Idaho Admin. Code r. 05.01.04.240

Current through September 2, 2024

Section 05.01.04.240 - STAFF REQUIREMENTS AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT

01.Twenty-Four Hour Supervision. The detention center must be staffed by detention center employees on a twenty-four (24) hour basis when juvenile offenders are being housed.

02.Staffing. The detention center will have staff to perform all functions relating to security, supervision, services and programs as needed to operate the detention center. The detention center will have policies and procedures in place governing staffing and submit a staffing plan to the Department as requested. It is recommended that each secure juvenile facility maintain staff ratios of a minimum of one to eight (1:8) plus one (1) during resident waking hours and one to sixteen (1:16) during resident sleeping hours, except during limited and discrete exigent circumstances, which need full documentation.

a. If the detention center houses eight (8) or fewer juvenile offenders, there should be at least one (1) direct care staff and one (1) other staff awake at all times.

b. If the detention center houses more than eight (8) juvenile offenders, there should be one (1) direct care staff for each eight (8) juvenile offenders plus one (1) additional staff awake at all times. Example: if the detention center houses thirty-two (32) juvenile offenders, four (4) direct care staff would be recommended (one (1) staff to eight (8) juvenile offenders), plus one (1) additional staff for a total of five (5) staff.

03.Gender of Employees. At least one (1) of the detention center employees on duty should be female when females are housed in the detention center and at least one (1) should be male when males are housed in the detention center. During the admission process, an employee of the same gender as the juvenile offender should be present.

04.Minimum Qualifications.

a. Direct care staff, at the time of employment, must meet the minimum criminal history background and certification requirements as provided in IDAPA 11.11.01, "Rules of the Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training Council."

b. Volunteers, before starting volunteer services, must meet the minimum criminal history background requirements as provided in IDAPA 11.11.01, "Rules of the Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training Council."

c. The agency will conduct criminal background records checks at least every five (5) years of current employees, contractors, and volunteers who may have contact with residents as outlined in PREA Standard Section 115.317.

05.Training and Staff Development Plan. Each juvenile detention center will develop a staff training and development plan based on the policies and procedures of the detention center. The plan will also ensure that all full-time juvenile detention officers earn the juvenile detention officer certificate, as mandated in IDAPA 11.11.01, "Rules of the Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training Council."

a. All new full-time direct care staff are provided training that addresses areas including, but not limited to:

i. First aid/CPR;

ii. Security procedures;

iii. Supervision of juvenile offenders;

iv. Suicide prevention;

v. Fire and emergency procedures;

vi. Safety procedures;

vii. Appropriate use of physical intervention, and demonstrate an adequate level of proficiency as determined by a P.O.S.T. certified use of force instructor using the juvenile detention officer use of force lesson plan;

viii. Report writing;

ix. Juvenile offender rules of conduct;

x. Rights and responsibilities of juvenile offenders;

xi. Key control;

xii. Interpersonal relations;

xiii. Social/cultural lifestyles of the juvenile population;

xiv. Communication skills;

xv. Mandatory reporting laws and procedures;

xvi. Professional boundaries; and

xvii. All training as outlined in section 115.331 of the PREA Standards.

b. All direct care staff who are considered part-time, on-call, or working fewer than forty (40) hours per week will obtain a part-time juvenile detention officer certification, as mandated by IDAPA 11.11.01, "Rules of the Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training Council."

c. Any staff who works in a facility classified as Rural Exception or a collocated facility will obtain a part-time juvenile detention officer certificate of completion from the Department.

d. Ongoing training is provided at the minimum rate of twenty-eight (28) hours for each subsequent year of employment, which include, but are not limited to:

i. At least eight (8) hours of use of force, and demonstrate an adequate level of proficiency as determined by a P.O.S.T. certified use of force instructor using the juvenile detention officer lesson plan; and

ii. All ongoing training as outlined in section 115.331 of the PREA Standards; and

iii. All other trainings that require recertification.

e. Volunteers and contractors are trained commensurate to their level of contact with juvenile offenders.

f. Each facility maintains accurate training documentation.

Idaho Admin. Code r. 05.01.04.240

Effective July 1, 2024