Statewide Intake Procedures Handbook Revision December 2008

This revision of the Statewide Intake Procedures Handbook was published on December 1, 2008. Summaries of new or revised items are provided below.

Supervisory Approval for Call-Outs

The items below are updated to document that supervisory approval for call-outs is no longer required. SWI staff were informed of this policy in March 2008. See:

2190 Staffing With the SWI Supervisor

3922 Call-Outs Performed by Intake Workers

3922.1 Call-Outs for CPS and CCL When SWI Support Staff Is Not On Site

3922.2 Call-Outs for APS and AFC When SWI Support Staff Is Not On Site

3923 Call-Outs in Emergency Situations

3923.1 SWI Supervisor On-Call Schedule

Documenting On-Call Problems

The items below are updated to clarify internal procedures for documenting problems with on-call. SWI staff were informed of this policy in March 2008. See:

3924 Documenting Call-Out

3924.1 Saving and Assigning Intakes

3927.2 Problems With On-Call Schedules or On-Call Staff

Cross-references to 3927.2 have been updated to reflect the revised title in the items below:

3925 Contacting On-Call Staff

3927 On-Call Schedule Changes

Obtaining Social Security Numbers

The item below is revised to require SWI to obtain and document the Social Security numbers of all principals in intakes for all DFPS programs, when the numbers are known to the reporter. See:

3112.1 Person List

Child in Conservatorship Has a Baby

The item below is updated to include instructions on where to route a CRSR when a child in CPS conservatorship has a baby, and the baby is placed with the mother in the mother’s foster placement. See:

4482 Child in CPS Conservatorship Has a Baby