DSS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES & SERVICE DEFINITIONS
- Mission Statement
- Service Options
- Admission Criteria
- Program Planning
- Chain of Command
- Service Definitions
MEDICAL POLICIES
- Behavioral/Medical Emergency Care Procedure
- In the Event of an Emergency
- Hospital Admission
- Medication Administration
- Self-Medication by Program Participants
- Routine Medical Examinations
- Employee Physical Examinations
- Hospital and Behavioral Health Discharge Protocols
- PRN Medication Administration for Psychiatric Treatment
- Accessibility of Intellectual Disability Services for Individuals Who Are Deaf
- Medical Marijuana
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
- Fire Safety
- Fire Evacuation Procedures — Adult Day Centers
- On-Call System
- Injury on the Job — Workers’ Compensation
STAFF TRAINING POLICIES
- Pre-Service Training
- Staff Training
- Fire Safety Training
- Family Living Provider Training
FINANCIAL POLICIES
- Management of Individual Funds and Property
- Threshold Limits
- Property Insurance
- Household Funds
- Grocery Account
- Basic Needs
- Employee Compensation by Program Participants
- Temporary Travel
ADULT TRAINING FACILITY / VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION POLICIES
- Admission Policy — Luzerne ATF
- Admission Policy — Luzerne ATF — Spanish
- Discharge Policy — Luzerne ATF
- Accident Prevention — Vocational Rehabilitation Programs
- Petty Cash — Day Programs
- Adult Training and Prevocational Facilities Billable Units of Service
- Staffing — Adult Day Centers
- Unusual Incident Reporting — Aging
- Treatment of English as Second Language Clients — Aging
- FBI Clearance Policy — Aging
- Program Staff Orientation Check-Off List for New Employees — Aging
- HIPAA Compliance – Adult Day Centers
- Employee SSN Verification – Adult Day Centers
- Participant Complaint Management – Adult Day Centers
- Staff Training – Adult Day Centers
- Regulation Compliance – Adult Day Centers
- Quality Management – Adult Day Centers
COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION POLICIES
- Admission Policy — CRR
- Discharge Policy — CRR
- Right to Inspect Client Records — CRR
CLIENT INFORMATION POLICIES
- Participant Rights
- Participant Rights — Spanish
- Civil Rights
- Abuse Prohibited
- Preventing, Reporting, Investigating, and Incident Management
- Supervision of Program Participants
- Disengagement Skills
- Restrictive Procedures
- Grievance Procedure for Program Participants
- Confidentiality
- Emergency Relocation Plans
- PICA Behavior
- Sexuality
- Service Transition & Aftercare Planning
- Healthcare Management
SITE POLICIES
- Employee Valid Pennsylvania Driver’s License
- Dress Code
- Use of Company Vehicles
- Visitors
- Smoking
- Consuming Alcoholic Beverages
- Use of Drugs Other Than Alcohol
- Pets in Residential Locations
- Use of Telephone
- Cellular Phone Usage
- Home Maintenance
- Locking Vehicles
- Securing Homes
- Staff Transfers Between Sites
- Employee Time Off and Scheduled Work Hours
- Paid Time Off
- Menu Planning
- Employee Volunteerism
- Employee Private Property
- Performance Evaluations
- Surveys — Staff and Family
- Faxing Protected Health Information
- Record Management
- Part-Time Employment Status
- Dish and Utensil Washing and Sanitizing Procedures
- Computer Security
- Representative Payee Software Security
- New Submission and Renewal of Supplemental Habilitation (SH) and Additional Individualized Staffing (AIS)
- Employee Healthcare Exclusion Check
INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITY POLICIES
- Admission Policy — ICF