3.2 Care provider admissions and orientation for UC

Question 1

What must care providers be trained in for admissions and orientation?

Answer 1

Care providers must be trained in child-friendly and trauma-informed interviewing, assessment, observation, and other techniques.

Question 2

What happens if a care provider finds a UC’s health or liife is inimminent risk or could put others at imminent risk?

Answer 2

They should call 911

Question 3

6 steps after obtaining physical custody of a child to ensure physical and mental well-being of the child

Answer 3

1. Ensure the child receives food and beverages and bathes or showers within 2 hours of entering the care provider facility.
2. Providing the child, at a minimum, with clean clothing, clean bedding, and personal hygiene items
3. Ensure to the extent practical under the circumstances, the child eats and bathes before interacting with others
4. Assist the child in contacting family members or other relatives, if constact is considered afe, following ORR and the care provider’s internal safety procedures
5. Ensure the child receives a complete initial medical exam, including screening for infectious diseases by a license physical or PA, within 48 hours of admission (excluding weekends and holidays)
6. Create an inventory list for all cash and other property obtained from the child upon admission.

Question 4

How soon should the initial intakes assessment be completed?

Answer 4

Within 24 hours of the child’s admission. The assessment should include a series of questions about family members, immediate medical or mental health concerns, medications, and personal safety

Question 5

What if the intake assessment finds someone might have been a victim of human trafficking ?

Answer 5

They need to be referred to it up within 24 hours

Question 6

What’s part of the orientation?

Answer 6

• tour of the facility and note emergency evacuation routes and exits
• explanation of the nature of the UCs custody in orr
• care providers rules, responsibilities. And procedures
• UCs rights and responsibilities (including general legal nrormarion)
• care providers behavior management policies
• care providers grievance policies and procedures
• emergency and evacuation procedures
• anything else