Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 98.04 - Field supervision
(1) GENERAL. Supervision is a mechanism of
control and an attempt to guide clients into socially appropriate ways of
living. Field staff are to provide individualized supervision of clients in a
manner consistent with the goals and objectives of this chapter. Specifically,
field staff are to attempt to help clients be successfully reassimilated into
the community, help clients adjust to and cope with community living, reduce
crime, and protect the public.
(2)
AGENT RESPONSIBILITIES. An agent shall abide by this chapter. An agent's
responsibilities upon receiving a client for control and supervision shall
include:
(a) Obtaining information necessary
for appropriate supervision and control of the client;
(b) Evaluating the client's needs and
security risk and classifying the client's supervision as intensive, maximum,
medium or minimum in accordance with sub. (4);
(c) Determining the short-term and long-term
goals and objectives of the client's overall supervision consistent with the
court order;
(d) Establishing
written rules of supervision that supplement existing court-imposed conditions,
and providing the client with a copy of them;
(e) Informing the client of the possible
consequences of not abiding by the rules and conditions of
supervision;
(f) Explaining the
conditions and rules of supervision and the reporting requirements immediately
upon the client's reception to field supervision in a manner the client can
understand;
(g) Informing the
client of the client complaint process under s.
DHS
98.10;
(h)
As necessary, providing individualized counseling designed to foster growth and
development of the client;
(i)
Informing the client of local law enforcement registration requirements that
apply to the client;
(j) Monitoring
the client's compliance with the conditions and rules of supervision to ensure
that the client is appropriately controlled and the public is
protected;
(k) Periodically
reassessing the client's needs and risks, and reevaluating the client's
supervision in light of meeting those needs;
(L) Making appropriate referrals to other
agencies for client services;
(m)
Maintaining complete and accurate case records for each client under
supervision in accordance with s.
DHS
98.27;
(n)
Monitoring the client's progress where services are provided by another agency
and evaluating the need for continuation of the services;
(o) Recommending transfer, discharge,
revocation and any other appropriate actions under this chapter or otherwise,
for the necessary care and control of the client and the protection of the
public consistent with the purposes, goals and objectives under this
chapter;
(p) Supervising persons
committed under ss. 971.14,
971.17 and
980.06, Stats., who are
conditionally released by the court or conditionally transferred by the
department or who are on supervised release, in accordance with the agreement
between the department and the department of corrections;
(q) Conducting periodic institution contacts
with institutionalized clients when necessary;
(r) Reporting child abuse cases under s.
48.981, Stats., to the
appropriate authority;
(s)
Reporting to a supervisor as directed on the status of all clients under
supervision;
(t) Maintaining an
effective and cooperative working relationship with public and private client
service agencies;
(u) Reporting all
violations of the criminal law by clients to a supervisor or appropriate law
enforcement authority; and
(v)
Assisting in the development of release plans in accordance with s.
DHS
98.05.
(3) RULES AND CONDITIONS OF SUPERVISION. When
supervision begins, an agent shall meet with a client to review or develop
written rules and specific conditions of the client's supervision, or both.
These rules shall require that the client:
(a) Avoid all conduct which is in violation
of state statutes or municipal or county ordinances or which is not in the best
interests of the public or the client's rehabilitation;
(b) Report all arrests and police contacts to
an agent within 72 hours;
(c) Make
every effort to accept the opportunities and counseling offered by
supervision;
(d) Inform the agent
of his or her whereabouts and activities as directed;
(e) Submit a written monthly report to the
agent and any other relevant information as may be required;
(f) Secure advance approval from an agent for
a change of residence or employment, except that in the event of a housing or
employment emergency notify the agent of the change within 72 hours;
(g) Obtain advance permission from an agent
to purchase, trade, sell or operate a motor vehicle;
(h) Secure advance approval from an agent to
borrow money or purchase on credit;
(i) Obtain advance permission from an agent
to purchase, possess, own or carry a firearm or other weapon. An agent may not
grant a client permission to possess a firearm if the client is prohibited from
possessing a firearm under s.
941.29, Stats., or federal
law;
(j) Make himself or herself
available for searches or tests ordered by the agent including but not limited
to urinalysis, breathalizer, and the taking of blood samples or search of
residence or any other property under his or her control;
(k) May not live, work, travel or be trained
or educated in another state, because persons committed to the department under
s. 971.17 or
980.06, Stats., are not covered
by the interstate compact under s.
304.13, Stats., or by s.
304.135, Stats.; and
(L) If committed under s.
971.17 or
980.06, Stats., may have his or
her conditional or supervised release revoked only by the releasing
court.
(m) Submit to the lie
detector examination process under s.
DHS
98.31 as directed by the department.
(n) Pay fees for the lie detector examination
process under ss.
DHS
98.31(5) and
98.32 and comply with any required
department procedures regarding payment of fees.
(4) LEVELS OF SUPERVISION. Monitoring of a
client by an agent shall be done through one of 3 levels of supervision, as
follows, unless modified by the administrator of the department of corrections,
division of probation and parole:
(a)
Maximum level of supervision. Maximum supervision shall
require a minimum of one face to face contact with the client by an agent every
14 days. A home visit shall be made at least once every 30 days unless this
requirement is waived by a supervisor in writing, and collateral contacts shall
be made by the agent as deemed appropriate. The client shall submit a monthly
report to the agent personally which includes verification of the client's
residence and employment.
(b)
Medium level of supervision. Medium supervision shall require
a minimum of at least one face to face contact with the client by an agent
every 30 days. A home visit shall be made at least once every 60 days unless
this requirement is waived by a supervisor, and collateral contacts by the
agent shall be made as deemed appropriate. The client shall submit a monthly
report to the agent personally which includes verification of the client's
residence and employment as required.
(c)
Minimum level of
supervision. Minimum supervision shall require a minimum of one face
to face contact with the client by an agent every 90 days. Home visits by the
agent shall be made as deemed appropriate. The client shall submit a periodic
report, and shall verify his or her residence and employment once every month.
The monthly report may be mailed rather than submitted in person if a
supervisor approves.
(5)
REASSESSMENT. Any time after the client's most recent reassessment, the agent
shall determine whether the client shall be placed in a different level of
supervision consistent with the needs and risks of the client. The
determination shall be based only upon the agent's assessment of the
appropriate supervision necessary to provide for the proper care and control of
the client and the protection of the public subject to the written approval of
a supervisor.
(6) ACTION IN THE
EVENT OF NONCOMPLIANCE. If a client fails to comply with the written conditions
or rules of his or her supervision, that failure may result in modification of
conditions or rules of supervision or revocation.
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