3. Attendant Care program - Laserfiche WebLink

The local jurisdiction or private agency contracting to provide the service must develop specific Attendant Care operating policies and procedures, These policies and procedures must include: 1, Who can authorize the use of Attendant Care and who can direct the actions of the attendants on behalf ofthe authorized individual; 2. Who can authorize the release of juveniles from Attendant Care; 3. What role, if any, the attendant will play in attempts to contact parents or other responsible relatives; 4, Whether visitation of the juvenile will be allowed in any instance; 5, The duty of attendants to report juveniles behavior, condition, and conversations to law enforcement and juvenile court officials, and their responsibilities with respect to notifying the juveniles of this duty, as well as the duty to report suspected child abuse in compliance with state law; 6, Requirements to maintain a log of the juvenile's activities and condition during supervision (DJS suggests the use of a log for the protection of the worker and the local jurisdiction or private agency); 7. Process by which attendants are contacted for duty (Le. rotated "on-call" or scheduled); 8. Reimbursement procedures and schedule for attendants to receive stipends and expense reimbursement; 9. Number of attendants on duty (DJS strongly suggests that attendants be of the same gender as the juveniles supervised, and requires this for the supervision of female juveniles. Therefore, in the event that more than one juvenile is being supervised, multiple attendants may be warranted. The costs of additional attendants will be reimbursed ifthe local authorized official determines that, due to the gender, number, or behavior of the juveniles, additional attendants are necessary. In every instance at least one attendant will be providing face-to-face supervision at all times.) ; 10, Length of time an individual attendant may remain on duty (DJS recommends an eight- hour shift, but also suggests the possibility of a maximum often hours to eliminate the need to bring another attendant on duty if it is expected that the juvenile will be leaving Attendant Care); 11, Process for the transfer of supervision responsibility from one attendant to another; 12. Responsibility oflaw enforcement to search juveniles prior to supervision by attendants; 13, Confiscation and return of personal belongings of the juvenile; 14. No-smoking policy (DJS recognizes that cigarette smoking by juveniles is illegal and should be prohibited); 15. Methods of responding to juveniles who exhibit unacceptable behavior while in Attendant Care, including any non-contact sanctions which may be used to control unacceptable behavior (The basic training provided to the attendants will include instruction in avoiding confrontation and caution attendants concerning contact, but the local jurisdiction or private agency should maintain specific policies.); 16. Steps necessary to contact law enforcement backup and emergency personnel; 17. Process by which meals and/or snacks can be obtained for both the juveniles and attendants; 18. Use and supervision of the rest room facilities when needed by either juveniles or attendants; 19, Posting of required notices and orders concerning protection of juveniles and the evacuation of the site in the event of an emergency; and July 2008 - Page 6