Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 505 - JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE
Chapter 2 - Juvenile Detention Facilities
Section 505 KAR 2:180 - Citizen and volunteer involvement
Universal Citation: 505 KY Admin Regs Service 2:180
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 6, December 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 15A.210-15A.240
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 15A.210 mandates that the Department of Juvenile Justice issue administrative regulations governing juvenile detention centers and juvenile holding facilities.
Section 1.
(1) The facility shall
establish and enforce written policies and procedures which:
(a) Provide for securing citizen involvement
in programs, including roles as advisors and interpreters between the program
and the public, direct services and cooperative endeavors with juveniles under
supervision;
(b) Specify the lines
of authority, responsibility and accountability for the volunteer services
program;
(c) Provide for the
screening and selection of volunteers, allowing for recruitment from all
cultural and socioeconomic segments of the community;
(d) Provide a system for identification of
volunteers while they are in the facility; and
(e) Provide that the administrator curtails,
postpones or discontinues the services of a volunteer or volunteer organization
when there are substantial reasons for doing so.
(2) A staff member shall be responsible for
coordinating the volunteer services program.
(3) Prior to assignment, each volunteer shall
complete an orientation and training program appropriate to the nature of the
assignment.
(4) Volunteers shall
agree in writing to abide by all facility policies, particularly those relating
to security and confidentiality of information.
(5) Written policy shall specify that
volunteers perform professional services only when certified or licensed to do
so.
(6) There shall be provisions
for volunteers to participate in the establishment of policy and procedure for
the volunteer services program.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 15A.210
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