Utah Admin. Code R512-100-4 - Service Delivery
(1) The caseworker
will engage the child and family to assemble a child and family team. A child
and family team includes informal supports identified by the family in addition
to the service providers who are or will be working with the family. The child
and family team meets regularly and assesses the strengths and needs of the
Child and Family and Plans for the child's safety, permanency, and well-being.
Teaming occurs through ongoing information sharing and collaboration.
(2) Assessing informs the child
and family team so that they know what they need to know to do what they need
to do. Assessing is a sequential process of gathering information about the
family's strengths and needs, analyzing the information, drawing conclusions,
and acting on those conclusions by developing a plan to meet the identified
needs. These needs are met through the effective interventions that help the
family achieve enduring safety, permanency, and well-being. Assessing is an
ongoing and evolving process throughout the case.
(3) A child and family plan shall be
developed for each family receiving in-home services in accordance with Section
62A-4a-205. The child and family
plan guides the services and interventions, and is tracked and adapted
throughout the case.
(a) Members of the child
and family team, including the parents and the child, if age appropriate, shall
assist in developing the child and family plan.
(b) A copy of the completed child and family
plan shall be provided to the parent or guardian.
(c) If in-home services are court -ordered, a
copy of the child and family plan will be uploaded into eSign and made
available to the Assistant Attorney General, Guardian ad Litem, and legal
counsel for the parent or guardian.
(4) Children receiving in-home services shall
have a primary permanency goal and, if appropriate, a concurrent permanency
goal identified by the child and family team.
For court-ordered in-home services, both primary and concurrent permanency goals, when applicable, shall be submitted to the court for approval.
(5) The
caseworker will continue to work with the family until the circumstances that
brought the family to the attention of Child and Family Services are remedied
and a ruling is made by the assigned judge to terminate Child and Family
Services oversight.
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