The staff's awareness that the individual left the program was influenced by Staff 3's assignments to two tasks, supervising the individual and completing a training.  The paper schedule was not updated to reflect the staffing change after Staff 3 told Staff 1 they needed to complete the training instead of supervising.  This new role was further complicated as the staff assignments change frequently to support the varied needs of individuals.  The facility also utilizes a whiteboard for staff assignments. As changes are made to the assignment schedule, the whiteboard is updated to reflect the changes. The whiteboard and paper schedules do not match once there are changes to the whiteboard. 
The individual’s behaviors influenced staff's awareness of the individual leaving the facility.  The individual moves around a lot during her time in the program area and was described as elusive.  Staff indicated that the individual deliberately observes staff and when staff appears to be distracted or less attentive she will attempt to leave the program area. There are up to 17 participants and 5 staff in the program area at any given time. This ratio influences each staff person to provide support and supervision to multiple participants in the program area. Ideally, the provider said they'd have more staff, but this staff to person ratio is typical.
