CMS-07-021/023 - Los Angeles County Department of Children and ...

Plan/Quarterly Reports in cooperation with the placing County Worker
as specified in Title 22, Sections 84068.2(a) and 84068.3; and (4)
completing the discharge plan as specified in Title 22, Section
84068.4 and Exhibit FF, Discharge Summary: Group Home.
(c) Qualified social work or mental health professionals provide
counseling Services that: (1) adequately meet the individual
counseling needs of each Placed Child; and (2) meet or exceed the
counseling Services specified in the CONTRACTOR’S Program
Statement and generate sufficient points in the social work and/or
mental health components of the CONTRACTOR’S program to
support the CONTRACTOR’S RCL;
(d) Qualified social work or mental health professionals provide
counseling Services for the permanent family 2 as follows: (1) for RCL
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 programs, not less than 2 hours per month or as
specified in the Needs and Services Plan signed by the County
Worker; and (2) for RCL 10, 11, 12, and 14 programs, not less than 4
hours per month or as specified in the Needs and Services Plan
signed by the County Worker.
For programs for developmentally disabled Placed Children, the
CONTRACTOR shall provide social-work Services as approved by
Regional Center or as agreed upon with DCFS and/or Probation.
Some of these Services may be provided by a qualified mental
retardation professional as defined in Title 22, Division 6, Chapter 5,
Section 84001(q).
5.5 Duties of the Psychologist and Psychiatrist:
For RCL 4 through 12 programs, the CONTRACTOR shall provide as
needed Services of a psychologist for psychological testing and treatment
and a physician or psychiatrist to prescribe and monitor psychotropic
medications. For RCL 14 programs, the CONTRACTOR shall arrange for
these Services plus any additional mental health Services required by the
DMH for certification.
5.6 Staff Language Requirements:
The CONTRACTOR shall provide childcare staff, mental health personnel,
and social work personnel who are proficient in both speaking and writing
the language(s) of the Placed Children and family(ies). The
CONTRACTOR may comply with this requirement by providing equivalent
bi-lingual resources for social work and mental health needs.
2 This assumes that the County worker has identified the Placed Child’s permanent family in the Needs
and Services Plan, and the family is willing to participate in the services provided.
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