1. (a) The Family Service Worker will:

   1. (1) Within five (5) working days of placement, assess and determine what, if any, evidence must be provided to the court to establish that supervised visitation is necessary;
   2. (2) Regardless of the type of visitation (i.e., supervised or unsupervised) needed for a particular family, establish the frequency and length of parent-child visits, to include noncustodial and putative parents as appropriate, in order to develop a visit plan to recommend to the court;

   3. (3)

      1. (A) Obtain approval from FSW Supervisor for any deviations from required frequency of visits.
      2. (B) If approved, request appropriate visit waiver in CHRIS;

   4. (4)

      1. (A) Arrange for visits with parents as outlined in the case plan to include assisting with transportation, supervision of visits, and/or other logistics, as needed.
      2. (B) This coordination may include asking Program Assistants (PAs), foster parents, interns, approved relative and fictive kin volunteers, and/or nonrelative volunteers to assist with transportation to visits and asking Program Assistants (PAs), foster parents, interns, and/or nonrelative volunteers to assist with the supervision of visits, as appropriate.
      3. (C) The FSW will ensure any PAs, foster parents, interns, and/or nonrelative volunteers supervising parent-child visits:

2. (i) Know the history and other applicable dynamics of the case; and

   1. (ii) Understand what they are to observe and/or assist with while providing said supervision;
   2. (5) Prepare children for visits with their parents;
   3. (6) Ask Program Assistants, interns, approved relative and fictive kin volunteers, and/or nonrelative volunteers, as applicable, for information he or she obtained while assisting with parent-child visits and/or review PA CHRIS contact entries, as applicable;
   4. (7) Update the CANS and/or case plan as necessary based on the interaction and/or outcomes of parent-child visits; and
   5. (8) Conference with FSW Supervisor as necessary regarding parent-child visits.

3. (b) The Family Service Worker Supervisor will:

   1. (1) Review and approve the plan for visits and other contact with parents;
   2. (2) Assist with parent-child visit logistics if needed; and

   3. (3) Conference regularly with the FSW and other staff who may supervise visits to assess the quality of the visits and to determine if any changes to the plan for visits and/or other contact are needed.

      1. (c) The Program Assistant will:
   4. (1) Assist with transports to and/or supervision of parent-child visits as assigned; and
   5. (2) Share information gathered from transports to and supervision of parent-child visits with FSW and document information in CHRIS contact screens.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "04/2018"