TX LCPAA EXAM STUDY SET 5 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What minimum qualifications must all employees meet? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅behavior or health
status must not present a danger to children in care, Have a record of a tuberculosis screening, )
Complete a notarized Licensing Affidavit for Applicants for Employment form,
What are the requirements for tuberculosis screening? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Be screened before
having contact with children in care,
Can a child-placing agency administrator be an administrator for two residential child-care operations? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Yes if At least one child-placing agency is managing 25 or fewer foster homes
What responsibilities must the child-placing agency administrator have? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Have
daily supervision and overall administrative responsibility for all of your offices, Be responsible for or
assign responsibility for: (A) Administering and managing the agency, compliance with licensing
regulations, personnel matters,Administering and managing your approved agency plans
Who must have overall administrative responsibility when the child- placing agency administrator is
absent on a frequent and/or extended basis? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The child-placing agency
administrator must designate an employee to be responsible for the overall administration of the
agency while the administrator is absent from the agency on a frequent and/or extended basis
[Medium]. (b) The designee must be a Licensed Child-Placing Agency Administrator
What are the responsibilities of child placement management staff? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Review
and approve: (A) All child placement activities(B) Documentation of supervisory visits for compliance(C)
Investigation findings of minimum standards deficiencies(D) Corrective and adverse action plans
involving foster families(2) Supervise child placement staff,
How do child placement management staff document approval? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅eview and
approve by signing and dating
When are child placement management staff required to review and approve restrictions? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Any restrictions you impose on the child: (A) For more than 30 days that the treatment
director or service planning team has not approved [Medium]; and (B) That continues for more than 30
days and must be re-evaluated by the child placement management staff(10) Any restrictions to a
particular room or building for more than 24 hours imposed on a child
, What are the qualifications that an employee must have to perform child placement activities? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(1) A master's degree and ) One year of documented full-time work experience
in a child-placing agency, in a residential child-care operation, or as a conservatorship caseworker or
foster adoptive home development worker for the department. (2) A bachelor's degree from an
accredited college or university in social work or other human services field. and (B) One year working
under the direct supervision of child placement management staff. The direct supervision with the child
placement management staff must consist of 10 documented, monthly, face-to-face, individual, case-
related conferences over the year. OR A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. (A)
Two years of documented full-time work experience in a child-placing agency,(B) Two years of working
under the direct supervision of child placement management staff. The direct supervision with the child
placement management staff must consist of 10 documented, monthly, face-to-face, individual, case-
related conferences over each annual period.
What are the qualifications an employee must have to perform child placement management activities?
- CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Option 1: License, Masters Degree in social work and 9 credit hours in graduate
course on family/individual function and One year of documented full-time experience in a child-placing
agency,
Option 2: No license, Masters Degree & 9 hours in family/individual function OR bachelors in social work
& 9 hours - Two years of documented full- time experience in a child-placing agency, Option 3: ) A
bachelor's degree + 9 credit hours & Three years of documented full-time experience in a child placing
agency,
What are the requirements for child placement management staff at a branch office regarding how
many supervision meetings with child placing staff? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅You must have a child
placement management staff assigned for each branch office to perform the child-placement activities
[Medium]. (b) Your child placement management staff must have and document at least 10 monthly
supervision conferences per year with a branch-office employee who performs child- placing activities
What are the requirements for the caseloads of my child placement staff? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅There are no caseload requirements for child placement staff; h
Must I have a treatment director? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅You must have a treatment director if you
provide treatment services to 30 or more children at any one time, or to more than 50% of the children
in your care. Your treatment director must be a full-time employee of your agency
What minimum qualifications must all employees meet? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅behavior or health
status must not present a danger to children in care, Have a record of a tuberculosis screening, )
Complete a notarized Licensing Affidavit for Applicants for Employment form,
What are the requirements for tuberculosis screening? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Be screened before
having contact with children in care,
Can a child-placing agency administrator be an administrator for two residential child-care operations? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Yes if At least one child-placing agency is managing 25 or fewer foster homes
What responsibilities must the child-placing agency administrator have? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Have
daily supervision and overall administrative responsibility for all of your offices, Be responsible for or
assign responsibility for: (A) Administering and managing the agency, compliance with licensing
regulations, personnel matters,Administering and managing your approved agency plans
Who must have overall administrative responsibility when the child- placing agency administrator is
absent on a frequent and/or extended basis? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The child-placing agency
administrator must designate an employee to be responsible for the overall administration of the
agency while the administrator is absent from the agency on a frequent and/or extended basis
[Medium]. (b) The designee must be a Licensed Child-Placing Agency Administrator
What are the responsibilities of child placement management staff? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Review
and approve: (A) All child placement activities(B) Documentation of supervisory visits for compliance(C)
Investigation findings of minimum standards deficiencies(D) Corrective and adverse action plans
involving foster families(2) Supervise child placement staff,
How do child placement management staff document approval? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅eview and
approve by signing and dating
When are child placement management staff required to review and approve restrictions? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Any restrictions you impose on the child: (A) For more than 30 days that the treatment
director or service planning team has not approved [Medium]; and (B) That continues for more than 30
days and must be re-evaluated by the child placement management staff(10) Any restrictions to a
particular room or building for more than 24 hours imposed on a child
, What are the qualifications that an employee must have to perform child placement activities? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅(1) A master's degree and ) One year of documented full-time work experience
in a child-placing agency, in a residential child-care operation, or as a conservatorship caseworker or
foster adoptive home development worker for the department. (2) A bachelor's degree from an
accredited college or university in social work or other human services field. and (B) One year working
under the direct supervision of child placement management staff. The direct supervision with the child
placement management staff must consist of 10 documented, monthly, face-to-face, individual, case-
related conferences over the year. OR A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. (A)
Two years of documented full-time work experience in a child-placing agency,(B) Two years of working
under the direct supervision of child placement management staff. The direct supervision with the child
placement management staff must consist of 10 documented, monthly, face-to-face, individual, case-
related conferences over each annual period.
What are the qualifications an employee must have to perform child placement management activities?
- CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Option 1: License, Masters Degree in social work and 9 credit hours in graduate
course on family/individual function and One year of documented full-time experience in a child-placing
agency,
Option 2: No license, Masters Degree & 9 hours in family/individual function OR bachelors in social work
& 9 hours - Two years of documented full- time experience in a child-placing agency, Option 3: ) A
bachelor's degree + 9 credit hours & Three years of documented full-time experience in a child placing
agency,
What are the requirements for child placement management staff at a branch office regarding how
many supervision meetings with child placing staff? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅You must have a child
placement management staff assigned for each branch office to perform the child-placement activities
[Medium]. (b) Your child placement management staff must have and document at least 10 monthly
supervision conferences per year with a branch-office employee who performs child- placing activities
What are the requirements for the caseloads of my child placement staff? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅There are no caseload requirements for child placement staff; h
Must I have a treatment director? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅You must have a treatment director if you
provide treatment services to 30 or more children at any one time, or to more than 50% of the children
in your care. Your treatment director must be a full-time employee of your agency
