Child Welfare Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development (QIC-WD)
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Court • Lead worker on Court Report and Testimony • Ensure the report is completed within 15 days and provide to TS • Complete TPR-2 for incarcerated parent Case Planning • Schedule FTM • Prep parents and team • Identify the service need and provide the TS with referral info • Consider transportation needs • Monitor behavioral changes in parent • Maintain communication with providers and collaterals Home Visits • Ensure length and location of visits allow for Quality Contact per Home Visit Guide • Visit Parents per SDM • Discuss Safety Threats & Conditions for Return • Contact Incarcerated parents per policy Family Relations • Identify connections for child • Encourage Parent participation in activities (school, medical, faith) • Encourage QPI practices • Observe and Model Parenting Skills • Provide basic family skill building (budgeting, housekeeping, parenting) Assessment • Complete AFF within 30 days; update every 6 months • Complete BH-2 • Ensure Documentation of Diligent Efforts to Locate Absent Parents (monthly) • Complete SDM Risk Reassessment every 3 months and safety assessment when prompted Staffing • Clearly understands and articulates Safety Threats & Conditions for Return (ongoing) • Provide behavioral indicators of enhanced/diminished CPCs • Prepare for information sharing to inform case decisions Parent-Child Worker Shared Responsibilities Ensure the AFF is completed within 30 days and updated every 6 months Facilitate the Family Team Meeting Type the Case Plan and provide to all parties for signatures within 5 days of FTM Prepare, Observe and Debrief parents regarding family visits Attend ALL court hearings and be prepared to testify Document ALL case activity in the FATS system Conduct QPI Practice: Comfort Calls & Icebreaker Meeting & Caregiver/Parent Engagement Attend all case staffings and prepare to share updated information for case decision making Team Specialist Responsibilities Participate in Pre/Post removal staffings to identify tasks for early services Can Open/Close cases and enter and maintain all case related payments Assist with initial placement or replacements, as needed, including LaCarte purchases, contacting home development, monitoring children while in the office, traveling with the worker, and notifying parties of placement change Coordinate Icebreaker meetings Coordinate and Participate in FTM prep and meeting Assist with arranging transportation like bus passes, requesting transportation, or fulfilling transportation request Complete correspondence as requested. Complete referrals and request progress reports or records for clients (birth, medical, criminal, educational, mental health, substance abuse) Complete searches on missing parents as needed Monitor and observe interactions at Family Visits Complete preliminary home study Document all case activities completed by TS Complete data entry: TBH, TIPS 110 screens PERMANENCY WORKER ROLE CARD Child Worker Court • Write the child's portion of report • Prepare to testify on case • Ensure the child and caretaker's voice is heard during court • Ensure child's presence at court, if required Case Planning • Prep Child and Team • Consult with and involve CASA, attorney, and other professionals • Identify the service need and provide the TS with referral info • Coordinate Transportation • Complete Youth Transition Plan for children age 14 and older • Complete NYTD every 6 months • Maintain communication with providers and collaterals Home Visits • Conduct placement and visit child two times in the first month • Visit child once a month, in placement (unless special needs then 2 times per month) • Ensure to informally assess for safety at each visit • Ensure length and location of visits allow for Quality Contact per Home Visit Guide. • Concerted efforts to preserve placement Family Relations • Maintain child's connections (school, faith, friends/family) • Ensure placement is least restrictive, culturally sensitive and with siblings when in best interest • Nurture healthy relationships with caregiver Assessment • Complete child's portion of AFF within 30 days, update every 6 months • Assess for Relative Placement • Assess physical safety and wellbeing • Complete TBH • Give input on the family visitation for SDM completion Staffing • Clearly understands and articulates Safety Threats & Conditions for Return (ongoing) • Provide behavioral indicators of enhanced/diminished CPCs • Prepare for information sharing to inform case decisions Parent-Child Worker Shared Responsibilities Ensure the AFF is completed within 30 days and updated every 6 months Facilitate the Family Team Meeting Type the Case Plan and provide to all parties for signatures within 5 days of FTM Prepare, Observe and Debrief parents regarding family visits Attend ALL court hearings and be prepared to testify Document ALL case activity in the FATS system Conduct QPI Practice: Comfort Calls & Icebreaker Meeting & Caregiver/Parent Engagement Attend all case staffings and prepare to share updated information for case decision making Team Specialist Responsibilities Participate in Pre/Post removal staffings to identify tasks for early services Can Open/Close cases and enter and maintain all case related payments Assist with initial placement or replacements, as needed, including LaCarte purchases, contacting home development, monitoring children while in the office, traveling with the worker, and notifying parties of placement change Coordinate Icebreaker meetings Coordinate and Participate in FTM prep and meeting Assist with arranging transportation like bus passes, requesting transportation, or fulfilling transportation request Complete correspondence as requested Complete referrals and request progress reports or records for clients (birth, medical, criminal, educational, mental health, substance abuse) Complete searches on missing parents as needed Monitor and observe interactions at Family Visits Complete preliminary home study Document all case activities completed by TS Complete data entry: TBH, TIPS 110 screens
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