Supervisor Value 5
A Strong Working Relationship with the Legal System
Always maintaining primary focus on children’s best interests
• Model clear and responsive communication by responding within 1 business day to emails and phone calls
○ Keep manager informed
○Coach and support the SW on who to contact and when
○Ensure attorneys, Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), county counsel, etc., have been informed
• Collaborate on planned operations (e.g., removals or arrest of parents or raids) when removing children from relatives or foster parents or changing placements to minimize trauma to children/youth, families, resource families
○Discuss details of planned operation
○Communicate to placement unit
○Review specific protocols pertaining to the specific issue and discuss in supervision
○Elevate to managers when practice does not match protocols
• Support worker in keeping to investigation timelines
• Identify and elevate barriers to providing timely, accurate information
• Ensure child’s/youth’s voice is included in reports
• Discuss policies on notification in supervision
• Attend Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meetings/case consults, and suggest them to staff when at a critical decision point
• Help worker determine whether MDT or case consult is most appropriate
• Ask about other perspectives of the case
○ Keep manager informed
○Coach and support the SW on who to contact and when
○Ensure attorneys, Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), county counsel, etc., have been informed
• Collaborate on planned operations (e.g., removals or arrest of parents or raids) when removing children from relatives or foster parents or changing placements to minimize trauma to children/youth, families, resource families
○Discuss details of planned operation
○Communicate to placement unit
○Review specific protocols pertaining to the specific issue and discuss in supervision
○Elevate to managers when practice does not match protocols
• Support worker in keeping to investigation timelines
• Identify and elevate barriers to providing timely, accurate information
• Ensure child’s/youth’s voice is included in reports
• Discuss policies on notification in supervision
• Attend Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meetings/case consults, and suggest them to staff when at a critical decision point
• Help worker determine whether MDT or case consult is most appropriate
• Ask about other perspectives of the case
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
• Refer to confidentiality guide and discuss information sharing
• Monitor for succession planning of law enforcement liaisons
• Support the law enforcement liaison by attending line ups
• Help manage workload to allow law enforcement liaisons time to build relationships and provide training
• Discuss and be aware of penal codes
• Determine with staff if law enforcement is needed and why
• Notify law enforcement liaison when law enforcement is needed
• Proactively reach out to county counsel to aid in understanding the law
• Allow staff opportunities to do ridealongs, shadowing with law enforcement
• Encourage staff to meet with law enforcement whenever possible to conduct briefing prior to meeting with a mutual client
• Ensure documented contact with law enforcement at case closure
• Monitor for succession planning of law enforcement liaisons
• Support the law enforcement liaison by attending line ups
• Help manage workload to allow law enforcement liaisons time to build relationships and provide training
• Discuss and be aware of penal codes
• Determine with staff if law enforcement is needed and why
• Notify law enforcement liaison when law enforcement is needed
• Proactively reach out to county counsel to aid in understanding the law
• Allow staff opportunities to do ridealongs, shadowing with law enforcement
• Encourage staff to meet with law enforcement whenever possible to conduct briefing prior to meeting with a mutual client
• Ensure documented contact with law enforcement at case closure
Seeking collaborative decisions and case plans whenever possible
• Support SW’s assessment on placement
• Discuss in supervision the impact of Probation/dual status
• Support and go with worker to Child Protection Team (CPT) meetings, and consult with manager if attending
• Review minute orders in supervision, and monitor challenges to obtaining them
• Monitor and encourage use of existing processes (MDT, meet and confer, etc.) to discuss needs of child/youth and family to develop case plans
• Discuss with SW the impact of trauma on family to inform decision making
• Encourage communication with probation
• Ensure mutual case plan goals
• Support staff in the time needed to encourage co-location
• Monitor workload so Hotline SW can quickly process the generation of referrals
• Discuss different perspectives of legal partner and help SW develop a balanced assessment in supervision
• Discuss in supervision the impact of Probation/dual status
• Support and go with worker to Child Protection Team (CPT) meetings, and consult with manager if attending
• Review minute orders in supervision, and monitor challenges to obtaining them
• Monitor and encourage use of existing processes (MDT, meet and confer, etc.) to discuss needs of child/youth and family to develop case plans
• Discuss with SW the impact of trauma on family to inform decision making
• Encourage communication with probation
• Ensure mutual case plan goals
• Support staff in the time needed to encourage co-location
• Monitor workload so Hotline SW can quickly process the generation of referrals
• Discuss different perspectives of legal partner and help SW develop a balanced assessment in supervision
Regularly working toward efforts to improve court processes to ensure that they are supportive of mutual goals
• Resolve or elevate system concerns brought to their attention
• Monitor timely submission of court reports
• Be knowledgeable when it comes to confidentiality
• Monitor timely submission of court reports
• Be knowledgeable when it comes to confidentiality
Collaborating with law enforcement to ensure safety and effective coordination of services.
•Know and coach SW on values and principles of SET and SOP
• Help SW prioritize competing priorities
• Be knowledgeable about the cases in the unit
• Help SW communicate changes in case
• Discuss with SW the other services provided to the parent or a delinquent youth
• Help SW prioritize competing priorities
• Be knowledgeable about the cases in the unit
• Help SW communicate changes in case
• Discuss with SW the other services provided to the parent or a delinquent youth
