Manager Value 5
A Strong Working Relationship with the Legal System
Recognizing that the optimal place for children/youth is safely in their own homes.
•Model clear and responsive communication by responding within 1 business day to emails and phone calls
• Be available for consults and approve placements
• Let workers know how to reach you for consults
• Elevate to Policy and Program Support (PPS) when protocols don’t match practice
• Communicate between agencies
• Support law enforcement hotline
• Identify and elevate supervisor concerns about bar-riers to providing timely accurate information to PPS
• Discuss notification policies in supervision
• Be available for Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meetings if needed and support its use
• Encourage collaboration and communication with parents’ and minors’ attorneys
• Be available for consults and approve placements
• Let workers know how to reach you for consults
• Elevate to Policy and Program Support (PPS) when protocols don’t match practice
• Communicate between agencies
• Support law enforcement hotline
• Identify and elevate supervisor concerns about bar-riers to providing timely accurate information to PPS
• Discuss notification policies in supervision
• Be available for Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meetings if needed and support its use
• Encourage collaboration and communication with parents’ and minors’ attorneys
Ensuring that all parties have mutual understanding of, and respect for, one another’s roles, the law, and the rights due to children, youth, and families.
Establish and maintain law enforcement liaisons in all regions
• Discuss and be aware of penal codes
• Support use of law enforcement
• Support relationship building with law enforcement and staff (Collaboratives/meet and greet)
• Share concerns about attorneys and judges with PPS/ county counsel as they arise
• Provide staff opportunities to do ride-alongs, shadowing with law enforcement
• Support staff in meeting with law enforcement whenever possible to conduct briefing prior to meeting with a mutual client
• Attend Voices for Children meetings
• Hold brown bags with Dependency Legal Group (DLG) attorneys to improve communication and understanding of roles
• Hold trainings/brown bags with county counsel to improve communication and understanding of roles
• Discuss Special Notices and other changes in policies related to legal issues in supervisor meetings and with staff
• Discuss and be aware of penal codes
• Support use of law enforcement
• Support relationship building with law enforcement and staff (Collaboratives/meet and greet)
• Share concerns about attorneys and judges with PPS/ county counsel as they arise
• Provide staff opportunities to do ride-alongs, shadowing with law enforcement
• Support staff in meeting with law enforcement whenever possible to conduct briefing prior to meeting with a mutual client
• Attend Voices for Children meetings
• Hold brown bags with Dependency Legal Group (DLG) attorneys to improve communication and understanding of roles
• Hold trainings/brown bags with county counsel to improve communication and understanding of roles
• Discuss Special Notices and other changes in policies related to legal issues in supervisor meetings and with staff
Seeking collaborative decisions and case plans whenever possible.
• Monitor barriers in making joint decisions
• Support Child Protection Team (CPT) meetings
• Advocate for line staff to have access to criminal minute orders
• Support use of existing processes (MDT, meet and confer, etc.) to discuss needs of child/youth and family to develop case plans
• Ensure that the region offers trauma-informed training opportunities
• Establish relationships to facilitate co-location
• Monitor data and staffing
• Support Child Protection Team (CPT) meetings
• Advocate for line staff to have access to criminal minute orders
• Support use of existing processes (MDT, meet and confer, etc.) to discuss needs of child/youth and family to develop case plans
• Ensure that the region offers trauma-informed training opportunities
• Establish relationships to facilitate co-location
• Monitor data and staffing
Regularly working toward efforts to improve court processes to ensure that they are sup-portive of mutual goals.
• Resolve or elevate system concerns brought to your attention
• Advocate for monthly court room calendar assign-ments to be distributed timely
• Advocate for monthly court room calendar assign-ments to be distributed timely
Collaborating with law enforcement to ensure safety and effective coordination of services.
• Know and coach PSS on Values and principles of SET and SOP
• Reach out and build relationships with law enforcement
• Reach out and build relationships with law enforcement
