18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 7.5
Intake and Assessment Center Staffing Requirements
Cite as 18 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 311, R. 7.5
Intake and Assessment Center Staffing Requirements
1. The Intake and Assessment Center shall provide a staff/child ratio of one (1)
staff members to every six (6) youth.
2. During sleeping hours, all staff members shall remain awake.
3. The Partner Provider must have at least one (1) social worker or comparable
professional for every twelve (12) children that are in care (i.e. one (1) social
worker for one (1) to twelve (12) children; two (2) social workers for thirteen
(13) to twenty-four (24) children). This staff must work full-time (full-time
is forty (40) hours per week).