HISTORY OF CASA
Juvenile Court Judge David Soukup began CASA here in what year?
What is Seattle, Washington in 1976?
CASA Volunteers are required to attend how many hours of pre-service training, in addition to following guidelines established by Heart of Missouri CASA and the National CASA association.
What is 30?
Advocating for in the community by interfacing with mental health, educational, and other community systems to assure that the child’s needs in these areas are met.
What is the child's best interest?
A volunteer is this if they suspect any knowledge that a child has sustained an injury that is not reasonably explained by the child’s history of injuries.
What is a mandated reporter?
Who is a person that freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task freely offer to do something?
What is a volunteer?
Heart of Missouri CASA was established on February 2, in what year?
What is 2005?
The CASA volunteer obtains at least how many hours in-service training per year.
What is 12 hours?
Volunteers submit this to the court on what placement and services are best for the child.
What is a signed written report with recommendations?
Heart of Missouri CASA believes this, when used appropriately, can be a powerful tool to increase awareness, support and sense of community for those of us engaged in advocacy for children who’ve been abused or neglected.
What is communication?
A volunteer may have this done at the request of the volunteer, at the request of the Juvenile Judge, for failure to make court appearances, for failure to provide court reports and/or turn them in on time for insubordination or refusal to follow an order, or for failure to act in a professional manner as deemed by the Executive Director.
What is dismissal?
The 13th Judicial Circuit counties.
What are Boone and Callaway Counties.
An advocate is to keep all client and court information.
What is confidentiality?
Volunteers discuss all recommendations concerning the case with who prior to submitting recommendations to the court.
What is their supervisor (County Program Director or Advocate Supervisor)?
Our ability to serve children depends entirely on this, and it is critical that we handle the information entrusted to us responsibly.
What is the trust, confidence and support of our community?
When the case ends and you say goodbye to the youth you are serving, it is important to do this.
Any additional contact you may have with the child or family is not associated with Heart of Missouri CASA.
What is to end any online connections including unfriending on Facebook, un-following on Instagram, etc.?
If the youth is 18 years of age or older or the parent/guardian has consented to continued social media contact with the youth, then you may re-establish an on-line connection after first terminating all on-line connection related to CASA.
HOM CASA consists of eight of these.
What are staff members?
An advocate is to participate as a what in order to collaboratively advocate for children and families.
What is a team member?
Volunteers will form and maintaining appropriate relationship with child how often.
What is contact at least twice a month?
Volunteers should ever reveal what when the case is active or after the case has concluded.
What is confidential information?
Your private/direct messages with a youth via social media are part of case record and should have this done.
What is documented and shared with your case supervisor?
a. It is important to copy and paste all conversations via social media into Optima.
b. Please enter these conversations into the Contact Logs under Activity Type: Child Contact: Social Media.
Our volunteers are 21 or older, have a high school diploma or equivalent, give consent to a routine criminal background check; are willing to commit to an average of 10 hours per month for a minimum of two years, including two visits per month with each child; and act as an independent investigator and represent the best interest of the child.
What are requirements/qualifications to become an advocate?
An advocate is to complete an intensive independent review of the case by...
What is speaking with the child and relevant adults, reviewing appropriate records and reports, and observing the child and significant others
Volunteers are to what in regards to transporting a CASA child or family member; giving money to the child, the child’s family or caregiver; giving expensive gifts to the child, the child’s family or caregiver or supervising family visits.
What are things CASAs can NOT do?
A volunteer should avoid using shared email accounts accessible by another family member or friend for your casework; be conscious of family or group phone plans that sync email, text messaging, and photos across multiple devices; and ensure your mobile devices and social media accounts are secure so that others don’t have access to your communications with or about youth.
What does it mean to maintain confidentiality?
This happens when 30 hours of training is successfully completed.
What is sworn in as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)?