NAC432B.210. Strengthening parental capacity to care for children.

A caseworker’s role in strengthening the parental capacity to care for their children includes:

     1. The promotion of the parents’ strengths and self-esteem by using a humanistic approach and viewing work together as a partnership or joint venture;

     2. The selection and application of various modalities of treatment appropriate to the needs and strengths of the parents, such as crisis intervention, casework, groupwork, and marital and family therapy;

     3. The maintenance of relationships with the family by being direct and active, and responding immediately to points of family crisis;

     4. The capacity to balance the parents’ needs for dependency with those for independency;

     5. The commitment to seek supervisory or specialized professional consultation regarding the progress toward case goals; and

     6. The preparation of the family whenever a transfer to another caseworker or provider of services is necessary.

     [Welfare Div., Standards for Child Protective Services part Art. III-E, eff. 9-11-87]