Recommendation R2.10.2
To help supervisors and managers of DCFS and DMH support their subordinates more effectively: Similarly, DMH supervising clinicians who have not worked directly with a child in a long time should periodically take on cases or experience field service visits with clinicians they supervise. A better understanding of their clinicians’ challenges will make them more effective in supporting them.
Jury report: Los Angeles County Foster Care · PDF page 141
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Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (consolidated County departmental response)
Agency says implementedFor the shared supervisory-support objective, DMH agrees and claims supervisors already must take cases, commonly complex cases, assist field staff and address crises. This directly engages renewed clinical exposure; implementation remains an agency assertion.
Read official response · PDF page 35Editorial engagement review of the answer, not confirmation of implementation. For the shared supervisory-support objective, DMH agrees and claims supervisors already must take cases, commonly complex cases, assist field staff and address crises. This directly engages renewed clinical exposure; implementation remains an agency assertion. Report physical PDF page(s) 141; County response physical PDF page(s) 35. 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.