(a) The operator of a shelter for adults,
small-capacity shelter or a shelter for adult families shall provide staff
sufficient in number and qualified by training and experience to render those
services mandated by statute or regulation. The office will monitor the
staffing of facilities to ensure comparability of staffing patterns and staff
salaries in relation to the service needs of the residents.
(b) The operator shall develop and maintain
written personnel policies and procedures.
(c) A current, written staffing schedule
shall be maintained.
(d) The
operator shall maintain personnel records which are current, contain sufficient
information to support placement in any position required by these regulations
and record all wages, benefits, reimbursements, bonuses, gifts or payments
given any employee or resident.
(e)
Facility administrator.
The operator shall designate an administrator who shall be
directly accountable to the operator for operating and maintaining the facility
in compliance with this Part, the operational plan approved by the office, and
all applicable statutes, regulations, codes, and ordinances. A facility
operator may designate himself or herself as the facility administrator.
(1) The facility administrator shall be at
least 21 years of age, be mentally and physically capable of carrying out the
duties of an administrator, and shall be responsible for the following
oversight activities:
(i) general supervision
of the facility;
(ii) recruitment
and general supervision of staff and volunteers;
(iii) general supervision of resident
services;
(iv) admission, transfer
and discharge of residents;
(v)
coordination with community activities and services;
(vi) protection of residents' rights and
development of appropriate mechanisms for their protection; and
(vii) management of related program
activities.
(2) During a
temporary absence of the administrator, a responsible person shall be
designated to be in charge of the facility and shall be so identified on the
facility staffing schedule. The person designated to be in charge in the
absence of the administrator shall:
(i) be at
least 21 years of age;
(ii) be
mentally and physically capable of carrying out the duties of an
administrator;
(iii) be
knowledgeable of facility operations;
(iv) have access to resident and other
records concerned with facility operations;
(v) be empowered to act on behalf of the
facility administrator during the administrator's absence concerning the
health, safety, comfort and well-being of the residents; and
(vi) have had training to carry out
assignments and take care of emergencies and sudden illnesses of
residents.
(f)
Resident workers.
Work by a resident as a volunteer, or in return for
services or monetary payment, shall be permitted only if the work:
(1) is entered into without the use of
coercion or threats to the resident;
(2) is not under any express contract for
hire; and
(3) is agreed to in
writing.
(g)
Volunteers.
Volunteers who work in the shelter shall be placed in
assignments compatible with their skills or training.
(h) No person shall be permitted by a shelter
operator to work, either as an employee or a volunteer, if that person is known
to be infected with communicable disease that might endanger the health of
residents.