1. (a) If disruption of an adoptive placement is imminent, the family’s Adoption Specialist will:

   1. (1) Provide appropriate services to preserve the family and prevent disruption, if applicable; and
   2. (2) Prepare the adoptive family for the disruption and provide casework counseling and referrals for needed services.

2. (b) If disruption of an adoptive placement is imminent, the child’s Adoption Specialist will:

   1. (1) Schedule and conduct a staffing to include those listed above and the resource parents, provisional resource parent or parents or relative, any age appropriate child, and any other significant individuals;
   2. (2) Immediately notify the Adoption Supervisor, Adoptions Manager, County Supervisor, Family Service Worker, Adoption Manager, Office of Chief Counsel attorney, and attorney ad litem;

   3. (3) In the Division of Children and Family Services’ information management system:

      1. (A) Document the staffing, reason for disruption, and all contacts with adoptive family in the contacts screen; and
      2. (B) Exit the child from their current adoptive home placement by selecting placement resource requested removal or child requested change of placement, in the enter/exit screen; and
   4. (4) Prepare the child for the disruption and provide casework, counseling, and referrals for needed services.

3. (c) The Adoption Supervisor will:

   1. (1) Transfer the case back to the last Primary Assigned Family Service Worker in the assign/transfer screen; and

   2. (2)

      1. (A) Return case management responsibility to the Family Service Worker (of the initiating county) and transfer primary worker designation (in the division’s information management system) back to the Family Service Worker if it is not the plan to immediately select another adoptive family, and disruption occurs.
      2. (B) Return the child’s paper record back to the Family Service Worker within five (5) working days of the disruption.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "01/2021"