Utah Admin. Code R512-200-3 - Scope of Services
(1) Child and
Family Services will maintain a system for receiving referrals or reports about
child abuse, neglect, or dependency. The system shall supply Child and Family
Services CPS workers with a complete previous Child and Family Services history
for each child, including siblings; foster care episodes; reports of abuse,
neglect, or dependency; treatment plans; and casework deadlines.
(2) A Priority 1 response shall be assigned
when there is an emergency situation requiring an immediate response and law
enforcement is not available. Intake will begin to collect information
immediately after the completion of the initial contact from the referent. As
soon as possible thereafter, to determine the priority the intake worker will
obtain additional information, staff the referral, notify law enforcement, and
assign to the Child and Family Services CPS worker. The intake worker shall
provide the Child and Family Services CPS worker with information concerning
earlier investigations on SAFE. The Child and Family Services CPS worker has 60
minutes from the time intake notifies the worker to initiate efforts to make
face-to-face contact with an alleged victim. For a Priority 1R rural referral,
a Child and Family Services CPS worker has three hours to initiate efforts to
make face-to-face contact if the alleged victim is more than 40 miles from the
investigator who is assigned to make the face-to-face contact.
(3) A Priority 2 response shall be assigned
when physical evidence is at risk of being lost, the child is at risk of
further abuse, neglect, or dependency, or there is a critical situation
requiring an urgent response within 24 hours as determined by the intake
checklist. The intake worker will begin to collect information as soon as
possible after the completion of the initial contact from the referent. As soon
as possible, to determine the priority the intake worker will obtain additional
information, staff the referral, assign the referral to the Child and Family
Services CPS worker, and notify law enforcement. The intake worker shall give
verbal notification to the assigned Child and Family Services CPS worker. The
intake worker shall also provide the Child and Family Services CPS worker with
information concerning earlier investigations on SAFE. The Child and Family
Services CPS worker will respond as quickly as needed depending on the
situation, but no later than 24 hours from the time intake notifies the worker
to initiate efforts to make face-to-face contact with the alleged
victim.
(4) A Priority 3 response
shall be assigned when potential for further harm to the child and the loss of
physical evidence is low. Before transferring the case to a Child and Family
Services CPS worker, and to determine the priority, the intake worker will
obtain additional information, research data sources, staff the referral as
necessary, complete documentation including data entry, make disposition to
CPS, and notify law enforcement. The intake worker shall also provide the Child
and Family Services CPS worker with information concerning earlier
investigations on SAFE. The Child and Family Services CPS worker will make the
face-to-face contact with the alleged victim by the end of the third business
day.
(5) If Child and Family
Services received a report concerning a runaway child, the intake worker will
gather information to determine if there is an allegation of abuse, neglect, or
dependency that requires a CPS referral or will refer the caller to contact a
youth services agency in accordance with Section 80-5-601.
(6) Child and Family Services will take
reasonable steps to ensure that reports of abuse or neglect are referred for
investigation to the appropriate out-of-state agency and shall take reasonable
steps to adequately protect children in Utah who were victims of abuse in
another state or country from the alleged perpetrator.
(7) When the referent identifies an incident
of abuse or neglect that occurred outside Utah but the child is in Utah at the
time of the referral, the intake worker shall:
(a) obtain information needed to complete a
referral;
(b) determine whether the
child is at risk of abuse or neglect from the alleged perpetrator;
(c) contact the CPS agency in the state where
the incident of abuse occurred and complete the referral process of that
state;
(d) assign the referral to a
Child and Family Services CPS worker for a courtesy interview and coordination
with the other state's investigation, when requested; and
(e) in domestic violence related child abuse
cases, recognize another state's protective order.
(8) When a referent identifies an incident of
abuse or neglect that occurred in Utah, and the child is not in Utah at the
time of the referral, the intake worker shall:
(a) obtain information needed to complete a
referral;
(b) determine the
location of the child and the length of time the child will be at their current
location, if the child will be outside Utah longer than 30 days, a request for
courtesy casework will be made in the state where the child is currently
located; and
(d) if the child is
determined to be at risk, a request will be made for courtesy casework within
the priority time frame.
(9) The Department of Health Child Care
Licensing unit or the Department of Human Services Office of Licensing and
appropriate Child and Family Services staff shall be notified by intake when
Child and Family Services receives a referral for an allegation of child abuse,
neglect, or dependency against a licensed child care provider or out-of-home
care provider. The referral shall be forwarded to the assigned personnel for
conflict of interest investigations when the allegation involves a child living
in substitute care while in protective custody or temporary custody of Child
and Family Services , or any other Child and Family Services conflict of
interest in accordance with Section
62A-4a-202.6.
(10) CPS are available in each geographic
region of Utah.
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