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Chapter 31:  ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES

Overview
31-1

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Topic

Number

Overview (this page)

31-1

Introduction

31-2

Staff Qualifications and Responsibilities
  • Child Protective Services Units
  • Regional Training Units

- Program Supervisor Qualifications

- Program Supervisor Responsibilities

- Performance Evaluations of Social Work Supervisors

- Social Work Supervisor Qualifications

- Social Work Supervisor Responsibilities

 

31-3-1
31-3-2

31-3-2.1

31-3-2.2

31-3-2.3


31-3-2.4

31-3-2.5

Training
  • Regional Training Plans
  • Pre-Supervisory Training
  • New Social Work Staff
  • Assignment to Training/Regular Units
  • Case Assignment
  • Trainee’s Training Record
  • Social Services Assistant Training
  • Managers and Supervisors Core Training
  • Annual Clerical Training
  • Training Programs for Management Competency
  • Investigation Workers
  • Assessment/Services Workers
  • Parenting and Family Assessment
  • Acceptance
  • Absences
  • Tardiness
  • Workload Coverage
  • Referring Staff for Intensive Individualized Training Needs Assessment and Consultation
  • Review of Staff Referrals for Intensive Assessment and Individual Assessment
  • Training Academy and Regional Training Staff Supervisory Meetings
  • Social Work Internship Program
  • Tuition Reimbursement

 

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31-4-4
31-4-5
31-4-6
31-4-7
31-4-8
31-4-9
31-4-10
31-4-11
31-4-12
31-4-13
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31-4-18

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31-4-20

31-4-21
31-4-22

Ratio of Supervisors to Workers

31-5

Personnel Issues    (See Chapter 7 for complete Personnel policies)      
  • Attendance

- Introduction and Definitions
- Employee Procedures for Reporting an Absence
- Supervisory Responsibilities
- Standards for Attendance Review
- Agency Corrective Action
- Reporting of Employee Absences to the Human Resources Division

  • Employment Records

- Employee’s Personnel File
- Supervisory File
- Performance Appraisals

  • Employee Conduct

- Use of Drugs and Alcohol
- Staff/Child/Family Relationships
- Acts of Discrimination and Sexual Harassment
- Neglect of Duty
- Department Employees as Foster Parents
- Confidentiality Agreement
- Arrest or Conviction of an Employee
-  Administrative Leave as a Result of Alleged Serious         Misconduct or Criminal Charges
-  Dress Policy

 

  • Safety Policy

- Worksite Violence Prevention
- Emergency Response Plan
- Safety Committees
- Employee Safety Incident Report
- Identification Badges
- Cellular Telephones

  • Transporting Children and Adults in State Vehicles
  • Light Duty
  • Early Release of Employees
  • Nursing Mothers

 

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31-6-1.1
31-6-1.2
31-6-1.3
31-6-1.4
31-6-1.5
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31-6-2.1
31-6-2.2
31-6-2.3

 

31-6-3.1
31-6-3.2
31-6-3.3
31-6-3.4
31-6-3.5

31-6-3.6
31-6-3.7
31-6-3.8
31-6-3.9




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31-6-4.2
31-6-4.3
31-6-4.5
31-6-4.6
31-6-4.10
31-6-4.11

31-6-5
31-6-6
31-6-7
31-6-8

 

 

Work Units
  • Supervisory Responsibilities: Unit Meetings
  • Supervisory Responsibilities: Supervisory Conferences
  • Record Keeping
  • Case Consultation Decisions: Unit Health Conferences

 

31-7-1.1
31-7-1.2
31-7-1.3
31-7-1.4

Case Related Issues
  • Definitions of Case, Case Participant and Client
  • Case Name
  • Critical Incidents: Reporting Procedures
  • Caseloads for Social Work Staff
  • Confidentiality
  • Delivery of Services in the Native and/or Sign Languages
  • Uniform Case Record
  • Case Narratives
  • Case Decisions Requiring Consultation and Review
  • Caseload Reporting and Balancing
  • Case Transfers Between Regional Offices
  • Suitcases for Children
  • Immigration Issues
  • Native American Families
  • KidPix

 

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31-8-2
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31-8-4
31-8-5
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31-8-7
31-8-8
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31-8-12
31-8-13
31-8-14
31-8-15

Use of State Vehicles
  • Fuel

 

31-9-2

Office of Legal Affairs
  • Overview
  • Introduction
  • Confidentiality
  • Freedom of Information Act
  • Office of the Attorney General

               - Documentation

  • Vienna Convention
  • Subpoenas

 

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31-10-2

31-10-3

31-10-4

31-10-5

31-10-5.1

31-10-6

31-10-7

Connecticut Department of Children and Families                    Effective Date:  December15, 2005 (Revised)