La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § I-5535

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section I-5535 - Social Services

A. Social services, as part of an interdisciplinary spectrum of services, shall be provided through the use of social work methods directed toward:

1. maximizing the social functioning of each person;

2. enhancing the coping capacity of his family; and

3. assenting and safeguarding the human and civil rights of the individual and his family and fostering the human dignity and personal worth of each individual.

B. Social workers shall participate, when appropriate, in the continuing interdisciplinary evaluation of individual students for the purposes of initiation, monitoring, and follow-up of individualized habilitation programs.

C. During the person's admission to, and residence in, the facility, or while he is receiving services from the facility, social workers shall, as appropriate, provide liaison between him, the facility, the family, and the community, so as to:

1. help the staff to:

a. individualize and understand the needs of the individual and his family in relation to each other;

b. understand social factors in the person's day-to-day behavior, including his relationship with the staff; and

c. prepare the individual for changes in his living situation;

2. help the family to develop constructive and personally meaningful ways to support his experience in the facility, through:

a. counseling concerned with problems associated with changes in family structure and functioning;

b. referral to specific services, as appropriate; and

3. help the family to participate in planning for his return to home or other community placement.

D. There shall be available sufficient, appropriately qualified staff, either full-time or through arrangement, and necessary supporting personnel to carry out the various social service activities. Social workers providing service to the facility shall be graduates of a master's program in an accredited school of social work. Social work assistants or aides employed by the facility shall work under the supervision of, or get consultation from, a social worker who is a graduate of a master's program of an accredited school of social work.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-5535

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of the Secretary, Division of Licensing and Certification, LR 13:246 (April 1987).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 46:1971 through 1980.