California Code of Regulations › Title 15 - Crime Prevention and Corrections › Division 1 - Board of State and Community Corrections › Chapter 1 - Board of State and Community Corrections › Subchapter 5 - Minimum Standards for Juvenile Facilities › Article 3 - Training, Personnel, and Management › Section 1321 - Staffing

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Each juvenile facility shall:
(a) have an adequate number of personnel
					 sufficient to carry out the overall facility operation and its programming, to
					 provide for safety and security of youth and staff, and meet established
					 standards and regulations;
(b)
					 ensure that no required services shall be denied because of insufficient
					 numbers of staff on duty absent exigent circumstances;
(c) have a sufficient number of supervisory
					 level staff to ensure adequate supervision of all staff members;
(d) have a clearly identified person on duty
					 at all times who is responsible for operations and activities and has completed
					 the Juvenile Corrections Officer Core Course and PC 832 training;
(e) have at least one staff member present on
					 each living unit whenever there are youth in the living unit;
(f) have sufficient food service personnel
					 relative to the number and security of living units, including staff qualified
					 and available to: plan menus meeting nutritional requirements of youth; provide
					 kitchen supervision; direct food preparation and servings; conduct related
					 training programs for culinary staff; and maintain necessary records; or, a
					 facility may serve food that meets nutritional standards prepared by an outside
					 source;
(g) have sufficient
					 administrative, clerical, recreational, medical, dental, mental health,
					 building maintenance, transportation, control room, facility security and other
					 support staff for the efficient management of the facility, and to ensure that
					 youth supervision staff shall not be diverted from supervising youth;
					 and,
(h) assign sufficient youth
					 supervision staff to provide continuous wide awake supervision of youth,
					 subject to temporary variations in staff assignments to meet special program
					 needs. Staffing shall be in compliance with a minimum youth-staff ratio for the
					 following facility types:
(1) Juvenile Halls
(A) during the hours that youth are awake,
					 one wide-awake youth supervision staff member on duty for each 10 youth in
					 detention;
(B) during the hours
					 that youth are confined to their room for the purpose of sleeping, one
					 wide-awake youth supervision staff member on duty for each 30 youth in
					 detention;
(C) at least two
					 wide-awake youth supervision staff members on duty at all times, regardless of
					 the number of youth in detention, unless an arrangement has been made for
					 backup support services which allow for immediate response to emergencies;
					 and,
(D) at least one youth
					 supervision staff member on duty who is the same gender as youth housed in the
					 facility.
(E) personnel with
					 primary responsibility for other duties such as administration, supervision of
					 personnel, academic or trade instruction, clerical, kitchen or maintenance
					 shall not be classified as youth supervision staff
					 positions.