Or. Admin. Code § 413-040-0016 - Requirements for Review of the Case Plan
(1) The case plan is reviewed a minimum of
every 90 days. This review must take place in a face-to-face meeting with the
parents or guardians, unless excluded under section (3) of this rule. The
meeting may include the child at any age if developmentally appropriate,
service providers, safety plan participants, substitute caregivers, attorneys,
a child or young adult's CASA, persons with significant attachments to the
child or young adult, and family members. The meeting must include the child 14
years of age or older or young adult and, at the option of the child or young
adult, up to two members of the case planning team who are chosen by the child
or young adult as described in OAR
413-040-0010(3)(c).
(2) During the case plan review,
the caseworker assesses and determines the progress that has been made in
achieving the expected outcomes of the case plan, and, when the child or young
adult is in substitute care, the progress toward meeting the conditions of
return.
(3) Exceptions to the
face-to-face case plan review. If a parent or guardian is not available for the
review, the caseworker must document the reason the parent or guardian was
unavailable and the efforts that were made to involve the parent or guardian in
the review.
(4) During a case plan
review, the caseworker must consider input received from the child or young
adult, the service providers, safety plan participants, substitute caregivers,
attorneys, a child or young adult's CASA, persons with significant attachments
to the child or young adult, and family members.
(5) Subsequent to the face-to-face meeting,
the caseworker documents all of the following in the Department's information
system:
(a) The services provided and the
progress of the parents or guardians in achieving expected outcomes or, when a
child is in substitute care, meeting the conditions of return.
(b) Observations of improved parent or
guardian protective capacity based on specific behaviors, conditions, or
circumstances that have measurably changed.
(c) Input received from service providers,
substitute caregivers, attorneys, the child or young adult's CASA, persons with
significant attachments to the child or young adult, and family members.
(d) The addition, reduction, or
elimination of the identified impending danger safety threats.
(e) The actions the Department has taken to
develop and implement the concurrent permanent plan for the child or young
adult in substitute care if a parent or guardian has not demonstrated progress
in achieving the conditions for return in a timely manner including:
(A) A review of the child or young adult's
education, health, and mental health services to ensure the needs of the child
or young adult are being met;
(B)
A review of other services provided to address the identified needs of the
child or young adult, including those identified through the CANS screening;
(C) An assessment of the need of
the child or young adult for a safe and permanent home; and
(D) An assessment of the capacity of the
substitute caregiver to meet the identified needs of the child or young adult
as described in OAR 413-070-0640.
(E) A review of the participation by, the
child or young adult in age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate
activities, and any identified barriers to participation in extracurricular,
enrichment, social, and cultural activities that are of interest to the child
or young adult; and
(F) An
assessment of the capacity of the substitute caregiver to apply the reasonable
and prudent parent standard.
(6) Within 30 days of receiving an expert
evaluation requested by the Department, the caseworker must consider revising
the case plan to include recommendations that will improve parent or guardian
protective capacity related to the identified impending danger safety threats.
If the recommendations are not included in the case plan, the rationale must be
documented in the Department's information system.
(7) The Child Welfare supervisor must review
the caseworker's documentation of the case plan review, and document completion
of the review in the Department's information system every 90 days. The
supervisor must review, approve, and sign the six-month case plan review
submitted for required administrative review.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 409.050, 418.005
Stats. Implemented: ORS 409.010, 418.005
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