Section 148-19-10 - PERSONNELA. The child placing agency shall have as an administrator a person who shall be responsible to the individual or governing body referred to in section 9(B) for the administration of the agency's policies and program. If the administrator is responsible for supervision of casework,, the qualifications of a casework supervisor must be met.B. Each child placing agency shall have a casework supervisor, who may also serve as administrator, who shall be responsible for the provision of placing services, foster care services and/or adoption services. The casework supervisor must have: a a Master's Degree from an accredited school in social work with a concentration in casework, orb a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited School in Social Works psychology, sociology, counseling, human development, child development, social welfare or a related field, and three (3) years of casework and/or supervisory experience in a child and family related setting.C. All staff providing foster care and/or adoption services to children and families shall have: a a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited school in social work, psychology, sociology, counseling human development, child development, social welfare or related field and one (1) year case management experience in professional social work, orb five (5) years of professional social work case management AND fifteen (15) college credit hours in areas of counseling, guidance, psychology, sociology, human development and child development, orc an Associate Degree from an accredited school in social work, psychology, sociology, counseling, human development, social welfare or related field AND three (3) years case management in professional social work.D. There shall be sufficient staff to give adequate casework services to the child and the families for whom the agency has responsibility.E. The governing body shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department that all staff have the following qualities to carry out their duties: 1 Sufficiently good physical, mental, and emotional health to carry out their duties,2 Competence in working with children and families,,3 Good moral character. The governing body may do this by requesting medical, psychiatric or psychological reports criminal records and references which are current and specific to the position being applied for.
The Department may request the information referred to in this section for review and approval if no governing body exists.
F. Each child placing agency shall have a written personnel policy which shall include: 1 Hiring and termination procedures.2 Regular evaluation procedures.3 Salary scale and benefits.G. There shall be at least one casework supervisor for each eight full time casework staff or any combination of full and part time not to exceed ten casework staff.H. Adoption services, including placing, assisting in placing, post adoption services, or searches shall not be provided to agency personnel or persons serving as the governing body for two years after they have terminated their employment or governing body status with the agency,I. Volunteers, consultants and other professionals providing foster care and/or adoption services to children and families shall possess qualifications in accordance with the services they provide, paralleling the qualifications for employed staff providing similar services. Volunteers, including students, shall be utilized only in conjunction with appropriate supervision, training and orientation to acquaint them with the agency's philosophy, organization, program, practices and goals.
J. There shall be a personnel file on each employee which shall include: 2 References (3 written references or reports on reference contacts) which are current to the date of application and specific to the position being applied for.3 Annual evaluation reports signed by both employee and supervisor.4 Resignation or reason for termination.5 Information obtained in compliance with Section 10(E) of the rules.K. Not withstanding any requirements within these rules, all staff must be in compliance with 32 M.R.S.A. Section7001et seq.10-148 C.M.R. ch. 19, § 10