Hotline and Intake
Child Victim, Caretaker Perpetrator and Allegation of abuse and/or neglect.
What are the elements of an accepted intake report?
Within how many hours must a Priority 1 investigation have contact made?
What is 24 hours?
What tool must be completed within 5 days of initial contact?
What is the Safety Assessment?
What are three reasons we remove children?
What is an unsafe child, and a safety plan is not feasible, Safe Haven Relinquishments, a child is without a legal caretaker, Voluntary surrender, Voluntary custody agreement, Court ordered from OJJ or FINS?
Definition of allegations are found here
What is appendix 4-B?
A person less than eighteen years of age who has not been emancipated either judicially or by marriage. The person is understood to be a person born alive rather than a fetus. Is a minor at the time the report is made to the department.
What is a child victim?
What is the timeframe for seeing the victim child in a Priority 4 case?
What is 5 calendar days?
Define Immediate Danger vs. Future Risk.
What is Immediate Danger = current threat; Future Risk = likelihood of harm over time?
What must be filed within 24 hours to the minute of a verbal from the Judge?
What is an instanter order and affidavit in support of?
Who reviews the Initial Assessment before safety actions?
What is the supervisor?
Must be initiated with 48 hours of acceptance?
What is a priority 2?
Two specific allegations that may be used only for case acceptance—not for validation
What is Unspecified Physical abuse and Unspecified Sexual Abuse
What is the Safety Decision Making (SDM)?
What is a tool to assess risk in families?
What is the first hearing held after a verbal order is obtained?
What is the 72 hour hearing?
This happens after 60 days of an intake being accepted
What is we close an investigation?
ny person legally obligated to provide or secure adequate care for a child, including a parent, tutor, guardian, legal custodian, foster home parent, an employee or an operator of an early learning center as defined in R.S. 17:407.33, an operator or employee of a registered family child day care home, an operator or employee of a restrictive care facility, or other person providing a residence for the child.
What is a caretaker perpetrator?
Name 4 acceptable collateral contacts
What are: School staff, neighbors, medical providers, extended family?
This refers to the extent that a child can protect himself/herself from identified threats of danger or risk of repeat maltreatment.
What is child vulnerability?
True or False- The DCFS supervisor testifies in court after a removal?
False, the worker who did the removal testifies in court
These terms replaced VALID and INVALID Findings as a result of SB 41?
What are substantiated and unsubstantiated?
Operates 24 hours a day 7 days a week, Receive & Screen Reports In or Out and Determines Response Priority
What is centralized intake?
The three areas of the assessment of family functioning.
What is Maltreatment-Extent and Circumstances (Threats), Child Functioning and Vulnerability and Adult Functioning/Parenting Practices (Caretaker Protective Capacities)?
This is a plan that relies on well-described safety actions that are focused on completely controlling and managing the identified unsafe condition the child is vulnerable to.
What is an in-home safety plan?
What does CINC stand for?
What is Child in Need of Care?
This is when the following tasks should be completed:
Completion of collateral contacts, Completion of SDM assessment of risk and validity determination, Completion of all investigation activities, notification, and documentation for foster home, restrictive care facility, and day care report type investigations. When there is a valid finding for abuse/neglect, the Form 10 shall be generated and sent to the District Attorney upon closure of these types of investigations. If there is a CINC proceeding, the Form 10 can be generated prior to closure of the investigation and sent to the District Attorney.
What is 30 days from receiving an accepted investigation?