55 Pa. Code § 3490.235 - Services available through the county agency for children in need of general protective services
(a) The
county agency shall provide, arrange or otherwise make available the same
services for children in need of general protective services as for abused
children under §
3490.60 (relating to services
available through the county agency).
(b) The county agency shall develop a family
service plan as required by §
3130.61 (relating to family
service plans) for each family accepted for general protective
services.
(c) The county agency
shall monitor the provision of services and evaluate the effectiveness of the
services provided under the family service plan under §
3130.63 (relating to review of
family service plans). The county agency worker shall visit the family in
performing the case management responsibilities as required by §
3130.63 as often as necessary for
management of the service provision at least every 180-calendar days.
(d) The county agency may purchase and use
the services of any appropriate public or private agency under Chapter 3130
(relating to the administration of county children and youth social service
programs).
(e) The county agency
supervisor shall review each report alleging a need for general protective
services which is being assessed on a regular and ongoing basis to assure that
the level of services are consistent with the level of risk to the child, to
determine the safety of the child and the progress made toward reaching a
determination on the need for protective services. The supervisor shall
maintain a log of these reviews which at a minimum shall include an entry at
10-calendar day intervals during the assessment period.
(f) When a case has been accepted for service
and a family service plan has been developed under Chapter 3130, the county
agency supervisor shall, within 10-calendar days of the completion of the
family service plan, review the plan to assure that the level of activity, in
person contacts with the child, oversight, supervision and services for the
child and family which are contained in the plan, are consistent with the level
of risk determined by the county agency for the case. Documentation of this
review shall be in the case record.
(g) When a case has been accepted for
services, the county agency shall monitor the safety of the child and assure
that contacts are made with the child, parents and service providers. The
contacts may occur either directly by a county agency worker or through
purchase of service, by phone or in person but face-to-face contacts with the
parent and the child shall occur as often as necessary for the protection of
the child but at least as often as:
(1) Once a
week until the case is no longer designated as high risk by the county agency,
if the child remains in or returns to the home in which the need for general
protective services was established and the county agency has determined a high
level of risk exists for the case.
(2) Once a month for 6 months or case closure
when the child is either:
(i) Placed out of
the home or setting in which the need for general protective services was
established.
(ii) No longer
determined to be at a high risk by the county agency.
(h) A periodic assessment of the
risk of harm to the child shall be conducted as required by the State-approved
risk assessment process.
(i) Except
when ordered by the court in a proceeding brought under the Juvenile Act, a
county agency is not required to duplicate services which are the statutory
responsibility of any other agency.
(j) The county agency shall aid the child and
the family in obtaining benefits and services for which they may qualify under
Federal, State and local programs.
(k) The family service plan shall contain a
provision that requires the parents advise the county agency, within 24 hours,
when the child or family move from one residence to
another.
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