N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:56-10.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 3A:56-10.4 - Case management requirements

(a) The home shall develop, implement and maintain on file a written case management plan for each adolescent and her infant.

(b) The home shall form a case management planning team that is responsible for the development of a case management plan for each adolescent and infant. The team shall consist of each of the following:

1. Staff members representing the clinical or social work component;

2. Staff members representing the child care component;

3. Staff members representing the administration of the home, if necessary;

4. Representatives from the adolescent's responsible school district and/or current school district, if necessary;

5. A representative from the Division or other placing agency;

6. The adolescent's family, if applicable;

7. The infant's father or paternal relatives, if applicable; and

8. The adolescent, for the purposes of providing input.

(c) The home shall document in the adolescents and infants record that the Divisions worker or other placing agency representative, the adolescents therapist, parents, or legal guardian, and the responsible or current school district, if applicable, were invited to participate as members of the case management planning team and in all subsequent revisions of the plan.

(d) The home shall develop the initial case management plan within 30 calendar days following an adolescent's and/or her infant's admission and shall review or revise the plan at least every three months thereafter.

(e) The case management plan shall include the following information:

1. The name of the adolescent, and infant, if relevant;

2. The date of admission of the adolescent, and infant, if relevant;

3. The date when the plan is developed or revised;

4. The names and titles of all persons attending the development and review meeting;

5. The adolescent's plan for and receipt of medical and dental care;

6. The infant's plan for and receipt of medical care, and dental care if the infant is three years of age or older;

7. Documentation that a referral to the Supplemental Feeding Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) or other equivalent program was made and that any necessary follow up was done, or documentation that the adolescent or infant was ineligible for WIC or other equivalent program;

8. The adolescent's social, familial, emotional and behavioral strengths and weaknesses;

9. An assessment of the interest in the unborn child or child by the father, including a notation of whether the infant's paternity has been legally established;

10. An assessment of the adolescent's parenting capabilities including but not limited to the adolescent's ability to feed and play with her infant, provide for her infant's grooming, provide medical care, and use child care responsibly, if applicable;

11. An assessment of the adolescent's academic progress, including a report of attendance and grades obtained within 30 calendar days of the case planning meeting;

12. An assessment of the health and development of the infant, including available developmental assessments from health examinations;

13. Specific treatment goal(s) in each program area and a projected time frame for completing each goal;

14. The name of the person responsible for the implementation of each treatment goal;

15. Techniques to be used to achieve each treatment goal;

16. Criteria to be used to determine whether each treatment goal is achieved;

17. A notation of progress made from any previous plan;

18. Documentation of efforts to achieve timely discharge and ongoing discharge planning, including, but not limited to, services needed by parents or other persons to whom the adolescent will be discharged; and

19. Documentation of how the adolescent is being prepared for self-sufficiency. This documentation shall include but not be limited to instruction in:

i. Food preparation, including participation in preparing at least one meal a week and training in food shopping at least once a month;

ii. Budgeting and money management, including but not limited to discussion of standard deductions from a paycheck, costs for housing and transportation and how to open and use a savings and checking account; and

iii. Career planning and job training, including but not limited to discussion of entry level requirements for job openings in the community and assistance in obtaining the qualifications for these positions.

(f) The home shall send to the Divisions worker or other placing agency a copy of the case management plan and any revisions to it within 30 calendar days after the planning meeting and retain a copy of the correspondence in the adolescents and infants record.

(g) The home shall explain to the adolescent, her parents, and all persons responsible the adolescent's and infant's case management plan and any revisions to it. If the home does not explain the adolescent's and infant's case management plan to the adolescent's parents, the home shall document in the adolescent's case record the reasons that the plan was not explained to the parents.

(h) The home shall provide and monitor all services specified in the case management plan and document the rationale for any deviations from the most recent case management plan in the adolescent's and infant's record.

(i) When an adolescent mother expresses interest in surrendering her infant for adoption, the home shall:

1. Explain to the adolescent mother the implications and process of adoption;

2. Notify the Divisions worker or other placing agency;

3. Notify the adolescent's parent or legal guardian, if applicable; and

4. Provide the adolescent with information in order to contact legal counsel if she so chooses.

N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:56-10.4

Administrative Change, 49 N.J.R. 98a.

Amended by 50 N.J.R. 135(a), effective 1/2/2018