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• <br /> -16- <br /> •- CHILDREN SERVICES <br /> (NORTHERN ORANGE) <br /> I. Organizational Structure <br /> 1• Worker/Supervisor Ratio - 7 social Workers (2- one/half time) <br /> 1 - 1/2 ES.I & 1/2 .CSS Aide <br /> 2. Unit Functions <br /> - General assistance intake <br /> - CIP <br /> - Service intake <br /> - Transportation <br /> - Children's Protective- Service <br /> - Foster care <br /> - Parenting group - <br /> Unit Com ositian <br /> - Two part-time social workers conduct children's protective <br /> . services investigations and short term service <br /> - One full-time social worker does children's protective <br /> service investigations and short term service' <br /> - Four full-time social workers do long-term children's <br /> 'protective services and foster care. Two of these workers <br /> are co-therapists of a parent group <br /> - One half-time ES I and half-time CSS aide does general <br /> assistance, Cip, and intake three days a week and provide <br /> transportation two days a week <br /> 3. Internal Communication Patterns - <br /> - Supervisor meets with each worker once a week for 1 to <br /> ' 1 1/2 hours for- supervisory conference <br /> Unit meeting every Monday morning from 10 a.m. to <br /> 12:30 p.m, <br /> Long-term meeting every two weeks for. staffing <br /> - Worker discusses situations with -supervisor on an as <br /> needed basis <br /> 4. Decision Makin <br /> within the agency - the director and thane involved make <br /> the decision(s) . Information. given to .director when <br /> requested, <br />