Recommendation R2.10.1
To help supervisors and managers of DCFS and DMH support their subordinates more effectively: DCFS managers and supervising social workers who have not done field work in recent years should be required to make periodic field visits in the company of a social worker. These field visits should include foster homes, FFAs and children in their parents’ or relatives’ homes. The experience will allow them to better empathize with social workers and be more effective in supporting them.
Jury report: Los Angeles County Foster Care · PDF page 141
Permanent linkOfficial response
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (consolidated County departmental response)
Agency says implementedFor the shared supervisory-support objective, DCFS partially disagrees and claims partial implementation. Management Directive 09-11 requires two accompanied visits annually per CSW; managers' participation can be directed regionally and one office reportedly has quarterly leadership visits. Response does not claim uniform mandatory visits for all managers.
Read official response · PDF page 34Editorial engagement review of the answer, not confirmation of implementation. For the shared supervisory-support objective, DCFS partially disagrees and claims partial implementation. Management Directive 09-11 requires two accompanied visits annually per CSW; managers' participation can be directed regionally and one office reportedly has quarterly leadership visits. Response does not claim uniform mandatory visits for all managers. Report physical PDF page(s) 141; County response physical PDF page(s) 34. Claims remain attributed; adoption date is not a filing or receipt date.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.