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

6.0 PROFESSIONAL TREATMENT TEAM:
6.1 Purpose of the Treatment Team:
The CONTRACTOR shall provide a professional on-site treatment team
that specifically defines how every adult having contact with the Placed
Child will intervene to help the Placed Child overcome the problems and
achieve the goals specified in the Needs and Services Plan portion of the
Needs and Services Plan/Quarterly Report template (Exhibit A-V). The
purpose of the treatment team is to coordinate this plan so that each adult
having contact with the child fully understands the Plan, his/her part in it,
and the nature of his/her intervention with the Placed Child.
6.2 Persons Included in the Treatment Team:
The treatment team shall be led by the CONTRACTOR’S social worker or
mental health professional in charge of developing Needs and Services
Plans/Quarterly Reports. It shall also include the facility managers, the
childcare and supervision staff, the Placed Child, and when appropriate,
the family members.
6.3 Duties of the Treatment Team:
The treatment team in collaboration with either the County Worker or the
County Worker’s Supervisor shall: (1) develop a comprehensive
individualized Needs and Services Plan within 30 Days of the date of initial
placement that contains goals that while treating the identified needs of
the Placed Child is outcome-based, specific, measurable, attainable, and
has a specific time frame for each deliverable; (2) incorporate the content
required in Title 22, Division 6, Chapter 5, Sections 84068.2(b-c) and
84068.3(a), including the plans for health and education, visitation, types
of Services necessary including treatment, strengths of the Placed Child
and his/her family; (3) incorporate the content required from the PROB
1385 or the DCFS 709; (4) determine and communicate the role of each
person having contact with the Placed Child to enact the Needs and
Services Plan; (5) determine the Placed Child’s progress or lack of
progress, including in independent living skills, and adjust the Needs and
Services Plan accordingly; and (6) discuss and formulate the behavior
management and intervention plans to which each Placed Child best
responds.
For Probation youth, the Needs and Service Plan shall address the
criminogenic needs as identified in the DPO’s (Deputy Probation Officer)
assessment and outline specific goals that target the identified
criminogenic needs. All goals must be measurable.
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