Alaska Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2017) |
Title 7. Health and Social Services. |
Part 7.1. Administration. |
Chapter 7.56. Child Placement Agencies. |
Article 7.56.3. Personnel. |
Section 7.56.220. Level II child placing worker qualifications and responsibilities.
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(a) An agency shall employ at least one person who at a minimum meets one of the following qualifications: (1) a bachelor's degree in social work from an accredited college or university and at least two years of supervised child-placing experience; or (2) a bachelor's degree in a human services field from an accredited college or university and at least three years of supervised child-placing experience. (b) Level II child placing workers shall carry out the following responsibilities: (1) approval of admission of a child into the child placement program; (2) approval of the intake study; (3) approval of a specific residential child care facility, foster home, adoptive home, or guardianship home for the child's initial and any subsequent placement; (4) approval of licensing evaluations and home studies for foster homes; (5) professional supervision of less qualified or experienced staff, if any, including planning for staff development and corrective action in regard to child placement decisions.
Authorities
44.29.020;47.35.010