Model Protocol for Multidisciplinary Teams - Office of the Attorney ...

Specific responsibilities of CACs relating_____________________________________to child sexual abuse cases include:• Provide a single, child-friendly location where all services provided to childrenduring the investigation process can be offered;• Provide a location, including a child friendly room, one-way mirror and recordingcapability, for law enforcement and DCBS staff who conduct interviews withchildren alleged to have been sexually abused;• Selected CACs also provide forensic interview services defined as a structuredinterview with a child for the purpose of facilitating a criminal investigation.These forensic interviews are provided by masters level mental healthprofessionals with special expertise in forensic interviews;• Provide comprehensive medical examinations and mental health screenings for achild to assess the child's physical well being and to document any evidence ofsexual or other abuse. Medical examinations provided by CACs are provided inaccordance with 907 KAR 3:160, by a licensed physician with pediatricexperience and expertise in the evaluation and treatment of child abuse. Medicalexamination services may be provided by a sexual assault nurse examinercertified in accordance with KRS Chapter 314:011, if the child is fourteen yearsor older;• Provide advocacy services to assist child victims and their non-offendingcaregivers which may include: accompaniment to court, case management,information and referral services;• Provide counseling services which may include: crisis telephone line andsupport-group services;• Provide clinical services which may include: mental health screening, mentalhealth evaluation, individual therapy services for children and non-offendingcaretakers and families;• Provide group therapy services for children and non-offending caretakers;• Provide a centralized location for the multidisciplinary team to meet, a locationthat ensures that the privacy interests of the child will be protected during theteam review process;• Participate in multidisciplinary team meeting in the counties that the regionalCAC serves;• Provide staffing to local multidisciplinary teams, to the extent possible;• Provide consultation and educational services;• Provide technical assistance and consultation resources to criminal justice andhuman service professionals in the region in which the center is located.Mental Health ProfessionalsMental health professionals may include psychologists licensed or certified pursuant toKRS 319; social workers who are certified or licensed pursuant to KRS 335; physicians16