Utah Admin. Code R512-302-4 - Selection of a Caregiver for a Child Receiving Out-of-Home Services
(1) Child and Family
Services shall make diligent efforts to place children with a kinship caregiver
following preference for placement Section 80-3-302. For emergency placement
provisions, Child and Family Services will follow the requirements of Section
62A-4a-209.
(2) A caregiver shall have the experience,
personal characteristics, temperament, and training necessary to work with a
child and the child's family to be approved and selected to provide out-of-home
services.
(3) A caregiver shall be
selected according to:
(a) the caregiver's
skills and abilities to meet a child's individual needs and, when appropriate,
an ability to support both parents in reunification efforts;
(b) the caregiver's willingness to consider
serving as a permanent home for the child if reunification is not achieved;
and
(c) when dictated by a child's
level of care needs, the caregiver's ability to have one parent to be available
in the home at all times.
(4) A caregiver shall be selected according
to the caregiver's compatibility with the child, as determined by Child and
Family Services exercising its professional judgment. The best interest of the
child shall be Child and Family Services' primary consideration when making a
placement decision:
(a) Child and Family
Services may consider the caregiver's possession or use of a firearm or other
weapon, espoused religious beliefs, or choice to school the child outside the
public education system in accordance with Section
63G-4-104;
and
(b) Child and Family Services
may consider the child's sex, age, behavior, and the composition of the foster
family.
(5) A child in
state custody shall be placed with a caregiver who is fully licensed as
provided in Rule R501-12. A child may be placed in a home with a probationary
license only if the caregiver is a child-specific placement.
(6) A caregiver shall be given necessary
information to make an informed decision about accepting responsibility to care
for a child. The worker shall obtain information about the child's permanency
plan, family visitation plans, and needs such as medical, educational, mental
health, social, behavioral, and emotional needs, for consideration by the
caregiver.
(7) If the court has not
given custody to a non-custodial parent or kin provider, to provide safety and
maintain family ties, the child shall be placed in the least restrictive
placement that meets the child's special needs and is in the child's best
interests, according to the following priorities:
(a) a friend designated by the custodial
parent, guardian, or the child, if the child is of sufficient maturity to
articulate the child's wishes in relation to a placement;
(b) a former foster placement designated by
Child and Family Services;
(c) a
foster placement, that is not a former foster placement, designated by Child
and Family Services; and
(d) a
shelter facility designated by Child and Family Services.
(8) If a child is reentering custody of the
state, the child's former caregiver shall be given preference as provided in
Section
62A-4a-206.1.
(9) A child's placement shall not be denied
or delayed on the basis of race, color, or national origin of the caregiver or
the child involved.
(10) Selection
of a caregiver for an Indian child shall be made in compliance with the Indian
Child Welfare Act of 1978,
25 USC Section
1915.
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