Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 30-100 - Community Services › Chapter DHS 98 - Field Supervision Of Clients › Subchapter II - Client under Supervision › Section DHS 98.04 - Field supervision

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL. Supervision is a mechanism of
				  control and an attempt to guide clients into socially appropriate ways of
				  living. Field staff are to provide individualized supervision of clients in a
				  manner consistent with the goals and objectives of this chapter. Specifically,
				  field staff are to attempt to help clients be successfully reassimilated into
				  the community, help clients adjust to and cope with community living, reduce
				  crime, and protect the public.
(2)
				  AGENT RESPONSIBILITIES. An agent shall abide by this chapter. An agent's
				  responsibilities upon receiving a client for control and supervision shall
				  include:
(a) Obtaining information necessary
				  for appropriate supervision and control of the client;
(b) Evaluating the client's needs and
				  security risk and classifying the client's supervision as intensive, maximum,
				  medium or minimum in accordance with sub. (4);
(c) Determining the short-term and long-term
				  goals and objectives of the client's overall supervision consistent with the
				  court order;
(d) Establishing
				  written rules of supervision that supplement existing court-imposed conditions,
				  and providing the client with a copy of them;
(e) Informing the client of the possible
				  consequences of not abiding by the rules and conditions of
				  supervision;
(f) Explaining the
				  conditions and rules of supervision and the reporting requirements immediately
				  upon the client's reception to field supervision in a manner the client can
				  understand;
(g) Informing the
				  client of the client complaint process under s.
				  DHS
				  98.10;
(h)
				  As necessary, providing individualized counseling designed to foster growth and
				  development of the client;
(i)
				  Informing the client of local law enforcement registration requirements that
				  apply to the client;
(j) Monitoring
				  the client's compliance with the conditions and rules of supervision to ensure
				  that the client is appropriately controlled and the public is
				  protected;
(k) Periodically
				  reassessing the client's needs and risks, and reevaluating the client's
				  supervision in light of meeting those needs;
(L) Making appropriate referrals to other
				  agencies for client services;
(m)
				  Maintaining complete and accurate case records for each client under
				  supervision in accordance with s.
				  DHS
				  98.27;
(n)
				  Monitoring the client's progress where services are provided by another agency
				  and evaluating the need for continuation of the services;
(o) Recommending transfer, discharge,
				  revocation and any other appropriate actions under this chapter or otherwise,
				  for the necessary care and control of the client and the protection of the
				  public consistent with the purposes, goals and objectives under this
				  chapter;
(p) Supervising persons
				  committed under ss.
				  971.14,
				  971.17
				  and
				  980.06, Stats., who
				  are conditionally released by the court or conditionally transferred by the
				  department or who are on supervised release, in accordance with the agreement
				  between the department and the department of corrections;
(q) Conducting periodic institution contacts
				  with institutionalized clients when necessary;
(r) Reporting child abuse cases under s.
				  48.981,
				  Stats., to the appropriate authority;
(s) Reporting to a supervisor as directed on
				  the status of all clients under supervision;
(t) Maintaining an effective and cooperative
				  working relationship with public and private client service agencies;
(u) Reporting all violations of the criminal
				  law by clients to a supervisor or appropriate law enforcement authority;
				  and
(v) Assisting in the
				  development of release plans in accordance with s.
				  DHS
				  98.05.