OAR 413-015-1220
Assessment of an Individual’s Involvement in Safety Management


(1)

To assess an individual as a safety service provider for a specific family in a protective action plan, initial safety plan, or an ongoing safety plan, the CPS worker or caseworker must take all of the following actions:

(a)

Identify and contact an individual who is a prospective safety service provider.

(b)

Gather information from the individual regarding his or her:

(A)

Relationship with the child and the child’s family; and

(B)

Willingness and ability to fulfill the specific role and responsibilities of a safety service provider for the identified family.

(c)

Provide the individual with information regarding the specific role and responsibility of the individual to assist in managing the child’s safety.

(d)

Search the Child Welfare electronic information system and review any historic information regarding the individual that may be useful in assessing the individual’s ability to be a safety service provider.

(e)

If in an individual’s role as a safety service provider the individual will have contact with the child, conduct a criminal records check on the individual using LEDS, provide LEDS notice as described in “Access to Law Enforcement Data System in Local Child Welfare Offices” OAR 413-015-1100 (Authority and Responsibility) to 413-015-1125 (LEDS Use for Certification Purposes in Emergency Situations), and review the individual’s criminal history to assess the individual’s ability to be a safety service provider.

(2)

After the CPS worker or caseworker has considered all the information gathered pursuant to section (1) of this rule, the CPS worker or caseworker must determine the individual’s suitability as a safety service provider. In making this determination, the worker must consider whether the individual is willing and able to:

(a)

Assist in managing the safety of the child;

(b)

Cooperate with any restrictions on contact between the child and others;

(c)

Support, verbally and through actions, the protective action plan, initial safety plan, and ongoing safety plan; and

(d)

Fulfill the identified role and responsibilities required of the individual in a protective action plan, initial safety plan, or an ongoing safety plan.

(3)

The CPS worker or caseworker must consult with and receive approval from a supervisor prior to engaging an individual as a safety service provider whenever the individual’s past behaviors, conditions, or circumstances include one of the items listed in the subsections of this section so long as those behaviors, conditions, or circumstances do not impact negatively the individual’s ability to fulfill the specific role and responsibilities in managing the child’s safety:

(a)

A record of abuse;

(b)

A criminal history; or

(c)

A history of drug or alcohol abuse.

(4)

The CPS worker or caseworker must document in the Child Welfare electronic information system:

(a)

The basis for the determination regarding whether an individual is suitable as a safety service provider; and
(b) The supervisor who provided the approval required in section (3) of this rule.

Source: Rule 413-015-1220 — Assessment of an Individual's Involvement in Safety Management, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=413-015-1220.

413‑015‑0100
Child Protective Service Authority and Responsibility
413‑015‑0105
Purpose of Child Protective Services
413‑015‑0115
Definitions
413‑015‑0125
CPS Responsibility Ends
413‑015‑0200
Purpose of Screening Rules
413‑015‑0205
Information Received
413‑015‑0210
Documentation Requirements
413‑015‑0211
Report of Abuse
413‑015‑0212
Additional Screening Requirements
413‑015‑0213
Request for Family Support Services
413‑015‑0214
Notifications Closed at Screening
413‑015‑0215
Information the OTIS is Responsible for Screening
413‑015‑0220
Case Management Related Information
413‑015‑0225
Information or Referral
413‑015‑0230
Emergency Action
413‑015‑0300
Cross Reporting Defined
413‑015‑0302
Purpose of Cross Reporting
413‑015‑0305
Cross Reporting Requirements
413‑015‑0310
Child Welfare Documentation and Verification Requirements
413‑015‑0400
Purpose and Overview of the CPS Assessment Rules
413‑015‑0403
Assignment of CPS Assessment
413‑015‑0404
Receipt of New Information on an Open CPS Assessment
413‑015‑0405
CPS Assessment Response Timelines
413‑015‑0409
Exception to Completing a CPS Assessment or CPS Assessment Activities
413‑015‑0415
CPS Assessment Activities
413‑015‑0420
Make Initial Contact
413‑015‑0422
Gather Safety Related Information through Interview and Observation
413‑015‑0425
Determine if there is a Present Danger Safety Threat or Impending Danger Safety Threat
413‑015‑0428
Identify How the Impending Danger Safety Threat is Occurring
413‑015‑0432
Develop Safety Plans
413‑015‑0435
Develop a Protective Action Plan
413‑015‑0437
Develop an Initial Safety Plan
413‑015‑0440
Determine Disposition of the CPS Assessment
413‑015‑0445
Make Child Safety Decision and Determine Whether to Open a Case
413‑015‑0450
Develop an Ongoing Safety Plan
413‑015‑0455
Protective Custody and Juvenile Court Action
413‑015‑0460
Visitation
413‑015‑0465
Required Assessments and Screenings for all Children Entering Substitute Care
413‑015‑0470
Notifications at Conclusion of CPS assessment
413‑015‑0475
CPS Assessment Documentation, Completion, and Supervisory Review Requirements
413‑015‑0480
CPS Assessment Extensions
413‑015‑0485
Confidentiality
413‑015‑0601
Purpose
413‑015‑0604
Additional Screening Activities When a Report Involves a Home Certified by Child Welfare
413‑015‑0606
Additional CPS Assessment Activities for a Report Involving a Home Certified by Child Welfare.
413‑015‑0608
Additional Activities at the Conclusion of the CPS Assessment on a Home Certified by Child Welfare
413‑015‑1005
Purpose of the CPS Assessment Dispositions
413‑015‑1010
Standard of Proof and Possible CPS Assessment Dispositions
413‑015‑1015
Making the CPS Assessment Disposition Determination
413‑015‑1100
Authority and Responsibility
413‑015‑1105
Purpose
413‑015‑1115
Requirements
413‑015‑1120
LEDS Use for Child Protective Service Purposes
413‑015‑1125
LEDS Use for Certification Purposes in Emergency Situations
413‑015‑1200
Purpose
413‑015‑1220
Assessment of an Individual’s Involvement in Safety Management
413‑015‑1230
Safety Service Provider Approval
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

Rule 413-015-1220’s source at or​.us