Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 413 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, CHILD WELFARE PROGRAMS › Division 30 - CASE MANAGEMENT - PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY › Section 413-030-0009 - Determination of the Service Needs

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Within 30 days of receiving the family support services screening information,
			 the caseworker must determine the service needs by completing the following
			 actions as applicable:
(a) Provide the
parent, guardian, Indian custodian,
young
			 adult,
or
former foster child
with a Service
			 Application.
(b) If the caseworker
			 knows or has reason to know the child is an
Indian child
, the
			 caseworker must comply with and follow notification requirements of OAR chapter
			 413, division 115.
(c) Within five
			 working days of receipt of the case, confirm there is no current reported
			 safety threat to the
child
by reviewing the screening
			 information and the child welfare case records for all family members living in
			 the household.
(d) Within ten
			 working days of receipt of the case, make initial face-to-face contact with the
parent, guardian, Indian custodian, young adult,
or
former foster child
to assess current behaviors, conditions,
			 and circumstances in the family and gather specific information on the needs of
			 the
parent, guardian, Indian custodian,
young
			 adult,
or
former foster child
.
(e) Within ten working days of receipt of the
			 case, when the
child
is in the home of the
parent,
			 guardian, or Indian custodian
, make initial face-to-face contact with
			 the
child
to assess the identified needs of the
child
.
(f) When
			 the
child
or
young adult
is in
substitute care
, make monthly face-to-face contact as required
			 under OAR 413-080-0054.
(g) To
			 determine service needs, the caseworker must, at a minimum, observe:
(A) The
parent, guardian,
Indian custodian,
or
former foster child
in
			 the home environment;
(B) The
child
,
young adult,
or
former foster
			 child
in their home or
substitute care
placement;
			 and
(C) The interactions between
			 family members.
(h)
			 Obtain from the
parent, guardian,
Indian custodian,
			 young adult,
or
former foster child
the names of
			 persons who can provide additional information on the needs of the
child, young adult, former foster child
, or the family, when
			 appropriate.
(i) Ask the
parent, guardian, Indian custodian, young adult,
or
former foster child
to sign an authorization to release
			 information to enable the Department to obtain additional information from
			 physicians, mental health providers, school employees, or other service and
			 treatment providers, when appropriate.
(j) After obtaining the authorization to
			 release information, contact service and treatment providers, when appropriate,
			 to understand the past and current services and treatment of the family and the
child, young adult,
or
former foster
			 child
.
(k) Obtain expert
			 evaluations when appropriate to determine specific service or treatment needs
			 when a condition or behavior requires additional professional information
			 regarding a person's functioning.
(l) Analyze the behaviors, conditions, and
			 circumstances of the family to determine service or treatment needs based upon
			 information gathered from the activities in subsections (a) to (k) of this
			 section.
(m) Document the findings
			 of the activities in subsections (a) to (k) of this section in the Department's
			 electronic information system.