OAR 413-080-0067: Contact Requirements and Exceptions; Required Face-to-Face Contact

(1) The Department may make scheduled or unscheduled face-to-face contacts with the child or young adult, parent, guardian, certified family, or provider. (2) The caseworker's supervisor may approve Department staff as described in OAR 413-080-0054(1) to make the face-to-face contact required by these rules (OAR 413-080-0040 to 413-080-0067) when a caseworker's schedule or special circumstances prevent the caseworker from making the face-to-face contact. (a) Prior to conducting the required face-to-face contact, Department staff must have information regarding the case plan, the ongoing safety plan, the parents or guardians, and the child or young adult, including any special needs of the child or young adult. (b) The Department staff person making the face-to-face contact is responsible for monitoring the safety of the child or young adult.