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The Oklahoma Pinnacle Plan:
An Improvement Plan for Child Welfare Services
APPENDICES
March
2012
PINNACLE PLAN INITIATIVES
SFY 2013 SFY 2014 SFY 2015 SFY 2016 SFY 2017
Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter
Initiative 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Pinnacle Point 3 (cont.)
10. OKDHS will request an additional 100 child welfare specialist positions, additional child
welfare supervisors and district directors. This request will be contingent upon additional
funding by the state legislature and approval of the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(See Pinnacle Point 3 – Initiative 2 for the original request.)
11. OKDHS will conduct a workload study to determine the appropriate number of CWS positions
needed in Oklahoma and consider a reasonable turnover rate. This study will either confirm
the right number of CWS are employed or provide the basis for future requests for CWS and
supervisors.
12. By September 1, 2013, OKDHS will create a field training program with intensity of
supervision by tenured staff and the requirement for new CWS to demonstrate competencies
before working independently, similar to the intensity and requirements of training offered
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13. By September 1, 2013, OKDHS will develop and implement a certification program for CWS. •
14. By September 1, 2013, the Oklahoma Department of Human Services will develop and submit
for approval to the OPM Division of the OSF a new administrative support job family for CWS.
If the newly developed job family is approved by the OPM Division of OSF, OKDHS will assign
one position of the newly developed job family for every two child welfare supervisory units.
15. After the workload study is completed in Year Two, OKDHS will make adjustments to the
tracking system so that all assigned work is counted, staff experience and turnover is
considered, and the complexity of cases is evaluated.
16. By September 1, 2014, OKDHS will eliminate the use of secondary assignments for visiting
children statewide except in unusual circumstances; for example children placed out of state
or placed further than two hours from their primary county.
17. By September 2014, OKDHS will double the number of slots available for child welfare staff,
from 24 to 48, to attend the Interdisciplinary Training Program in Child Abuse and Neglect.
18. OKDHS will pilot the concept of partnering workers in teams to improve safety, decisionmaking,
support to families, case information provided to the supervisor, and stress
associated with making very tough decisions.
19. 19. Over a five-year period, beginning in Year One, incrementally increase pay for child
welfare staff so that salaries are more competitive with other states.
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