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Grievance Hearings and the Gomez vs Saenz Settlement. Learning Objectives. Understand the Gomez Settlement and Implications for Social Work Practice Components of a Grievance Hearing Articulate the Civil Rights Issues
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Learning Objectives • Understand the Gomez Settlement and Implications for Social Work Practice • Components of a Grievance Hearing • Articulate the Civil Rights Issues • Review the Implications when Making a Substantiated or Inconclusive Finding in an Investigation of Child Abuse/Neglect
Agenda • Why are we here? • Overview of the Gomez Decision • Review of Penal Codes on findings of investigations of Child Abuse- CACI listings • Full Disclosure • Documentation • Grievance Hearing Process
What and Why? • The Lawsuit • CACI Listing • Notification to those who will be listed on CACI (Child Abuse Central Index) due to a substantiated or inconclusive finding • Due Process Rights
Making a Finding in a Case • Penal Codes 11169, 11165.1, 11165.12 • Additional Penal Codes • What are the implications of being listed on CACI?
Highlights of Roles in the Grievance Process* * Highlights reflect general statewide process. Counties may have specific policy and procedures for the grievance process.
Full Disclosure • What is your agency process for informing an alleged perpetrator that he/she will be listed in CACI? • What strategies might you use in case practice to inform alleged perpetrator of the listing? and implications for the listing? • Informing alleged perpetrator of their right to a grievance hearing
Documentation • Case practices in documentation • Is it clear as to why the allegation was substantiated, inconclusive or unfounded? • Ruling out a substantiation • Ruling out an unfounded • Ruling an inconclusive
Grievance Hearing • General Process • Roles
Thank You for Coming • Questions? • Evaluation