Child and Family Services Standards Manual

Table of Contents

General Introduction

Chapter 1 – Case Management

Section 1 – Intake

Section 2 – Assessment

Section 3 – Planning

Section 4 – Service Provision

Section 5 – Evaluation

Section 6 – Service Completion

Section 7 - Preparing Youth for Leaving Care

Section 8 - Agreements with Young Adults (Extensions of Care)

Chapter 2 – Services to Families

Section 1 – Community Involvement

Section 2 – Voluntary Family Services

Section 3 – Child Care Services

Section 4 – Homemaker and Parent Aide Services

Section 5 – Voluntary Placement of Children

Section 6 – Family Support Agreements

Section 7 – Kinship Care Agreements

Section 8 – Customary Care Agreements

Section 9 – Voluntary Care Agreements

Section 10 – Voluntary Surrender of Guardianship

Program Standards (1988 - present)

Section 261 - Family Contributions Calculations

Chapter 3 – Child Protection

Section 1 – Child Protection

Section 2 – Legal Proceedings

Section 3 – Child Abuse

Section 4 – Provincial Child Abuse Investigations

Section 5 – Child Sexual Exploitation

Section 6 – Apprehension for Medical Treatment

Section 7 – Working with Law Enforcement

Chapter 4 – Children in Care

Section 1 – Placement Priority

Section 2 – Places of Safety

Section 3 – Use of Hotels

Section 7 – Absent and Missing Children

Section 9 - Children with FASD

Chapter 5 – Foster Care

Section 1 – Resource Management

Section 2 – Licensing and Licensing Appeals

Section 3 – Foster Home Placements

Section 4 – Care Responsibilities

Section 5 – Support and Respite

Section 6 – Removing Foster Children

Chapter 6 – Adoption Services

Program Standards (1988 - present)

Index (PDF)
Section 500 - Adoption Services (PDF)
Section 502 - Declaration of Paternity Applications (PDF)
Section 510 - Ward Services (PDF)
Section 530 - Services to Children (PDF)
Section 531 - Placement Preparation (PDF)
Section 532 - Placement Services (PDF)
Section 533 - Post-Placement Services(PDF)
Section 540 - Services to Adoptive Applicants (PDF)
Section 541 - Adoption Home Study (PDF)
Section 542 - Services to Approved Applicants (PDF)
Section 543 - Selection Services (PDF)
Section 544 - Post-Placement Contact (PDF)
Section 550 - Nonagency Adoption (PDF)
Section 551 - Adoption by Person Who Married Child's Parent (PDF)
Section 552 - Extended Family Adoption (PDF)
Section 553 - Private Adoption (PDF)
Section 554 - De Facto Adoption (PDF)
Section 560 - Intercountry Adoption (PDF)
Section 570 - Post-Adoption Services (PDF)
Section 571 - Post-Adoption Registry (PDF)
Section 573 - Release of Non-Identifying Information (PDF)
Section 574 - Counselling (PDF)
Section 575 - Accessing and Maintaining Files (PDF)
Section 576 - Post-Adoption Repatriation (PDF)

Chapter 7 – Service Administration

Section 1 – Service Records

Section 3 – Reviewing Complaints

Section 4 – Critical Incident Reporting

Chapter 8 – Agency Operations

Section 1 – Workforce Qualifications

Section 2 – Human Resource Practices

Volume 2 – Facility Standards

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