Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice
Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies
Article 3 - Personnel
7 AAC 56.220 - Level II child placing worker qualifications and responsibilities

Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 56.220

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) An agency shall employ at least one person who at a minimum meets one of the following qualifications:

(1) a bachelor's degree in social work from an accredited college or university and at least two years of supervised child-placing experience; or

(2) a bachelor's degree in a human services field from an accredited college or university and at least three years of supervised child-placing experience.

(b) Level II child placing workers shall carry out the following responsibilities:

(1) approval of admission of a child into the child placement program;

(2) approval of the intake study;

(3) approval of a specific residential child care facility, foster home, adoptive home, or guardianship home for the child's initial and any subsequent placement;

(4) approval of licensing evaluations and home studies for foster homes;

(5) professional supervision of less qualified or experienced staff, if any, including planning for staff development and corrective action in regard to child placement decisions.

Authority:AS 44.29.020

AS 47.35.010

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