Roles
Frequency of contact with a foster care worker when a youth is placed in your home.
What is weekly for first 90 days?
Bonus: After 90 days, how often?
Foster Care rules/guidelines can be found here.
What is the Foster Parent Handbook?
State website
Phone calls to foster care providers for placement.
Who/What is intake?
Respite Care.
What is when placed youth go to another licensed home temporarily for care?
Incident report/behaviors
Who is treatment coordinator? On call?
Shared reports, phone calls and pictures.
What are ways to build rapport and contact with bio families?
Provides guidelines for safety when concerns arise in the foster home.
What is a safety plan?
Medication Refills and Outpatient mental health services.
What/Who is Nursing?
Transportation
Who helps with getting youth to/from bio visits?
Youth discharging/leaving care.
Who is Treatment coordinator/support persons?
Childcare over vacations, Self-care/mental health breaks and when dealing with crisis.
What are reasons for requesting and utilizing respites?
Monthly checklist completed by foster care worker.
What is a monthly walkthrough/home review?
Mandated reporting.
Who is Ohio Department of Job & Family services?
Treatment Advocates
Who are staff assigned to your home to provide additional support to youth in need?
Household Changes
Who is Licensing Coordinator? Treatment Coordinator?
Feeling supported from the foster care team can be difficult during this time.
What are investigations?
Goals created to assist in documenting youth progress/outcomes.
What is a treatment plan?
Assessments, Evaluations and Mental Health services.
Who is NYAP? Your treatment coordinator can assist you with this.
Fostering Further
Who provides community support to foster homes through special programming and a clothing closet?
On Call Procedure.
What is........?
Questions/Updates in regard to any household changes or foster care rules.
When do you call your licensing coordinator?
CAP
What is a Corrective Action Plan?
Bonus: Why do we do them?
Money received for referring new foster parents for licensure.
What are referral bonuses?
Additional services
What are Group Therapy? Independent Living? Counseling? Etc.
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