Handbook Revision, April 1, 2025
Supervisor Consultations during an Investigation (PATS 14242)
Policy was updated to streamline and align the policy with current practice.
The investigator must conduct a staffing with a supervisor after making initial contact with an alleged victim, before leaving the operation or home.
The investigator and supervisor discuss whether a safety plan is warranted and, if so, what specific risks the safety plan must mitigate (see 4500 Assessing the Immediate Safety of Children).
See:
4120 Supervisor Consultations Dduring an Investigation
4121 Investigation Assignment Conference
4122 Safety Staffing
4123 4122 Interim Staffing with Supervisor
4124 4123 Dispositional Staffing and Determining the Findings
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4500 Assessing the Immediate Safety of Children
4510 4512 Danger Indicators
4520 4510 Evaluating the Need for a Safety Plan Intervention
4511 Safety Assessments
4521 Supervisory Review of the Safety Plan
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4521.2 Requesting That an Operation Stop Operating Caring for Children
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4530 4520 Implementing a DFPS Safety Plan
4531 4522 Documenting the a Safety Plan
4532 4521.1 Restricting an Alleged Perpetrator’s Contact with Children or Role at the Operation
4533 4523 Notifying the Child Care Regulations Licensing Representative of the DFPS Safety Plan
4534 4524 Operation Refuses to Implement a Safety Plan
4540 4530 Evaluating and Ending a DFPS Safety Plan
4541 4531 Revising or Extending a DFPS Safety Plan
4550 4540 Handling Immediate Danger to Children
4541 Emergency Release
4550 Injunctive Relief
4551 Temporary Restraining Order
4552 Injunction
4553 Following Up On an Injunction