Who's more in charge of a foster kid—their parents or their case worker?
For example, if a minor in foster care gets arrested, who do the cops call when they want to talk to the kid—their parents or their case worker?
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The foster parents are in charge of the kid. But the case worker is in charge of the parents (and the kid). If the kid gets arrested, the parents would be called and it'd be up to the parents to ground the kid.
It would be up to the case worker to evaluate how good of a job the parents are doing. To take an extreme case, if the foster parents responded by beating the kid, then it would be up to the case worker to call the police and take the kids away.
The state has legal custody of foster kids.
The foster parents are technically employees of the state and the case worker is their supervisor for the purposes of foster care. The biological parents have had their parental right suspended or revoked before the child is placed in a foster home.
That said, your details are ENTIRELY different from the original question. The foster parents are directly in charge of the child.
The parents first. They are the ones directly responsible for the child. Then if it can be proven that the case worker knew what was going on ignored it then I would think the case worker could be in trouble as well.
Once a kid is in foster care they are in the care of the state and NOT their parents. Most kids are in foster care because their parents were found to be unfit, abusive, or seriously neglagent. If a foster care kid is arrested the kid's social worker would most likely be the contact.
the foster parents.
probably the parents
the foster parents
It depends on the crime. If the child is in foster care, then foster care has custody. Depending on WHERE the parents may or may not be notified.
They call the adult who has custody of the child.
Depends. Did the crime occur in front of the case worker? You don't say.