NOT NECESSARY OR NOT SUFFICIENT. If not necessary, order case be dismissed and ISPO be revoked and/or Protective Order (PO) be issued. » If not sufficient for child’s safety and protection, court can order child’s removal from his/her home. PRACTICE TIP | Safety Monitor: Individual identified by DCFS to provide oversight of safety plan to ensure followed and safety threats to child are controlled (i.e., professional, paraprofessional, volunteer, or individual who is part of family’s network, such as extended family, church members, friends, etc.). Make sure safety monitor understands what he/she is agreeing to, role and expectations, and consequences of parents not complying with safety plan. Assess capacity of safety monitor to balance the relationship he/she may have with parents with his/her role as safety monitor (i.e., grandmother is safety monitor for her daughter). While presence at CSPH not required, he/she may have questions or wish to be heard if present. PRACTICE TIP | Removal: If court orders removal, follow Continued Custody Hearing (CCH) articles in Children’s Code and use Continued Custody Order Template. There are critical Federal and State law findings, including reasonable efforts and contrary to welfare findings that must be determined in first court order removing a child from his/her home.
NOT NECESSARY OR NOT SUFFICIENT. If not necessary, order case be dismissed and ISPO be revoked and/or Protective Order (PO) be issued. » If not sufficient for child’s safety and protection, court can order child’s removal from his/her home.
