199.461 Monthly regional, county, and statewide caseload average for social service
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workers -- Requirement of report if average in excess of specified quantity.
(1)As used in this section, "social service worker" means a social worker employed by
the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Community Based
Services, to provide direct casework services in foster care, child protection,
juvenile services, or adult protection.
(2)As used in this section, "active case" includes the total number of cases for which
the family service worker has responsibility.
(3)The monthly statewide caseload average for social service workers in the area of
foster care, child protection, juvenile services, or adult protection shall not exceed
twenty-five
(25)active cases.
(4)Nothing in this section shall prevent the department or a social service worker from
handling emergencies to carry out statutory mandates. If the monthly regional,
county, or statewide caseload average for social service workers exceeds twenty-
five
(25)active cases for ninety
(90)consecutive days, the department shall report
the fact to the Governor and to the Legislative Research Commission together with
a description of the factors contributing thereto and shall make recommendations
related thereto. The report shall include, by county and region, social service worker
caseload averages; the number of established social service worker positions; and
the number of vacant social service worker positions.