The Childrens Home of Lubbock

The operation failed to provide a child in care medical care when he exhibits signs of ringworm.

Multiple incident reports reviewed did not specify what (if any) interventions were made to reduce risk to children involved in the incident.

Medication logs did not document the reason, date, time or the phone call to the pharmasist upon discovering the medication error.

Four of four child records reviewed did not include details in the transfer summaries for the circumstances of the transfer or the date the child was informed of the transfer.

A child in care was placed on punishment for 2 months.

Six of six fire drills reviewed did not include appropriate documentation to reflect the evacuation was completed within 3 minutes.

Severe weather drill werer not completed every six months.

The operational administrator failed to schedule a continuous and 24-hour staffing pattern that affected the supervision of 6 children in care.

An overnight caregiver left the facility after completing her scheduled shift leaving six children unattended and unsupervised.

One of the cottages was observed to have bed bugs and extended amount of bed bug feces on the furniture.

A volunteer at the operation did not have a TB screening in his operational record.

A 32-year-old volunteer for the operation engaged in inappropriate sexualized contact with two 10-year-old males in care.

The operation did not give a volunteer required information such as emergency contact information prior. to allowing the child to complete visitation with the volunteer.

During the course of the investigation, it was determined that an operational volunteer did not use proper judgement and did not demonstrate self-control in the presence of the children by engaging in inappropriate sexualized contact and behavior with two children in care.

The operation did not obtain prior written approval and consent from a child in care's managing conservator prior to the child being permitted to leave the operation with a volunteer.

The operation did not have appropriate documents in the volunteer's file as required in their operational policy. The operational volunteer file did not have the sponsor packet information, sponsor orientation, and training.

The operation did not have written documentation on how the volunteer met the requirement to performed employee functions.

The operational staff were notified of an abuse allegation and did not properly report the allegations of abuse within the required time frame as noted in Minimum Standards.

The operation's volunteer policy does not document job descriptions, and/or responsibilities for the volunteers, qualifications, screening, selection procedures, orientation training programs, or the documentation of the contact with children.

The administrator failed to ensure compliance with the policies and procedures that are related to volunteers, contracted, and subcontracted individuals which caused harm to child in care.

Caregivers are using demeaning language while speaking to the children in care.

A caregiver allowed third party to administer medication without proper training.

Caregiver struck a 14 year old child with a shoe.

Child in care was subjected to inappropriate punishment in a form of yelling.

Per 748.1215(a) a completed and signed admission assessment must be in the childs record prior to admission. One out of four active records did not have admission assessment.

One out of four active childrens records did not include a preliminary serviec plan.

A matttress cover was not intact and exposed the internal composition of the mattress.

A caregiver has used racial slurs and inappropriate humor in the course of conversation with children in care.

A caregiver treated some children in care more favorably than newly placed children in care.