Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Children and Families
DCF 021-99 - Safety and Permanence
Chapter DCF 59 - Shelter Care Facilities
Section DCF 59.057 - Communication log

Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง DCF 59.057

Current through February 26, 2024

(1) A shelter care facility shall require each shift of shelter care workers and RPPS decision makers to use a communication log to document and communicate with other shelter care workers and RPPS decision makers about children whom they supervise in common. The communication log shall include all of the following for each shift:

(a) Each child's location and behavior.

(b) Significant incidents involving a child.

(c) Reasonable and prudent parenting all requests and decisions made for children under s. DCF 59.055 for activities that do not take place in the shelter care facility and are not supervised by a shelter care worker, relief help, volunteer, or unit supervisor.

(d) Staff arrival and departure times.

(2) A shelter care facility may designate units within the facility and require shelter care workers and RPPS decision makers to use a separate communication log in each unit.

(3) A shelter care facility shall have policies and procedures that ensure clear communication between shelter care workers and RPPS decision makers on one shift and shelter care workers and RPPS decision makers who supervise the same children on the next shift. The policies and procedures shall specify the types of significant incidents that are required to be documented in the communication log under sub. (1) (b).

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