DCF 52.12(4)(b)(b) Individual performance standards, including expected staff conduct toward residents.
DCF 52.12(4)(c)(c) A copy of a department form for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect.
DCF 52.12(4)(d)(d) A statement calling attention to requirements under s. 48.78 or 938.78, Stats., and s. 51.30, Stats., for maintaining resident confidentiality.
DCF 52.12(5)(5)Staff training.
DCF 52.12(5)(a)(a) Approved by department. At the time of initial licensure and every 2 years thereafter, a center, prior to implementing training required under this subsection, shall submit to the department, for approval, a description of the process and content of orientation and initial training, including the number of training hours for all new staff who work with residents and a plan for establishing and meeting ongoing training needs for all staff who work with residents.
DCF 52.12(5)(b)(b) Orientation. Before a new staff member is permitted to work independently with residents, the center shall provide orientation training for the new staff member covering at least all of the following areas:
DCF 52.12(5)(b)1.1. Overall center philosophy and program goals.
DCF 52.12(5)(b)2.2. Organization and management of the center, including administrative procedures.
DCF 52.12(5)(b)3.3. The nature of residents’ emotional and physical needs.
DCF 52.12(5)(b)4.4. Expected staff conduct toward residents, expected resident conduct, the center’s house rules for residents required under s. DCF 52.42 (3) (f) and center behavior management techniques.
DCF 52.12(5)(b)5.5. Observing and reporting resident behavior.
DCF 52.12(5)(b)6.6. Resident rights and grievance procedures.
DCF 52.12(5)(b)7.7. Identification and reporting of child abuse and neglect.
DCF 52.12(5)(b)8.8. Laws on confidentiality of personally identifiable information.
DCF 52.12(5)(b)9.9. Center procedures for reporting missing persons.
DCF 52.12(5)(b)10.10. Fire safety and evacuation procedures.
DCF 52.12(5)(b)11.11. Emergency medical procedures and center emergency security measures and procedures.
DCF 52.12(5)(b)12.12. Sanitation and hygiene practices including the nature, causes, transmission and prevention of hepatitis B, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the legal, social and psychological aspects of those conditions.
DCF 52.12(5)(c)(c) Initial training. A center shall document that a new staff member who works with residents has already received training in the following areas or the center shall provide at least 40 hours of training covering those subjects within 6 months after the staff member begins work at the center:
DCF 52.12(5)(c)1.1. Developmental care.
DCF 52.12(5)(c)2.2. Creating a therapeutic milieu.
DCF 52.12(5)(c)3.3. Human sexuality.
DCF 52.12(5)(c)4.4. Teamwork.
DCF 52.12(5)(c)5.5. Working with groups.
DCF 52.12(5)(c)6.6. Emergency safety intervention.
DCF 52.12(5)(c)7.7. Family relationships and the impact of separation from the family.
DCF 52.12(5)(c)8.8. Suicide prevention, including identification of signs and center response measures.
DCF 52.12(5)(c)9.9. Fire safety and evacuation, with training provided by a Wisconsin vocational, technical and adult education college.
DCF 52.12(5)(c)10.10. Sensitivity to racial and cultural differences among residents.