? A therapeutic (Level 3) youth must have a safety plan entering a new home.
Name three things that must occur during the initial/first visit with a youth.
What is take the youth's picture (and upload to Extended Reach), review the Foster Parent Agreement with the caregiver(s) (and obtain signatures), and review the client rights handbook with the youth?
These four (4) forms require signatures from DCS within the first 30-days of placement, then updated annually.
What are the Routine Health Forms, Photo Consent, Travel Consent, and Client Handbook?
This assessment gathers information of the child and family's history, strengths of the youth, areas needing improvement, and helps with treatment planning and discharge planning.
What is the 15-Day Assessment?
Name the responsible persons for implementing the treatment plan.
Who are the youth, the foster parent(s), the agency case manager, the biological parents, and any other people named in the treatment plan?
You notice that the youth is showing these signs:
What are things the child may experience after family visitation?