Common use of Family Engagement- Clause in Contracts

Family Engagement-. A. In partnership with the Cabinet, provide culturally and linguistically competent services that are youth guided, family driven, and congruent with the DCBS family case plan and/or visitation agreement. In order to promote healthy relationships between children and their parents and siblings while placed in xxxxxx care or in a residential setting, the Provider’s service provision should focus on preserving and enhancing the connections between the children and their extended family, community, and school. 1) This includes offering family therapy/counseling and support when the family is available and maintaining contact regarding the child’s/family’s progress and on-going treatment and service needs. Family therapy/counseling should be provided when it is clinically appropriate. Provider must not require any form of payment from the youth’s family for family counseling/therapy including therapeutic telephone calls and visits. 2) The Cabinet will make decisions regarding separation of siblings and visitation. In those circumstances when the siblings are not placed together as agreed upon by the Cabinet, the Provider must provide visitation or other ongoing interaction between the siblings, unless the interaction would be contrary to sibling’s safety or well-being. DocuSign Envelope ID: EF8E297B-24F7-43A7-9300-33B5DAA4095F 3) If the Provider has reason to believe that the interaction would be contrary to a child’s safety or well-being, the Provider must submit in writing the reasoning to the Cabinet social service worker. 4) The Provider must not suspend visitation or contact prior to receiving permission from the Cabinet social service worker unless the Provider has reason to believe that the interaction would cause an immediate risk to the child’s safety. The Provider will not suspend visits as a form of discipline. 5) The Provider must provide the Cabinet social service worker with potential relative placement resource information obtained through assessments, engaging the family, or counseling. B. Accept the assignment of visitation responsibilities in accordance with Title IV-B, caseworker visitation requirements. 1) The Provider must conduct monthly face-to-face visits in accordance with federal and state requirements with each child placed by the Cabinet with the Provider, in the child’s current place of residence. C. When there is a goal of return to parent or permanent relative placement, have and follow a written policy requiring the Provider to not only involve the child’s family in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the child’s Individual Treatment Plan (ITP) but to ensure the process is youth guided and family driven to more actively engage the child and the child’s family in the child’s treatment, unless directed otherwise by the Cabinet social service worker. 1) To the extent possible, the child’s family should be included in the Provider’s services to promote timely achievement of permanency.