Determining client risk for response by screening in-coming calls, and when necessary, through face-to-face meetings or during home visits; Determining response needs; Providing social work activities designed to remedy or prevent situations of abuse, neglect, or exploitation; Arranging for the provision of food, housing, medical, counseling, emergency shelter, and in-home temporary services, as needed; Providing crisis intervention; Assisting clients voluntarily into shelter in response to emergencies; Gathering documentation of abuse for law enforcement agencies during an investigation, as requested; Documenting client activities in the case file; Locating a friend or relative to act as a collateral contact or a support system; Processing court petitions and declarations for Conservatorship; and Preparing written reports and assessments. CODE 5701 APS - Case Management Includes time spent performing case management activities during the period following the initial investigation and response to reports involving abuse, neglect, or exploitation of elder or dependent adult clients who meet the criteria for APS (see definition in Code 5691). Public Guardians (PG), who are CWD employees, may time study to this code only if the PG is responsible for performing APS activities or is responsible for activities that would normally be the responsibility of APS workers. Allowable activities are those necessary to bring about changes in the lives of victims and to provide a safety net to enable victims to protect themselves in the future. Case management activities are those performed after the initial response and investigation of reports of abuse. Such activities may include, but are not limited to: Further investigation of alleged abuse after the case has been established and subsequent reporting of protection issues including, but not limited to, social, medical, environmental, physical, emotional, socio-economic, or developmental issues; Investigation activities including, but not limited to: A systematic inquiry to determine the validity of a report of elder or dependent adult abuse; Gathering of information to develop an intervention plan to address any condition that places the elder or dependent adult at risk; Interviews with the elder or dependent adult and with other persons including other members of the family or household, service providers or other members of the multidisciplinary team.
Determining client risk for response by screening in-coming calls, and when necessary, through face-to-face meetings or during home visits; Determining response needs; Providing social work activities designed to remedy or prevent situations of abuse, neglect, or exploitation; Arranging for the provision of food, housing, medical, counseling, emergency shelter, and in-home temporary services, as needed; Providing crisis intervention; Assisting clients voluntarily into shelter in response to emergencies; Gathering documentation of abuse for law enforcement agencies during an investigation, as requested; Documenting client activities in the case file; Locating a friend or relative to act as a collateral contact or a support system; Processing court petitions and declarations for Conservatorship; and Preparing written reports and assessments. CODE 5701 APS - Case Management Includes time spent performing case management activities during the period following the initial investigation and response to reports involving abuse, neglect, or exploitation of elder or dependent adult clients who meet the criteria for APS (see definition in Code 5691). Public Guardians (PG), who are CWD employees, may time study to this code only if the PG is responsible for performing APS activities or is responsible for activities that would normally be the responsibility of APS workers. Allowable activities are those necessary to bring about changes in the lives of victims and to provide a safety net to enable victims to protect themselves in the future. Case management activities are those performed after the initial response and investigation of reports of abuse. Such activities may include, but are not limited to: Further investigation of alleged abuse after the case has been established and subsequent reporting of protection issues including, but not limited to, social, medical, environmental, physical, emotional, socio-economic, or developmental issues; Investigation activities including, but not limited to: A systematic inquiry to determine the validity of a report of elder or dependent adult abuse; Gathering of information to develop an intervention plan to address any condition that places the elder or dependent adult at risk; Interviews with the elder or dependent adult and with other persons including other members of the family or household, service providers or other members of the multidisciplinary team.