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Welcome to the … CAPMIS Refresher. Introductions. Name Agency, unit, and primary job function or title, time “on the job” One thing you find helpful about CAPMIS. Ongoing assessment of risk to the child’s safety at every contact and at …. Formal assessment of risk at decision-making points.
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Introductions • Name • Agency, unit, and primary job function or title, time “on the job” • One thing you find helpful about CAPMIS
Ongoing assessment of risk to the child’s safety at every contact and at … Formal assessment of risk at decision-making points Formal Safety Assessment Formal Reviews Screening Referral Family Strengths and Needs Assessment Actuarial Risk Assessment Reunification Case Closure
The CAPMIS Toolset Safety Assessment Safety Plan Family Assessment Case Plan Case Review Semiannual Administrative Review Reunification Assessment Specialized Assessment/Investigation Ongoing Case Assessment &Investigation
Let’s see what you already know about… Safety Assessment and Safety Planning
Assessment of Risk to the Child’s Safety At the Safety Assessment, the threat of harm must be serious and imminent
Let’s take a closer look… • Serious Harm • Life threatening • Substantively retards mental health or development • Substantial physical suffering, disfigurement or disability; permanent or temporary • Imminent • Current or impending
CAPMIS SAFETY MODEL Safety Threats Protective Capacities Safety Decision Child Vulnerability
Threat Degree Of Vulnerability Protective Capacity
Completing a Safety Assessment Minimum Contact Requirements • Face-to-Face contact with • the alleged child victim(s). • At least one of the caretakers • must be interviewed face-to-face.
Timeframes for Safety Assessment • Completed within four (4) working days from the receipt of the report. • If initial attempt to make face-to-face contact is unsuccessful: an additional attempt within the first four (4) working days of the assessment/investigation is required. • After face-to-face contact is made, the Safety Assessment tool must be completed the next working day.
Safety Plan Specific and concrete strategy for: • controlling threats of serious harm to a child(ren) or • supplementing protective capacities • implemented immediately when a family’s protective capacities are not sufficient to manage immediate safety threats for at least one child in the family.
Safety Plan Threat Protective Capacities
Safety Plan Guidelines • Safety Plans must be continuously re-evaluated and modified, whenever necessary. • In-home safety plans – • weekly home visits by PCSA • Out-of-home safety plans – • weekly contact by PCSA with the children or persons responsible for an action step, either by telephone or face-to-face • and have face-to-face contact with each child involved every other week
Discontinuing a Safety Plan • When a threat of serious harm no longer exists or • When control of the threat within the family is probable and can be maintained without PCSA safety focused intervention or active safety plan monitoring. • All parties of the Safety Plan need to be notified in writing within one working day of the Safety Plan being discontinued. • CPS cases cannot be terminated, outside a court order, when a Safety Plan is active.
Let’s see what you already know about… Family Assessment
Guide to Family Assessment Requirements • Family Assessment is completed for: • Intra-familial child abuse/neglect (including third party) • Dependency • Family Assessment is not completed for: • Deserted Child • Emancipated Youth • Permanent Surrender
Case Analysis B. Service Planning
Let’s see what you already know about… Case Reviews
Case Review • Completed no later than every 3 months based on whichever occurs first: • Original Court Complaint Date • Date of Placement • Date of Court ordered Protective Supervision • Date of Agency Worker Signature – No Court …also completed at Case Closure unless the case is closed within 30 days of last review and intent to close case was recorded.
SemiannualAdministrativeReview • Completed no later than every 6 months based on whichever occurs first: • Original Court Complaint Date • Date of Placement • Date of Court ordered Protective Supervision • Date of Agency Worker Signature – No Court … completed in conjunction with Case Review
Let’s see what you already know about… Reunification Assessment
Reunification Considerations • Are safety threats active that require external control? • If so what controls are necessary? • Have threats been resolved, altered or reduced to a level whereby control within the family is probable?
Reunification Assessment • May be completed at anytime PCSA deems it appropriate. • Must be completed: • At Safety Re-Assessment when the safety response is Modify or Discontinue and the child has been placed out of the home for 30 days or more. • Within 30 days prior to any court hearing where the agency is anticipating the child will be returned home.
Specialized Assessment / Investigations • Alleged perpetrator meets one or more of the following criteria: • Is responsible for the care of a child in Out-of-Home Care Setting • Is responsible for the care of a child in Out-of-Home Care • Has access to the child by virtue his/her employment or affiliation with an institution
Ongoing Assessment & Investigation • If Intra-familial child abuse and/or neglect is alleged in a case which is opened for ongoing agency services… A Safety Assessment and Ongoing Assessment/Investigation must be completed.
Websites for Rules, Tools & CAPMIS Mailbox Family, Adult and Children Services Manual website: http://emanuals.odjfs.state.oh.us/emanuals