SECTION .0500 ‑ MINIMUM LICENSING STANDARDS

10A NCAC 70G .0501      PERSONNEL

(a)  The executive director shall manage and administer the agency in accordance with licensing requirements and policies of the governing body. The executive director shall meet the requirements of a Social Services Program Administrator I as defined by the North Carolina Office of State Human Resources. A copy of these requirements can be found at the following web site: (http://www.oshr.nc.gov/state-employee-resources/classifications/job-classification). The college or university degree shall be from a college or university listed at the time of the degree in the Higher Education Directory. This information can be obtained by calling Higher Education Publications, Inc. or at: http://www.hepinc.com.

(b)  The Social Work Supervisor or Case Manager Supervisor shall supervise, evaluate, and monitor the work and progress of the Social Work or Case Management staff. The Social Work Supervisor or Case Manager Supervisor shall meet the requirements of a Social Work Supervisor II as defined by the North Carolina Office of State Human Resources. A copy of these requirements can be found at (http://www.oshr.nc.gov/state-employee-resources/classification/job-classification). The college or university degree shall be from a college or university listed at the time of the degree in the Higher Education Directory. This information can be obtained by calling Higher Education Publications, Inc. or at: http://www.hepinc.com. Social Work Supervisors or Case Management Supervisors shall receive 24 hours of continuing education annually.

(c)  The Social Worker or Case Manager shall provide intake services and casework or group work services for children and their families, conduct home‑finding and assessment studies related to foster parents and planning, and coordinate the services and resources affecting foster children and their families. The Social Worker or Case Manager shall meet the requirements of a Social Worker II as defined by the North Carolina Office of State Human Resources. A copy of these requirements can be found at the following web site: (http://www.oshr.nc.gov/state-employee-resources/classification/job-classification). The college or university degree shall be from a college or university listed at the time of the degree in the Higher Education Directory. This information can be obtained through Higher Education Publications, Inc. at: http://www.hepinc.com. Social Workers or Case Managers shall receive 24 hours of continuing education annually.

(d)  Social Workers or Case Managers serving children in family foster homes shall serve no more than 15 children. Social Workers or Case Managers serving children in therapeutic foster homes shall serve no more than 12 children. Social Workers or Case Managers providing foster home licensing services (in this Rule, "licensing workers") shall serve no more than 32 foster families. Agencies providing family foster care services may combine the duties of the social worker or case manager and licensing worker and serve no more than ten children and ten foster families. Agencies providing therapeutic foster care services may combine the duties of the social worker or case manager and licensing worker and serve no more than eight children and eight foster families.

(e)  Supervision of social workers or case managers shall be assigned as follows:

Supervisors Required	Social Workers or Case Managers
0	0-4 (executive director serves as social work or case manager supervisor)
1	5
2	6-11
3	12-17
There shall be one additional supervisor for every one to five additional social workers or case managers.

(f)  The agency shall ensure that the Social Work Supervisors or Case Management Supervisors and Social Workers or Case Managers receive training in the areas of child development, permanency planning methodology, family systems and relationships, child sexual abuse, trauma-informed care, and the reasonable and prudent parent standard.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 131D-10.2A; 131D‑10.5; 143B‑153;

Eff. October 1, 2008;

Amended Eff. August 1, 2017; June 1, 2010;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. October 3, 2017.