Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 021-99 - Safety and Permanence › Chapter DCF 59 - Shelter Care Facilities › Section DCF 59.04 - Personnel

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) QUALIFICATIONS OF SHELTER CARE WORKERS,
				HOLD-OVER ROOM ATTENDANTS AND RELIEF HELP.
(a)
Personal qualifications.
Shelter care workers, relief help,
				volunteers and hold-over room attendants shall be responsible, mature
				individuals of reputable character who exercise sound judgment and display the
				capacity to provide good care for children.
(b)
Health.
1. Every shelter care worker, relief help,
				volunteer and hold-over room attendant and any person who may be residing in a
				shelter care facility shall be in good physical and mental health so that the
				health of the children or the quality and manner of their care will not be
				adversely affected.
2. If there is
				reason to believe that the physical or mental health of any shelter care
				worker, relief help, volunteer or hold-over room attendant or any person who
				may be residing in a shelter care facility might endanger children in care, the
				department may require an alcohol and other drug abuse assessment or a physical
				health or mental health evaluation of the person by a physician or other health
				care professional as a condition for continued employment or service or
				residence in the facility. The physician or other health care professional who
				performs the assessment or evaluation shall submit a written statement to the
				department that describes the condition of the person and possible effects of
				that condition on children in care.
3. Before beginning employment or service in
				a shelter care facility, a person shall receive a health examination covering
				the areas included in department form CFS 384. This requirement does not apply
				to a person who will work as a volunteer in contact with children for not more
				than 10 hours a week or as a hold-over room attendant. A person who will work
				as a volunteer in contact with children for not more than 10 hours a week or as
				a hold-over room attendant shall have received a tuberculin skin test without
				positive findings within 90 days before beginning employment or
				service.
(c)
Education and training.
1.
				Shelter care workers shall either:
a. Have had
				one or more years of experience as foster parents, institutional houseparents,
				or other relevant child care experience, or
b. Have successfully completed not less than
				24 hours of relevant training in accordance with plan formulated by the
				applicant or licensee and approved by the department, or
c. Agree to complete such training as
				specified in preceding subd. 1. b. within a period not to exceed one year from
				the time of initial licensure or employment.
2. Shelter care workers shall participate in
				ongoing in-service training of at least 15 hours a year in accordance with a
				plan formulated by the licensee and approved by the department.
3. Before a hold-over room attendant may
				provide care for a resident, the attendant shall complete at least 12 hours of
				training approved by the department on managing a hold-over room and providing
				care for residents, to include at least the following:
a. Suicide prevention.
b. Adolescent development.
c. Adolescent behavior.
d. Child abuse and neglect reporting
				laws.
e. Effects of alcohol and
				drug abuse.
f. Policies and
				procedures for operating the hold-over room.
g. Crisis intervention techniques.
(d)
First aid
				training.
1. Each shelter care
				worker and hold-over room attendant shall have successfully completed a course
				in first aid, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), acceptable to the
				department, unless the shelter care worker or hold-over room attendant has
				access to a person on the premises who is readily available and has completed a
				course in first aid, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
2. Each shelter care worker, hold-over room
				attendant, or trained person on the premises under subd. 1. shall successfully
				complete a first aid course acceptable to the department at least once in each
				consecutive 3-year period.