9 CAR § 100-109. Volunteer services — Volunteer services program

(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.