TX LCPAA Exam Study Set 5
1. What minimum qualifications must all employees meet <ans> behavior
or health status must not present a danger to children in care, Have a record of a
tuberculosis screening, ) Complete a notarized Licensing Affidavit for Applicants for
Employment form,
2. What are the requirements for tuberculosis screening <ans> Be
screened before having contact with children in care,
3. Can a child-placing agency administrator be an administrator for two
resi- dential child-care operations <ans> Yes if At least one child-placing
agency is manag- ing 25 or fewer foster homes
4. What responsibilities must the child-placing agency administrator
have <ans> - Have daily supervision and overall administrative responsibility for
all of your offices, Be responsible for or assign responsibility for: (A) Administering
and managing the agency, compliance with licensing regulations, personnel
matters,Administering and managing your approved agency plans
5. Who must have overall administrative responsibility when the child-
placing agency administrator is absent on a frequent and/or extended
basis <ans> The child-placing agency administrator must designate an
,employee to be responsible for the overall administration of the agency while the
administrator is absent from the agency on a frequent and/or extended basis
[Medium]. (b) The designee must be a Licensed Child-Placing Agency
Administrator
6. What are the responsibilities of child placement management staff
<ans> Review and approve: (A) All child placement activities(B) Documentation
of supervisory visits for compliance(C) Investigation findings of minimum standards
deficiencies(D) Corrective and adverse action plans involving foster families(2)
Supervise child placement staff,
7. How do child placement management staff document approval <ans>
eview and approve by signing and dating
8. When are child placement management staff required to review and
approve restrictions <ans> Any restrictions you impose on the child: (A) For
more than 30 days that the treatment director or service planning team has not
approved [Medium]; and (B) That continues for more than 30 days and must be re-
evaluated by the child placement management staff(10) Any restrictions to a
particular room or building for more than 24 hours imposed on a child
9. What are the qualifications that an employee must have to perform
,child placement activities <ans> (1) A master's degree and ) One year of
documented full-time work experience in a child-placing agency, in a residential
child-care op-
eration, or as a conservatorship caseworker or foster adoptive home development
worker for the department. (2) A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or
uni- versity in social work or other human services field. and (B) One year working
under
, the direct supervision of child placement management staff. The direct supervision
with the child placement management staff must consist of 10 documented, monthly
face-to-face, individual, case-related conferences over the year. OR A bachelor's
degree from an accredited college or university. (A) Two years of documented
full-time work experience in a child-placing agency,(B) Two years of working
under the direct supervision of child placement management staff. The direct
supervision with the child placement management staff must consist of 10
documented, monthly, face-to-face, individual, case-related conferences over each
annual period.
10. What are the qualifications an employee must have to perform child
place- ment management activities <ans> Option 1: License, Masters
Degree in social work and 9 credit hours in graduate course on family/individual
function and One year of documented full-time experience in a child-placing
agency,
Option 2: No license, Masters Degree & 9 hours in family/individual function OR
bachelors in social work & 9 hours - Two years of documented full- time experience
in a child-placing agency, Option 3: ) A bachelor's degree + 9 credit hours &
Three years of documented full-time experience in a child placing agency,
1. What minimum qualifications must all employees meet <ans> behavior
or health status must not present a danger to children in care, Have a record of a
tuberculosis screening, ) Complete a notarized Licensing Affidavit for Applicants for
Employment form,
2. What are the requirements for tuberculosis screening <ans> Be
screened before having contact with children in care,
3. Can a child-placing agency administrator be an administrator for two
resi- dential child-care operations <ans> Yes if At least one child-placing
agency is manag- ing 25 or fewer foster homes
4. What responsibilities must the child-placing agency administrator
have <ans> - Have daily supervision and overall administrative responsibility for
all of your offices, Be responsible for or assign responsibility for: (A) Administering
and managing the agency, compliance with licensing regulations, personnel
matters,Administering and managing your approved agency plans
5. Who must have overall administrative responsibility when the child-
placing agency administrator is absent on a frequent and/or extended
basis <ans> The child-placing agency administrator must designate an
,employee to be responsible for the overall administration of the agency while the
administrator is absent from the agency on a frequent and/or extended basis
[Medium]. (b) The designee must be a Licensed Child-Placing Agency
Administrator
6. What are the responsibilities of child placement management staff
<ans> Review and approve: (A) All child placement activities(B) Documentation
of supervisory visits for compliance(C) Investigation findings of minimum standards
deficiencies(D) Corrective and adverse action plans involving foster families(2)
Supervise child placement staff,
7. How do child placement management staff document approval <ans>
eview and approve by signing and dating
8. When are child placement management staff required to review and
approve restrictions <ans> Any restrictions you impose on the child: (A) For
more than 30 days that the treatment director or service planning team has not
approved [Medium]; and (B) That continues for more than 30 days and must be re-
evaluated by the child placement management staff(10) Any restrictions to a
particular room or building for more than 24 hours imposed on a child
9. What are the qualifications that an employee must have to perform
,child placement activities <ans> (1) A master's degree and ) One year of
documented full-time work experience in a child-placing agency, in a residential
child-care op-
eration, or as a conservatorship caseworker or foster adoptive home development
worker for the department. (2) A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or
uni- versity in social work or other human services field. and (B) One year working
under
, the direct supervision of child placement management staff. The direct supervision
with the child placement management staff must consist of 10 documented, monthly
face-to-face, individual, case-related conferences over the year. OR A bachelor's
degree from an accredited college or university. (A) Two years of documented
full-time work experience in a child-placing agency,(B) Two years of working
under the direct supervision of child placement management staff. The direct
supervision with the child placement management staff must consist of 10
documented, monthly, face-to-face, individual, case-related conferences over each
annual period.
10. What are the qualifications an employee must have to perform child
place- ment management activities <ans> Option 1: License, Masters
Degree in social work and 9 credit hours in graduate course on family/individual
function and One year of documented full-time experience in a child-placing
agency,
Option 2: No license, Masters Degree & 9 hours in family/individual function OR
bachelors in social work & 9 hours - Two years of documented full- time experience
in a child-placing agency, Option 3: ) A bachelor's degree + 9 credit hours &
Three years of documented full-time experience in a child placing agency,
