Programs and Services
Shelter Services - Extended Placement
Also see: Crisis Shelter Care
Recipient of Service:
Youth, age 12 – 17, who are legal dependents of Orange County Social Service Agency who have been placed at Casa Youth Shelter.
These youth are usually older (15 – 17) and many have experienced failed group home placement in the past.
Goal of Services:
Casa Youth Shelter is a RCL Level 7 group home. In the past there were generally 2 – 3 Ex. Placement youth at Casa at any given time. Today the program is just about gone as OC SSA had changed their policies and guidelines and, numerically, there are only high RCL youth available for placements – RCL 12 – 14. To raise our RCL would jeopardize our Short Term Shelter Care Program.
These youth have a very different program then short term shelter care youth. They do go to school, have their own level system and have off-site privileges. Please see Extended Placement Level System for more details.
Provider Qualifications:
Minimum qualifications of Extended Placement Coordinators include enrollment in a graduate studies program leading to a degree of Masters in psychology, counseling, social work or a closely related field.
Minimum qualifications of Extended Placement Case Managers include enrollment in an undergraduate studies program leading to a degree of Bachelors in psychology, counseling, social work or a closely related field.
