CHILD SPECIFIC INDICATORS OF VISIT 5.2. Personnel / Staffing A. STAFF RECRUITMENT, TRAINING AND CONDUCT Is there a specific selection and recruitment process for staff working with children deprived of their liberty? ASK: Director | Staff | Children CHECK: ʺʺ Number and functions of staff, see whether they are multidisciplinary, see the number of specialists including guards, educators, vocational instructors, counsellors, social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists, health professionals, etc. ʺʺ Diversity of staff members, see the gender, language, ethnicity ʺʺ Ratio of staff to children ʺʺ Recruitment policy ʺʺ Job description of recent recruitments ʺʺ Qualification standards, see whether they include maturity, integrity, humanity, ability and professional capacity to deal with children, suitability for the work) Specific place: Police stations CHECK: ʺʺ Police officers, see whether they are specially trained and instructed, see whether special police units exist for children Specific place: Mental Health Institutions CHECK: ʺʺ Auxiliary staff, see whether they have been carefully selected; whether they have received both appropriate training before taking up their duties and in-service courses; whether they are closely supervised by - and be subject to the authority of - qualified health-care staff Specific place: Establishments holding foreign nationals children CHECK: ʺʺ Social worker, psychologist, see whether their presence in the establishment is regular, they have individual contacts with children ʺʺ Mix gender staffing 101 5