Welcome to the …Welcome to the …

CAPMIS CAPMIS RefresherRefresher

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Agency, unit, and primary job function or title, time “on the job”

One thing you find helpful about CAPMIS

IntroductionsIntroductions

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Ongoing assessment of risk to the child’s safety Ongoing assessment of risk to the child’s safety at every contact and at …at every contact and at …

Formal assessment of risk at decision-making pointsFormal assessment of risk at decision-making points

Screening Referral

Formal Safety Assessment

Family Strengths and NeedsAssessment

Formal Reviews

ReunificationCase Closure

Actuarial RiskAssessment

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Safety AssessmentSafety Plan Family AssessmentCase Plan Case ReviewSemiannual Administrative ReviewReunification Assessment Specialized Assessment/Investigation Ongoing Case Assessment &Investigation

The CAPMIS The CAPMIS ToolsetToolset

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Safety Assessment and Safety Assessment and Safety PlanningSafety Planning

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Assessment of Risk to the Assessment of Risk to the Child’s SafetyChild’s Safety

At the Safety Assessment, the At the Safety Assessment, the threat of harm must be threat of harm must be seriousserious and and imminentimminent

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Let’s take a closer look…Let’s take a closer look…

Serious HarmSerious Harm Life threateningLife threatening Substantively retards mental health or Substantively retards mental health or

developmentdevelopment Substantial physical suffering, disfigurement Substantial physical suffering, disfigurement

or disability; permanent or temporaryor disability; permanent or temporary

ImminentImminent Current or impendingCurrent or impending

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Safety Decision

Safety Threats

Protective Capacities

Child Vulnerability

CAPMIS SAFETY MODEL

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Threat

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Vulnerability

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Completing a Safety Assessment Completing a Safety Assessment

Minimum Contact RequirementsMinimum Contact Requirements

• Face-to-Face contact with the alleged child victim(s).

• At least one of the caretakers must be interviewed face-to-face.

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Timeframes for Safety Assessment 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.

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Specific and concrete strategy for:Specific and concrete strategy for: controllingcontrolling threats of serious harm to threats of serious harm to

a child(ren) ora child(ren) or supplementingsupplementing protective capacities protective capacities implemented immediatelyimplemented immediately when a when a

family’s protective capacities are not family’s protective capacities are not sufficient to manage immediate safety sufficient to manage immediate safety threats for at least one child in the threats for at least one child in the family.family.

Safety PlanSafety Plan

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Safety Plan GuidelinesSafety Plan Guidelines

Safety Plans must be continuously re-evaluated Safety Plans must be continuously re-evaluated and modified, whenever necessary.and modified, whenever necessary.

In-home safety plans – In-home safety plans – weeklyweekly home visits home visits by PCSA by PCSA

Out-of-home safety plans – Out-of-home safety plans – weekly contactweekly contact by PCSA with the children or by PCSA with the children or

persons responsible for an action step, either persons responsible for an action step, either by telephone or face-to-face by telephone or face-to-face

and have face-to-face contact with each child and have face-to-face contact with each child involved every other week involved every other week

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When a threat of serious harm no longer When a threat of serious harm no longer exists exists oror

When control of the threat within the family is When control of the threat within the family is probable and can be maintained without probable and can be maintained without PCSA safety focused intervention or active PCSA safety focused intervention or active safety plan monitoring.safety plan monitoring.

All parties of the Safety Plan need to be All parties of the Safety Plan need to be notified in writing within one working day of notified in writing within one working day of the Safety Plan being discontinued.the Safety Plan being discontinued.

CPS cases CPS cases cannotcannot be terminated, outside be terminated, outside a court order, when a Safety Plan is a court order, when a Safety Plan is active.active.

Discontinuing a Safety PlanDiscontinuing a Safety Plan

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Family AssessmentFamily Assessment

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Guide to Guide to Family AssessmentFamily Assessment RequirementsRequirements

Family Assessment is completed for:Family Assessment is completed for: Intra-familial child abuse/neglect (including Intra-familial child abuse/neglect (including

third party)third party) DependencyDependency

Family Assessment is Family Assessment is notnot completed for:completed for:

Deserted ChildDeserted Child Emancipated YouthEmancipated Youth Permanent SurrenderPermanent Surrender

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The Family AssessmentThe Family Assessment

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Case AnalysisCase Analysis

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Case AnalysisCase Analysis

B. Service Planning

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Case ReviewsCase Reviews

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Case ReviewCase ReviewCompleted no later than every 3 months Completed no later than every 3 months based on whichever occurs first:based on whichever occurs first: Original Court Complaint DateOriginal Court Complaint Date Date of PlacementDate of Placement Date of Court ordered Protective SupervisionDate of Court ordered Protective Supervision Date of Agency Worker Signature – No CourtDate 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.

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SSemiannual AAdministrativedministrative RReviewCompleted no later than every 6 months Completed no later than every 6 months based on whichever occurs first:based on whichever occurs first: Original Court Complaint DateOriginal Court Complaint Date Date of PlacementDate of Placement Date of Court ordered Protective SupervisionDate of Court ordered Protective Supervision Date of Agency Worker Signature – No CourtDate of Agency Worker Signature – No Court

… completed in conjunction with Case Review

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Reunification Reunification

AssessmentAssessment

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Reunification ConsiderationsReunification Considerations

Are safety threats active that require external Are safety threats active that require external control?control? If so what controls are necessary?If so what controls are necessary?

Have threats been resolved, Have threats been resolved,

altered or reduced to a levelaltered or reduced to a level

whereby control within the whereby control within the

family is probable?family is probable?

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Reunification AssessmentReunification AssessmentMay be completed at anytime PCSA deems May be completed at anytime PCSA deems it appropriate.it appropriate.

Must be completed:Must be completed: At Safety Re-Assessment when the safety At Safety Re-Assessment when the safety

response is Modify or Discontinue and the child response is Modify or Discontinue and the child has been placed out of the home for 30 days or has been placed out of the home for 30 days or more.more.

Within 30 days prior to any court hearing where Within 30 days prior to any court hearing where the agency is anticipating the child will be the agency is anticipating the child will be returned home.returned home.

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Specialized Assessment / InvestigationsSpecialized Assessment / Investigations

Alleged perpetrator meets one or more of the Alleged perpetrator meets one or more of the following criteria:following criteria:

Is responsible for the care of a child in Out-of-Is responsible for the care of a child in Out-of-Home Care SettingHome Care Setting

Is responsible for the care of a child in Out-of-Is responsible for the care of a child in Out-of-Home CareHome Care

Has access to the child by virtue his/her Has access to the child by virtue his/her employment or affiliation with an institutionemployment or affiliation with an institution

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Ongoing Assessment & Ongoing Assessment & InvestigationInvestigation

If Intra-familial child abuse and/or neglect is If Intra-familial child abuse and/or neglect is alleged in a case which is opened for ongoing alleged in a case which is opened for ongoing

agency services…agency services…

A Safety Assessment A Safety Assessment and and Ongoing Ongoing Assessment/Investigation must be completed.Assessment/Investigation must be completed.

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Family, Adult and Family, Adult and Children Children Services Services Manual website:Manual website:

http://emanuals.odjfs.state.oh.us/emanuals

Websites for Rules, Tools & Websites for Rules, Tools & CAPMIS MailboxCAPMIS Mailbox

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