Documenting Child Welfare Home Interviews
Document the in-depth home interview of the prospective foster parents on the CW Home Interview (BH) template.
| Panel name | What you can do |
|---|---|
| Placement Preferences/Kinship Information | You can document the placement preferences of the kids in the participant's family. You can provide the foster placement preference, adoption placement preference, kinship care, and add the details to the grid. |
| General Information/Marital Status | In the General Information section, enter the foster parents' answers to the questions. In the Marital Status section, you can select Update, and enter the marital status of the main participant and co-participant and the number of times each of them has divorced. In case, the participants are single, indicate if they are dating currently, and enter the other names of the participants, if they have any. |
| Licensing/Certification Information | You can track the licensing and certification details of participants to ensure that they meet the requirements of the state child welfare agency. |
| Employment/Availability | In the Main Participant and Co-Participant sections, you need to enter the employment details, select the appropriate option for professional licenses or certification, and describe the work schedule and flexibility.
In the Child care provider section, select the appropriate option to indicate if the participant is a childcare provider, and their license number when appropriate. You can add the details of the main participant or co-participant's children.
In the Main Participant Information section, enter the answers that the participant provides for the questions. |
| Criminal History/Background Clearance | In this panel, select the appropriate option for the questions. If you select Yes, provide the details. |
| Medical/Psychological | In this panel, select the appropriate option for the questions. If you select Yes, provide the details. |
| Information on the Home | As a staff member of an agency, you can document details about the prospective foster family's home to ensure that foster and adoption placements have a safe and clean environment to live in. In this panel, enter the number of bedrooms in the participant's home, and describe the current sleeping arrangement and planned sleeping arrangement for the foster child. Select the appropriate option for the questions. If you select Yes, provide the details. If any special accommodation is required during the foster parent training classes, enter the details. In the Observations during home inspection section, indicate if a Kinship Waiver is required. If you select Yes, provide the details. In addition, enter the details of the participant's home inspection and housekeeping standards. |
| Signature (Tasking Supervisor/Staff for review and signoff) |
You can use this panel to request secondary approval or attestation from another user. You can send a task to the approver requesting approval. The approver can use this panel to add their electronic signature and generate a Signature Attestation document that is separate from the template document.
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