(Revision. 3/1/16)
AS 47.05.065 Legislative Findings Related to Children
To prepare the Protective Services (PS) Specialist to engage the family for the family services assessment and to reaffirm the decision to open the case for services. To transition an ongoing case in family services to a new PS Specialist.
When a child is a ward of the state, the child is entitled to reasonable safety, adequate care, adequate treatment, and that the Department of Health and Social Services as legal custodian should make reasonable efforts to ensure that the child is provided with reasonable safety, adequate care, and adequate treatment for the duration of time that the child is a ward of the state.
Case transfer meetings will occur within 10 business days from the development of the safety plan or 30 business days from removal, or within 10 days of a change in the Family Services Protective Services Specialist (PSS).
Initial Assessment to Family Services case transfer meetings will include, at a minimum, the Investigation and Assessment (IA) Specialist and IA Supervisor and the Family Services (FS) PSS IV and FS Specialist. In offices with generalist PSS a transfer meeting will be held with the PSS and PSS IV.
FS to FS case transfer meeting will include, at minimum, the current Family Services (PS) Specialist, and new Family Services PSS, and Family Services PSS IV.
Case transfer meetings will be documented in the ORCA at the time of the meeting or no later than two business days of the scheduled meeting.
Case transfer meetings will include, at a minimum, a discussion about the safety threats, the Impending Danger description, the in-home safety plan analysis, case plan, current placement and that relatives have been identified, documented and notices of right to request placement have been sent and Alaska Medicaid Coordinated Care Initiative (AMCCI) eligibility.