Rights, Rules, & Red Flags
Can a Resource Parent go through a client's phone without permission?
No; unless there is a documented and approved safety concern requiring intervention.
How are medications to be stored in a Resource Home?
ALWAYS locked and inaccessible to youth.
What is the "golden rule" of compliance documentation?
If it isn’t documented, it didn’t happen.
Who is responsible for ensuring incidents are reported appropriately?
BOTH social workers and resource parents!
How many annual training hours are required for each Resource Home?
DOUBLE POINTS: How many for ISFC Resource Homes?
8 hours; 12 for ISFC
Name one personal right foster youth have in a Resource Home.
Privacy, dignity, confidential phone calls, religious choice, access to belongings, etc.
True or False: Alcohol may be left on the counter or in the fridge, if the client is below the age of 8 years old.
False - Alcohol must always be locked an inaccessible.
What should happen before entering confidential information into a shared document?
Download an individual copy/save securely to prevent HIPAA violations.
A Resource Parent wakes up to discover a client sneaking back INTO the RFH, after AWOLing during the night. Is an incident report still required?
Yes - all incident reporting procedures should still be followed.
Name three things that ASWs should routinely assess during each home visit?
Safety hazards, sleeping arrangements, supervision, medication storage, food availability, youth well-being, caregiver stress, etc.
A caregiver wants to restrict a teen’s phone access indefinitely due to attitude and disrespect. What compliance concern exists?
Without proper approvals from the CSW - violation of personal rights and punitive restriction practices.
At what age may an infant switch from a rear-facing car seat, into a forward-facing car seat?
All children must remain rear-facing until age 2. Exception: The child weighs 40 or more pounds, or is 40 inches or taller.
What are three topics assessed on the Monthly Checklist?
Bedroom arrangements, medication storage, cameras in the RFH, car seats, safety plans, etc.
What does SCAR stand for?
Suspected Child Abuse Report
True or False: A very clean home is always a compliant home.
False.
What are the minimum requirements for a client to sleep on the top bunk of a bunk bed?
Clients must be at least 6 years old and independently able to climb into or out of the upper tier.
True or False: PRN medications (i.e. Tylenol, Motrin, Claritin, etc.), if prior PRN approval has been given, are NOT required to be logged on the monthly paperwork.
False - all medications, including PRN, and both prescription psychotropic and non-psychotropic medications must be logged upon administration.
Adoption, birth of new bio child, relocation, addition of a pool, serious health concern, death in the family, etc.
True or False: Teenage foster youth may be left unsupervised if the resource parent feels it's ok.
False - youth may only be left unsupervised with prior written approval.
Under California foster youth rights, when may room or backpack checks occur?
Only when there is reasonable suspicion of a safety concern, and checks must be minimally intrusive and non-punitive.
Name three “zero tolerance” compliance concerns in a Resource Home.
Corporal punishment, unlocked medications, unsafe weapons, substance exposure, unsupervised youth without approval, violation of personal rights, physical intimidation, etc.