The Family Service Worker will:

1. (1) Conduct the first face-to-face visit with the biological parents within five (5) days of the child entering an out-of-home placement in order to:

   1. (A) Introduce himself or herself, if not already completed;
   2. (B) Ensure the parents understand the reason for removal;

   3. (C) Collect any information critical to their child’s health and well-being not already given to the FSW Investigator or on-call worker at the time of removal including but not limited to:

      1. (i) Child’s allergies;
      2. (ii) Child’s medications;
      3. (iii) Child’s school and/or other educational information;
      4. (iv) Behavioral information regarding the child;
      5. (v) Child’s likes and dislikes;
      6. (vi) Support items for the child such as stuffed animals; and
      7. (vii) Names and contact information for potential relative and fictive kin placements.
   4. (D) Begin gathering information about the strengths and needs of the family to assist with the completion of the CANS and case plan;

2. (2) As part of meeting due diligence in establishing in-person contact with the parent or parents complete as many of the following activities necessary in order to complete the first in home visit or any visits thereafter:

   1. (A) Conduct the appropriate Division of County Operations record checks to attempt to obtain a valid address for the parent or parents;
   2. (B) Ask the local, county, and state law enforcement agencies to check their records for information that may the parent or parents;
   3. (C) Ask relatives and friends of the parent or parents to provide information to help locate the parent or parents;
   4. (D) Contact the local post office, utility companies, and schools to request a check of their records;
   5. (E) Conduct the Lexis Nexis search to attempt to locate the parent or parents; and
   6. (F) Utilize CFS-155: Unable to Locate Checklist for additional efforts to locate the parent;
3. (3) Document contacts with biological parent or parents in the case contact screen (workload/case/services/contacts) with the purpose of “Family Contact”; and
4. (4) Update the CANS and/or case plan as appropriate based on parent visits and other contact.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "01/2016"