Section 400.4155. Institutions not detention institutions or shelter care institutions; initial treatment plan.  


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  • (1) The social service worker shall complete, sign, and date an initial treatment plan for each resident within 30 calendar days of admission.

    (2)   The initial treatment plan developed by the social worker shall document input from the resident, the resident’s parents, direct care staff, and the referral source, unless documented as inappropriate.

    (3)   The initial treatment plan shall include all of the following:

    (a)   An assessment of the resident’s and family’s strengths and needs.

    (b)   Plans for parent and child visitation.

    (c)    Treatment goals to remedy the problems of the resident and family, and time frames for achieving the goals.

    (d)  Indicators of goal achievement.

    (e)     The  person   responsible  for  coordinating  and  implementing  the  resident  and family treatment goals.

    (f)   Staff techniques for achieving the resident’s treatment goals, including a specific behavior management plan. The plan shall be designed to minimize seclusion and restraint and include a continuum of responses to problem behaviors.

    (g)   Projected length of stay and next placement.

    (h)     For youth who are permanent court wards or MCI wards, there must be documented co-ordination with the agency assigned to complete adoption or permanency planning for the youth.

    (i)    For youth 14 years of age and over, a plan to prepare the youth for functional independence.

    (4)   The social service worker shall sign and date the initial treatment plan.

    (5)    The social service supervisor shall approve, countersign, and date the initial treatment plan.

History: 2015 AACS.