San Luis Obispo County Grand Jury
• 2021-2022
2021-2022 Continuity Report Psychiatric Health Facility:
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Findings and Recommendations 1 findings
F1
Not having the full complement of additional security guards has had an indeterminate effect on the reduction of reported behavior problems. The County Health Agency agreed with this finding.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
It is recommended that the PHF security staff be increased to 4.0 FTEs per the August 2019 authorization. The County Health Agency advises that the recommendation has been partially implemented. The County’s contract with the security company does include 4 FTEs of security support. However, the contracted agency has not always had appropriate staffing to continuously fill those slots. Behavioral Health will continue to work with the company to increase staffing availability. If it is unable to maintain the level of contracted positions, Behavioral Health will consider other options, including a new request for proposals to elicit