- (a) Each volunteer services program is administered by the Division of Youth Services Facilities Operations Coordinator in conjunction with the Facility Services Liaison at each juvenile treatment center.
- (b) The division Facilities Operations Coordinator shall establish standards in granting access to division youth, facilities, and information as well as screening prospective volunteers and carefully matching selected individuals to a suitable assignment.
(c) A volunteer assignment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of:
- (1) A volunteer application;
- (2) A criminal and driving record check;
- (3) Fingerprinting;
- (4) Personal character references;
- (5) A face-to-face interview;
- (6) Agreement of confidentiality and release of liability;
- (7) Comprehensive new volunteer orientation;
- (8) Job-specific training; and
- (9) Issuance of identification and personnel file.
(d) The division Facilities Operations Coordinator shall:
(1)
- (A) Provide volunteers with a comprehensive orientation to the agency and the volunteer program, as well as job-specific training.
- (B)
(i) Part-time volunteers (less than forty (40) hours per week) receive training appropriate to their assignments.
- (ii) Full-time volunteers (forty (40) hours per week) receive the same training as full-time staff in a similar capacity; and
(2) Assign volunteers to work with:
- (A) Individual youth;
- (B) Groups of youth; or
- (C) Division staff members.
- (e) A volunteer assignment shall not eliminate the requirement for division employee supervision of youth or in any way change the supervision ratio of staff to youth as determined by policy.