Ala. Admin. Code r. 660-5-47-.07

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 660-5-47-.07 - Documentation And Narrative Recording

(1) The ISP form must be fully completed on all cases which require an ISP with review and approval by the completing worker's supervisor. It must also be reviewed and appropriately revised following all ISP team meetings. The form captures information about the ISP meeting (e.g., individuals invited to attend, meeting participants, confidentiality agreements, when the plan is distributed to team members); demographics for and information on the family members e.g., date of birth, education, eligibility and entitlements, permanency and concurrent planning goals for the children); and services to meet identified needs and achieve desired permanency goals.

(a) The Addendum is a funding source document and planning tool to document information on children who are residing in out-of-home care pursuant to a court order granting DHR custody or an Agreement for Foster Care. It includes information that is documented in the ISP and/or record. It must be completed on each child who enters out-of-home care within ten (10) days of that child's removal from the home. The completed form must be reviewed following all ISP team meetings and updated when information captured on the form has changed.

(2) The narrative section of the family's case record captures the family's history with the agency, enables the worker to elaborate on information gathered during the individualized service planning process, and demonstrates how the process is guiding case practice.

(a) Narrative recording may be completed in either chronological or summary form, and should reflect only that information which is relevant to the case and which does not duplicate information located elsewhere in the case record. The amount of detail included in the narrative entries is dependent upon the nature of the entry and the purpose for which it is being recorded. Narrative entries shall address elements of the ISP process including information directly related to goals and steps, team members' progress toward completion of steps to address identified needs and evidence that actions taken are supportive of the ISP and the children's permanency goals.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 660-5-47-.07

New Rule: Filed September 6, 2000; effective October 11, 2000. Repealed and New Rule: Filed August 4, 2006; effective September 8, 2006.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXVI, Issue No. 06, March 30, 2018, eff. 4/22/2018.

Author: Shawanda Harris

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 12-15-311, 12-15-312, 12-15-314, 12-15-315, 41-22-5, 41-22-6; The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, (PL The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 ( PL 96-272); The Adoption and Safe Families Act (PL 105-89); R.C. v Hornsby, No 88-H-1170-N, Consent Decree (M.D. Ala. Approved December 18, 1991).