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NvrLh l.arollna Division Of,Soc:ial Services <br />Family Services Manual 4 <br />Volume I: Children's Services <br />Chapter II - Child Welfare Services Funding Strategies <br />Child Protective Services Allocation 10 -16 -91 <br />4. Unallowable Costs: Any costs other than those cited above. <br />B. Criteria for Use of Allocation <br />h <br />I. Required Criteria <br />a. Each CPS worker funded by these special funds must <br />receive at least one hour of supervision in each week. <br />b. The county will institute procedures to ensure that no <br />one person is solely responsible for deciding whether a <br />child is abused, neglected or dependent (i.e., a team <br />approach to decision - making will be used, the team to <br />consist at least of the worker and a supervisor). <br />C. The county will assure that all staff funded with this <br />allocation participate in .training and staff development <br />provided directly or arranged by the State Division of <br />Social Services. <br />2. Recommended Criteria <br />a. When reimbursement is claimed from this source for social <br />worker time, the worker should have a limited caseload. <br />A full -time worker doing investigations, only, should <br />carry no more than 18 CPS reports under investigation at <br />any given time. A full -time worker providing protective <br />and preventive services, only, should carry no more than <br />twenty families at any one time. If a full -time worker <br />carries investigations as well as protective or <br />preventive services in confirmed cases of abuse, neglect <br />or dependency, that worker should carry no more than 16 <br />cases at any given time. If reimbursement is claimed <br />from this source for less than 100% of a social worker's <br />time, that worker should carry no more than 16 cases of <br />all types -- TOTAL. This means the protective services <br />caseload plus whatever other cases the worker is assigned <br />should not exceed 16. <br />b. All social worker staff funded should meet education and <br />experience requirements for Social Worker III <br />classification. <br />C. When reimbursement is claimed from this source for <br />supervisory support, a supervisory standard of 1 <br />supervisor for 5 staff is recommended. <br />C. Reimbursable Activity /Allowable Costs <br />I. Reimbursement for'Worker Time, Travel and Training. <br />