Please be reminded that Waiver staff may not accept money or gifts from Waiver clients or their families--including food purchased by the client--for any reason. This includes lunch or dinner meals while you are working with your client. If your client offers to purchase your meal, you must refuse. Likewise, staff members may not accept any money from clients in the form of gifts, tips, unauthorized reimbursements, etc.
Accepting money or allowing a client to purchase meals, gas, or other items for you is considered abuse by our regulators and will be considered grounds for immediate investigation and/or dismissal. Please don't risk it. Politely refuse gifts of meals or money if or when they are offered. If anything in your possession was purchased with a client's personal money, it must be returned to the client immediately and refused in the future. Protect yourself and your client by never allowing gifts anything questionable--including meals--to exchange hands between you and your client.
If there is ever a question regarding accepting anything from a client please contact Darrell before anything changes hands. We appreciate your cooperation in helping to protect the interests of our clients and the integrity of your employment.
