Practice guidance Sample Clauses

Practice guidance. What should the Permanency Planning Team (PPT) be looking at in determining the appropriateness of a VMA? • The PPT should be reviewing safety factors, what is in each child/youth’s best interest, and if all parities want to mediate and understand the mediation process. o Safety factors that may be present post-adoption relative to all possible types of contact, and what, if any, supports could be in place to mitigate concerns. ▪ Consideration must be given to emotional safety as well as physical safety. ▪ Examples of on-going safety factors may include: substance use, mental health issues, exposure to domestic violence and/or physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse and its impact on the child/youth. o Possible types of contact/connection other than visitation may include receiving/exchanging yearly letters and/or pictures, phone calls, and/or contact through social media. • Do the parents demonstrate respect for the pre-adoptive parents’ authority and role in the child/youth’s life? • Does the pre-adoptive family demonstrate an appreciation of the value of some form of ongoing connection as it relates to the best interest of the child/youth? Are they realistic in terms of their ability to follow through with a VMA until the child/youth is 18? What factors should the PPT evaluate to ensure the pre-adoptive family is motivated and realistic about their participation in a VMA? • Do they have an appropriate understanding of the VMA process and of the legality of what they may agree to? • Have they thoroughly considered the long-term implications of the VMA and how that may impact their family in the future? When is it appropriate to have multiple Voluntarily Mediated Agreements in a case? • Each parent shall have their own VMA, regardless of if the agreement pertains to an individual child/youth or siblings. • Best practice is that there should be an individual VMA relative to each child/youth. However, if siblings have the same parent(s) and are being adopted by the same pre-adoptive parent(s), there may be a single VMA that has terms within it that speak to the individual needs of each child/youth. At what point do you include the District Office Supervisor, Field Administrator and/or the Permanency Program Specialist in making the decision to move forward with a VMA? • When the court orders a VMA and the parties do not agree with it, and/or DCYF has concern with moving forward with a VMA; • When there is a disagreement between the PPT and the CPSW/Supervi...
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Practice guidance. If a child accessing a stretched offer leaves a setting and starts at another provider part way through a term, the number of hours provided will be calculated by the local authority to determine a fair approach to funding. Practice guidance: Children cannot change from one model to another during a term. The family will need to wait to make any changes until the start of the following term. Charging‌
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Practice guidance. The practice place announces Miss/Mister Profession for a practice supervisor for the training of the student. This practice supervisor is likewise a dialogue partner to the stu- dent and to all employees of the practice office concerning all questions that concern this con- tractual relationship.
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