§ 14-3-203 — Duties of state agency; on-call services

Wyoming § 14-3-203

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 14: Children
• Ch. 3: PROTECTION
• Art. 2: CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES

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(a) The state agency shall:
(i) Administer W.S. 14-3-201 through 14-3-215;
(ii) Be responsible for strengthening and improving
state and community efforts toward the prevention,
identification and treatment of child abuse and neglect in the
state; and
(iii) Refer any person or family seeking assistance
in meeting child care responsibilities, whether or not the
problem presented by the person or family is child abuse or
neglect, to appropriate community resources, agencies, services
or facilities.
(iv) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 236, § 4.
(b) The state agency may contract for assistance in
providing on-call services. The assistance may include
screening protection calls, making appropriate referrals to law
enforcement and the agency, and maintaining a record of calls
and referrals. Contractors shall have training in child
protection services.
(c) The state agency shall ensure that all child
protective service workers are trained:
(i) In the principles of family centered practice
that focus on providing services to the entire family to achieve
the goals of safety and permanency for children, including
balancing the best interests of children with the rights of
parents;
(ii) In the duty of the workers to inform the
individual subject to a child abuse or neglect allegation, at
the earliest opportunity during the initial contact, of the
specific complaints or allegations made against the individual;
(iii) Concerning constitutional and statutory rights
of children and families from and after the initial time of
contact and the worker's legal duty not to violate the
constitutional and statutory rights of children and families
from and after the initial time of contact;
(iv) To know the state's legal definitions of
physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, dependency and
endangerment;
(v) To know the provisions of federal and state laws
governing child welfare practice, including but not limited to
the Adoption and Safe Families Act, Indian Child Welfare Act,
the Wyoming Indian Child Welfare Act, Multi-Ethnic Placement
Act, the Child Abuse Prevention Treatment Act and the Family
First Prevention Services Act, as amended;
(vi) To make reasonable efforts to determine if the
person responsible for the welfare of a child in a suspected
case of child abuse or neglect is a member of the armed forces
or if the child is enrolled in the defense enrollment
eligibility reporting system of the United States department of
defense.