CWCM CHILD WELFARE CASE LATEST EXAMS
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔When can a non judicial in home services case be closed - ✔✔Family does not
comply
✔✔In order to close a case and have it ready for supervisory review you must -
✔✔Have the parent be in agreement
✔✔Case closure would be appropriate when - ✔✔The family has achieved the
outcomes in the case plan
✔✔Methods for gathering assessment info include - ✔✔Monthly contact with children 30
, parents 30 , CG
Contact with service providers 30 days
Visitation between siblings
✔✔The single most significant factors for successful reunification is - ✔✔Parent child
visitation
✔✔What is the appropriate case plan goal when the case is not high rush and changes
in the family situation will allow the child to safely return home? - ✔✔Reunification
,✔✔Before a child can be unsupervised overnight visits or return home the counselor
must - ✔✔Complete a home study and update a risk assessment
✔✔Per Florida statue community based care providers do not have the authority to -
✔✔Remove a child
✔✔When considering case closure a case manager's primary responsibility is to -
✔✔Reassess the risk of recurring harm to the child
✔✔Prior to removing a child from the home the counselor could offer the family which of
the following - ✔✔Services and supports
✔✔The court system used in dependency cases is the - ✔✔Circuit court
✔✔What is the timeframe for documenting case notes in FSFN (Florida Safe Families
Network) and SACWIS (statewide automated child welfare information system) -
✔✔Within 2 business days
✔✔When you determine a 12 years old child missing within how many hours must you
notify law enforcement - ✔✔4
✔✔When a child is missing how often must you perform diligent efforts to locate -
✔✔Weekly efforts for the first three months then on a monthly basis
✔✔The most important factor to consider when referring a family for services is - ✔✔Is
the service relevant to the case
✔✔Which statement is best for gathering needed info before a case plan is written -
✔✔What do you think led to why our agency is involved? What have you tried?
✔✔Shelter hearing - ✔✔Within 24 hours of removal, need probable cause, can't do in
home safety plan
✔✔Petition for TPR court process - ✔✔Petition
Advisory
Pre
Adjudicatory hearing
Disposition
TPR/ adjudicate (put back in home or
Take out again)/ or dismiss
From TPR —gearing for amended case plan with permanency goal change
✔✔dependency petition - ✔✔21 days of shelter hearing
, Or 7 days after party files a early filing
Child in shelter status ordered by court or under protective investigation
✔✔Arraignment and shelter review - ✔✔28 days from shelter hearing
7 days if filing early file
Custodian admits consents or denies findings of petition
No standard of proof
✔✔disposition hearing - ✔✔15 days after arraignment if consent or admit
30 days after last day of adjudicatory if deny
To review and approve PDS and case plan, decide best remedy for family problems and
reach permanence for the child
No standard of proof
✔✔The parent notification brochure informs the parent of the their .... - ✔✔Rights
✔✔This party may request a 72 hours continuance of the shelter hearing if they want an
attorney - ✔✔Parents
✔✔Case plan - ✔✔Prepared by the disposition (60 days from removal)
Approved 30 days of disposition if not there
✔✔Initial judicial review - ✔✔90 days after disposition or when case plan was approved
(earlier)
6 months from removal
No standard of proof
✔✔judicial review - ✔✔Every 6 months after initial review of permanency goal until court
terminated supervision
And or Every 90 days if child in residential treatment
90 days before 17th bday
Review the child's status and the parents
Progress towards goals and objectives on case plan
Assess progress towards permanent for
The child and aftercare supports or SIJS
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔When can a non judicial in home services case be closed - ✔✔Family does not
comply
✔✔In order to close a case and have it ready for supervisory review you must -
✔✔Have the parent be in agreement
✔✔Case closure would be appropriate when - ✔✔The family has achieved the
outcomes in the case plan
✔✔Methods for gathering assessment info include - ✔✔Monthly contact with children 30
, parents 30 , CG
Contact with service providers 30 days
Visitation between siblings
✔✔The single most significant factors for successful reunification is - ✔✔Parent child
visitation
✔✔What is the appropriate case plan goal when the case is not high rush and changes
in the family situation will allow the child to safely return home? - ✔✔Reunification
,✔✔Before a child can be unsupervised overnight visits or return home the counselor
must - ✔✔Complete a home study and update a risk assessment
✔✔Per Florida statue community based care providers do not have the authority to -
✔✔Remove a child
✔✔When considering case closure a case manager's primary responsibility is to -
✔✔Reassess the risk of recurring harm to the child
✔✔Prior to removing a child from the home the counselor could offer the family which of
the following - ✔✔Services and supports
✔✔The court system used in dependency cases is the - ✔✔Circuit court
✔✔What is the timeframe for documenting case notes in FSFN (Florida Safe Families
Network) and SACWIS (statewide automated child welfare information system) -
✔✔Within 2 business days
✔✔When you determine a 12 years old child missing within how many hours must you
notify law enforcement - ✔✔4
✔✔When a child is missing how often must you perform diligent efforts to locate -
✔✔Weekly efforts for the first three months then on a monthly basis
✔✔The most important factor to consider when referring a family for services is - ✔✔Is
the service relevant to the case
✔✔Which statement is best for gathering needed info before a case plan is written -
✔✔What do you think led to why our agency is involved? What have you tried?
✔✔Shelter hearing - ✔✔Within 24 hours of removal, need probable cause, can't do in
home safety plan
✔✔Petition for TPR court process - ✔✔Petition
Advisory
Pre
Adjudicatory hearing
Disposition
TPR/ adjudicate (put back in home or
Take out again)/ or dismiss
From TPR —gearing for amended case plan with permanency goal change
✔✔dependency petition - ✔✔21 days of shelter hearing
, Or 7 days after party files a early filing
Child in shelter status ordered by court or under protective investigation
✔✔Arraignment and shelter review - ✔✔28 days from shelter hearing
7 days if filing early file
Custodian admits consents or denies findings of petition
No standard of proof
✔✔disposition hearing - ✔✔15 days after arraignment if consent or admit
30 days after last day of adjudicatory if deny
To review and approve PDS and case plan, decide best remedy for family problems and
reach permanence for the child
No standard of proof
✔✔The parent notification brochure informs the parent of the their .... - ✔✔Rights
✔✔This party may request a 72 hours continuance of the shelter hearing if they want an
attorney - ✔✔Parents
✔✔Case plan - ✔✔Prepared by the disposition (60 days from removal)
Approved 30 days of disposition if not there
✔✔Initial judicial review - ✔✔90 days after disposition or when case plan was approved
(earlier)
6 months from removal
No standard of proof
✔✔judicial review - ✔✔Every 6 months after initial review of permanency goal until court
terminated supervision
And or Every 90 days if child in residential treatment
90 days before 17th bday
Review the child's status and the parents
Progress towards goals and objectives on case plan
Assess progress towards permanent for
The child and aftercare supports or SIJS
