Section 29-6326. STAFF TRAINING

 

6326.1All staff training shall be specific to the ages and characteristics of the residents served by the independent living program.

 

6326.2A new staff member of an independent living program shall receive pre-service training.

 

6326.3 The pre-service training required by § 6326.2 for new staff shall be for at least twenty (20) hours and include:

 

(a)The independent living program's administrative structure, procedures, and overall program;

 

(b)The independent living program's emergency plan as required by § 6335;

 

(c)Communicable diseases and universal precautions;

 

(d)Conflict resolution; and

 

(e)An introduction to daily living skills for adolescents and young adults.

 

6326.4A staff member shall receive at least forty (40) hours of annual in-service training.

 

6326.5Annual in-service training shall include:

 

(a)The independent living program's emergency plan as required by § 6335;

 

(b)The principles and practices of resident care, including appropriate training on age-specific and special physical, emotional, and medical needs;

 

(c)Life skills as set forth in § 6330;

 

(d)The independent living program's administrative structure;

 

(e)The independent living program's policies and procedures as set forth in § 6307.2(n);

 

(f)For the administrator, clinical director, social workers, and counselors appropriate techniques of behavior management and discipline pursuant to § 6347;

 

(g)For the administrator, clinical director, social workers, and counselors techniques and methodologies of crisis management;

 

(h)Child development;

 

(i)Methods of working with adolescents and young adults that take into account their culture and interests;

 

(j)Manifestation of and techniques for working with abused, neglected, and traumatized residents;

 

(k)The independent living program's discipline policy, including acceptable methods of discipline;

 

(l)Recognition and prevention of abuse, neglect, and risks to the resident's health or safety;

 

(m)The independent living program's procedures for reporting actual or alleged resident abuse or neglect, and actual or alleged risk to a resident's health or safety, as set forth in § 6304, including training on mandatory reporting, and policies and procedures relating to child abuse or neglect and risks to residents' health or safety;

 

(n)Recognition of substance abuse symptoms and treatment resources;

 

(o)Universal precautions;

 

(p)Recognition of mental heath disorders and treatment resources;

 

(q)Suicide prevention;

 

(r)Depression; and

 

(s)Topics determined jointly by the independent living program and CFSA.

 

6326.6An independent living program shall maintain records of attendance at training.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 1591 (February 22, 2002).