Section 392-700-085 - Case management and student support(1) Case management staff will be employed or assigned to the program to provide accessible, consistent support to students, as well as, academic advising, career guidance information, employment assistance or referrals, and referrals to social and health services.(2)The program will maintain a case management staff to student ratio not to exceed 1:75 (one case manager to seventy-five enrolled students) on a full-time continuous basis throughout the school year.(3)Only the percent of each staff member's time that is allocated to fulfilling case management responsibilities for reengagement students will be included in the calculation of a program's case management staff to student ratio.(4)Even though the provision of case management services may require case management staff to work in the community to meet client needs, case management staff will be primarily based at the program's instructional site(s).(5) The program will ensure that case management services and instruction are integrated and coordinated and that procedures are in places that facilitate timely relevant communication about student progress.(6)Case management staff will be assigned to provide services to students on a continuous basis throughout the school year.(7)All case management staff will have at least a bachelor's degree in social work, counseling, education, or a related field or at least two years' experience providing case management, counseling, or related direct services to at-risk individuals or sixteen to twenty-one year old youth.Wash. Admin. Code § 392-700-085
Amended by WSR 15-15-115, Filed 7/16/2015, effective 8/16/2015Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100 and 2010 c 20. 11-17-045, § 392-700-085, filed 8/11/11, effective 9/11/11.