Long Term Specialized Care Clause Samples
Long Term Specialized Care a. Table 1 sets out the minimum requirements that must be always in place at a Care Setting in accordance with the Authorized Number of Children/Youth. If additional Service Provider Personnel or Subcontractors are required to meet the needs of children/youth, the Service Provider will request access to Supplemental Supports, in accordance with the Policies and Standards, Schedule B (Services) and Schedule F (Fees and Payment Model), to increase staffing. Day Staff Residential Child & Youth Worker 112 hours per week 112 hours per week 224 hours per week Night Staff Awake Residential Night Worker 56 hours per week 56 hours per week 56 hours per week Supervision and Program Management Residence Coordinator 20 hours per week 30 hours per week 40 hours per week On-call – 24 hours Program Manager 20 hours per week 30 hours per week 40 hours per week Supplemental Supports – additional support to meet the needs of the child/youth. These supports will be provided based on the child’s/youth’s SHSS Service Plan and determined/approved through collaboration with the Director. Efforts will be made to leverage existing community services and supports (e.g. MCFD provided and contracted Child and Youth Mental Health and Child and Youth Support Needs Services) for the purposes of: • Assessment Examples of Supplemental Supports include: • Additional staffing • Clinical Consultation services • Clinical interventions • Cultural supports Depends on needs of child/youth Day Staff Residential Child & Youth Worker 112 hours per week 112 hours per week 224 hours per week • Clinical Consultation • Intervention and therapies division • Clinical care planning
b. The Care Setting must include SHSS Care Providers who meet the expectations and qualifications outlined in Table 2, which may vary depending on the specific needs of children and youth and location of the Care Setting. Expectations/Potential Duties: ● Ensures safety and well-being of children and youth at the Care Setting. ● Actively works to get to know children and youth better and to gather information about their needs; and providing updated information on an ongoing basis to the program manager. ● Participates in children’s and youth’s assessments, Goal/Strategy setting, and program planning (where appropriate), and supports documenting, monitoring, and measuring progress. ● Appropriately delivers or enables strategies established in children’s and youth’s SHSS Service Plan. ● Teaches and strengthens children’s and yout...
