New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter II - Regulations of the Department of Social Services
Subchapter C - Social Services
Article 2 - Family and Children's Services
Part 431 - Care and Protection of Children
Section 431.5 - Staffing standards for administration of child welfare services and care by social services departments
Universal Citation: 18 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 431.5
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Caseload and supervisory standards to be established. Effective January 1, 1969, the social services department of each social services district shall establish the following staffing standards for the administration of child welfare services and care:
(1) a maximum per intake worker of 20
applications for care or services per month;
(2) a maximum per worker providing preventive
services of 20 families, but not to exceed 60 children;
(3) a maximum per worker supervising
homemakers of 10 homemakers;
(4) a
maximum per worker supervising family day-care homes of 25 such
homes;
(5) a minimum of one
homefinder to conduct home studies for every 50 new approved family day-care
homes needed;
(6) a maximum per
worker providing casework services to children in foster care, and their
parents, of 50 such children;
(7) a
maximum per worker bearing responsibility toward children who have been placed
with private agencies and institutions of:
(i)
50 such children, where the worker provides casework services to the children
and their parents;
(ii) 80 such
children, where the worker provides casework services to the parents and the
private agency or institution provides casework services to the
children;
(iii) 130 such children,
where the private agency or institution provides full casework services to the
children and their parents;
(8) a minimum of one homefinder to conduct
home studies for every 25 new approved boarding homes needed;
(9) a maximum per worker providing services
to unmarried parents and their children of 25 such family units;
(10) a minimum of one homefinder to conduct
home studies for every 25 new approved adoptive homes needed; and
(11) a maximum per case supervisor of five
workers with the caseloads and functions specified in this section.
(b) For the purposes of paragraphs (6), (9) and (11), respectively, of subdivision (a) of this section, the number of family day-care homes, boarding homes and adoptive homes needed by each social services department shall be calculated annually.
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