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Council hears plan to change Vigo County Homes for Children staffing schedule and pay classifications
Summary
Vigo County Homes for Children requested an amendment to a salary ordinance to replace 48-hour live-in shifts with rotating 12-hour shifts, combine overnight and direct-care classifications, and use existing budgeted funds to staff a reopened group home.
Vigo County councilors on April 1 heard a request from Vigo County Homes for Children staff to amend the agency's salary ordinance so that direct-care staff would work rotating 12-hour shifts instead of 48-hour live-in shifts.
Kara Gurevich, treatment and licensing director for Vigo County Homes for Children, said the change would combine the overnight position with the youth care specialist classification so the roles share the same pay grade and staffing model. She said the shift to 12-hour rotations would…
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