NAC432B.135. Organizational requirements.

     1. An agency which provides family assessment services shall establish an organizational structure which ensures that there is a clearly defined and logical hierarchy of authority and responsibility for all matters associated with the administration and operation of its program for family assessment services. The structure must create opportunities for frequent communication between the administrative and policymaking staff and the staff which directly provides family assessment services.

     2. The agency’s pattern of organization for its staff which directly provides family assessment services must be designed to facilitate achievement of the program’s goals and the objectives of individual plans for family assessment services. The agency shall include, without limitation, the following factors in establishing its structure for the delivery of family assessment services:

     (a) The assignment of responsibility for the management of cases regarding all the children in any one family under the care of the agency to one member of the staff.

     (b) The need for continuity of responsibility for each child and his family throughout the process for the delivery of family assessment services. When more than one agency or person is involved in providing family assessment services for children in a family, there must be a formal process for the coordination and transfer of services.

     (c) The coordination of an agency’s efforts to achieve established objectives for the delivery of family assessment services to each child and his family.

     3. The policies and procedures of the agency must be in written form.

     4. The agency shall establish an internal process for the review of cases to ensure conformity with the law, regulations, and the policies and procedures of the agency.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Child & Fam. Services by R221-97, eff. 6-5-98; A by E001-01, 6-28-2001; R083-01, 10-31-2001)