Policy Awareness
Procedures related to abuse prevention are reviewed and updated
What is annually?
Frequency of training for abuse prevention
What is at time of hire and annually?
What is consumers are provided information at time of admission, annually, and this information is kept in public areas for them to review?
Making a report about an inappropriate interaction or boundary violation
What is reporting to your supervisor, calling the Employee Hotline 877-780-9374, or online reporting link devereux.ethicspoint.com?
Devereux policy on sexual misconduct
What is zero tolerance?
Policies can be reviewed here
What is the intranet and team meetings?
Abuse prevention training can be found
What is MyLearning on intranet?
Defining abuse
What is physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal/psychological/emotional abuse, neglect, mistreatment, rights violations and misappropriation of funds?
Consequences of inappropriate interactions
What is a coaching from a supervisor at a minimum, and could include disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.
Screening and Selection process to prevent sexual misconduct through People's Operations
What is applicants complete standardized application, complete behaviorally-based interview questions, conduct reference checks, applicants sign code of conduct, background checks are completed prior to hire, and all applicant information is then reviewed priro to hire?
Policy 215
What is Reporting and Responding to Abuse & Neglect of an Individual?
Monitoring and supervision for abuse prevention
What is supervisors conducting scheduled and unscheduled program observations and staff wearing photo IDs?
Identified people within Devereux who are mandated reporters
What is all Devereux staff are mandated reporters of abuse and neglect?
Five areas that Policy 306 covers when defining appropriate vs. inappropriate interactions
What is physical interactions, verbal and non-verbal interactions, electronic communication, prohibited general behaviors, and individual to individual inappropriate interactions?
Training staff receive prior to interacting with individuals and annually
What is abuse prevention training, training on how to respond to boundary violations and allegations or incidents of abuse, and training on effective monitoring and supervision practices for managing individuals and high-risk activities?
Policy 244
What is Prevention of Sexual Misconduct?
Documentation for program observations/visits
What is on a Praesidium walk through form that is kept in the Director's office?
Timeframe that reports are to be made
What is reports must be made to state regulatory agencies within 24 hours of when the report was received?
What is interrupting the interaction between staff and individual by remining the staff member of Devereux's policy on inappropriate interactions and offering appropriate alternatives and reporting the inappropriate interaction?
High risk activities
What is personal care activities, bathrooms, on-site and off-site program activities, transportation activities, locker room/changing rooms, playgrounds, aquatic programs, one-on-one activities, quiet time/naptime, individuals with a history of sexual abuse and/or sexual predatory behavior, and overnight residential programming/bedroom checks?
Policy 306
What is Interrupting & Reporting Inappropriate Interactions?
MyLearning abuse prevention modules
What is Abuse and Neglect Prevention, Sexual Abuse Prevention and Response, Sexual Abuse Prevention and Response for Supervisors, and Supervising Individual in Your Care?
Steps following receiving a report
What is take immediate action to protect the individual(s) and remove from further harm, assess the status of the individual and attend to immediate individual needs, report the event, contact immediate supervisor and Center Quality/Risk Department?
Supervisor's steps following a report of inappropriate interactions
What is the supervisor takes immediate action to address the inappropriate interactions, following Policies 215 and 304, document the report and the action taken in accordance to company processes.
Devereux's belief in consumer participation
What is individuals and their families are educated on how to recognize suspicious or inappropriate interactions and policy violations, and how to report if their rights or the rights of another have been violated.