OAR 413-020-0236
Development, Documentation, and Termination of a Supervision Plan
(1)
After the caseworker has reviewed the CANS screening results for a child or young adult living with a certified family that indicates the child or young adult has enhanced supervision needs and qualifies for a level of care payment, the caseworker must:(a)
Contact the certified family to explain the supervision needs identified in the CANS screening results; and(b)
During a meeting with the certified family, the child or young adult, as appropriate, and others who may participate in a supervision plan, explain the supervision requirements necessary to maintain the safety and support the well-being of the child or young adult and develop a supervision plan that meets the supervision needs of the child or young adult.(A)
If the child or young adult qualifies for Level 1 (moderate needs), the supervision plan must require the certified family to provide an environment with the additional support, direction, observation, and guidance from the certified family necessary to ensure a child or young adult’s safety and well-being, beyond the level of supervision that typically is required for a child or young adult of the same age.(B)
If the child or young adult qualifies for Level 2 (intermediate needs), the supervision plan must require the certified family to provide a structured environment, additional support, direction, observation, and guidance necessary to ensure a child or young adult’s safety and well-being, beyond the level of supervision that typically is required for a child or young adult of the same age.(C)
If the child or young adult qualifies for Level 3 (advanced needs), the supervision plan must require the certified family to provide a highly structured environment, additional support, direction, observation, and guidance necessary to ensure a child or young adult’s safety and well-being, beyond the level of supervision that typically is required for a child or young adult of the same age.(2)
The supervision plan must include:(a)
The supervision actions or activities that are to be provided by the certified family and other individuals to meet the child or young adult’s identified needs. Examples of appropriate supervision actions or activities may include, but are not limited to: proactive use of space, use of routine, structure of the environment, positive reinforcement, and de-escalation techniques;(b)
The actions and assistance the Department will provide to support the certified family in addressing the supervision needs of the child or young adult and to maintain the child or young adult in the home;(c)
The actions the child or young adult will take to support the supervision plan;(d)
The persons responsible for monitoring the child or young adult’s supervision needs and the supervision actions and activities;(e)
How the persons responsible for monitoring the child or young adult’s supervision needs and the supervision actions and activities are to communicate with each other; and(f)
A requirement that the supervision plan be reviewed during the first monthly face-to-face contact described in OAR 413-080-0054 (Monthly Face-to-Face Contact Requirements) after the date the supervision plan is signed by the individuals identified in section (3) of this rule.(3)
The supervision plan must be signed by:(a)
The caseworker;(b)
The certified family;(c)
The child or young adult, if able; and(d)
Any other individuals who are to provide specific actions or activities in the supervision plan.(4)
The supervision plan must be approved by the caseworker’s supervisor.(5)
A supervision plan may include physical restraint as a supervision action or activity only if the certified family has completed the physical restraint training requirements described in OAR 413-020-0240 (Use of Physical Restraint).(6)
A supervision plan that authorizes a certified family to use physical restraint must:(a)
Focus on intervention strategies that are designed to modify a child or young adult’s behavior without the need for physical restraint;(b)
Explain that a physical restraint is to be used only when the child or young adult’s behavior poses an imminent danger to self or others, and when no alternate actions are sufficient to stop a child or young adult’s behavior;(c)
Be approved by the Child Welfare program manager; and(d)
Require the certified family:(A)
To document and report the circumstances of each use of physical restraint in writing as soon as reasonably possible after the use of physical restraint on a form approved by the Department, which explains:(i)
The behavior that required the use of physical restraint;(ii)
The specific attempts to stop the child or young adult’s behavior without the use of physical restraint;(iii)
The time the physical restraint started; and(iv)
The time the physical restraint ended.(B)
To orally report to the child or young adult’s caseworker or the caseworker’s supervisor within one business day of the physical restraint; and(C)
To submit the documentation required in paragraph (A) of this subsection to the child or young adult’s caseworker within two business days after the use of physical restraint.(7)
The caseworker must provide a copy of the signed supervision plan to the certified family and the certified family’s certifier, and file a copy in the Department’s information system.(8)
When a child or young adult has a supervision plan and the CANS screening results indicate that the child or young adult no longer has enhanced supervision needs and no longer qualifies for a level of care payment, the caseworker must:(a)
Terminate the supervision plan;(b)
Document in the Department’s information system the date the supervision plan terminated and the reason the plan terminated; and(c)
Notify the certified family and the certified family’s certifier that the supervision plan terminated and the reason the plan terminated.
Source:
Rule 413-020-0236 — Development, Documentation, and Termination of a Supervision Plan, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=413-020-0236.