North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 70 - CHILDREN'S SERVICES › Subchapter G - CHILD PLACING AGENCIES: FOSTER CARE › Section .0500 - MINIMUM LICENSING STANDARDS › Section 70G .0501 - PERSONNEL

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) The executive
				  director shall manage and administer the agency in accordance with licensing
				  requirements and policies of the governing body. The executive director shall
				  meet the requirements of a Social Services Program Administrator I as defined
				  by the North Carolina Office of State Human Resources. A copy of these
				  requirements can be found at the following web site:
				  (http://www.oshr.nc.gov/state-employee-resources/classifications/job-classification).
				  The college or university degree shall be from a college or university listed
				  at the time of the degree in the Higher Education Directory. This information
				  can be obtained by calling Higher Education Publications, Inc. or at:
http://www.hepinc.com
.
(b) The Social Work Supervisor or Case
				  Manager Supervisor shall supervise, evaluate, and monitor the work and progress
				  of the Social Work or Case Management staff. The Social Work Supervisor or Case
				  Manager Supervisor shall meet the requirements of a Social Work Supervisor II
				  as defined by the North Carolina Office of State Human Resources. A copy of
				  these requirements can be found at
				  (http://www.oshr.nc.gov/state-employee-resources/classification/job-classification).
				  The college or university degree shall be from a college or university listed
				  at the time of the degree in the Higher Education Directory. This information
				  can be obtained by calling Higher Education Publications, Inc. or at:
http://www.hepinc.com
.Social Work
				  Supervisors or Case Management Supervisors shall receive 24 hours of continuing
				  education annually.
(c) The Social
				  Worker or Case Manager shall provide intake services and casework or group work
				  services for children and their families, conduct home-finding and assessment
				  studies related to foster parents and planning, and coordinate the services and
				  resources affecting foster children and their families. The Social Worker or
				  Case Manager shall meet the requirements of a Social Worker II as defined by
				  the North Carolina Office of State Human Resources. A copy of these
				  requirements can be found at the following web site:
				  (http://www.oshr.nc.gov/state-employee-resources/classification/job-classification).
				  The college or university degree shall be from a college or university listed
				  at the time of the degree in the Higher Education Directory. This information
				  can be obtained through Higher Education Publications, Inc. at:
http://www.hepinc.com
.Social Workers
				  or Case Managers shall receive 24 hours of continuing education
				  annually.
(d) Social Workers or
				  Case Managers serving children in family foster homes shall serve no more than
				  15 children. Social Workers or Case Managers serving children in therapeutic
				  foster homes shall serve no more than 12 children. Social Workers or Case
				  Managers providing foster home licensing services (in this Rule, "licensing
				  workers") shall serve no more than 32 foster families. Agencies providing
				  family foster care services may combine the duties of the social worker or case
				  manager and licensing worker and serve no more than ten children and ten foster
				  families. Agencies providing therapeutic foster care services may combine the
				  duties of the social worker or case manager and licensing worker and serve no
				  more than eight children and eight foster families.
(e) Supervision of social workers or case
				  managers shall be assigned as follows:
Supervisors Required
Social Workers or Case Managers
0
0-4
(executive director serves as social work or case
								manager supervisor)
1
5
2
6-11
3
12-17
There shall be one additional supervisor for every
								one to five additional social workers or case managers.
(f)
				  The agency shall ensure that the Social Work Supervisors or Case Management
				  Supervisors and Social Workers or Case Managers receive training in the areas
				  of child development, permanency planning methodology, family systems and
				  relationships, child sexual abuse, trauma-informed care, and the reasonable and
				  prudent parent standard.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 131D-10.2A;
					 131D-10.5;
					 143B-153;
Eff.
					 October 1, 2008;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2017; June 1,
					 2010;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. October 3,
					 2017.