Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 411 - LICENSING STANDARDS FOR SECURE CHILD CARE FACILITIES › Subpart E - PERSONNEL AND STAFFING REQUIREMENTS › Section 411.465 - Training and Staff Development

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The facility shall establish a staff
				development and training program for all categories of personnel including
				continuing education requirements. The facility's staff development and
				training program shall be planned and coordinated by the facility director and
				shall be reviewed and updated annually.
b) The training plan shall include the method
				of documentation of training scheduled and completed including: the date,
				training topic, trainer, curriculum, hours of credit, and, if continuing
				education credits or certificates were issued, any grades, scores, or other
				measures of completion.
c) All new
				employees shall receive at least three work days of orientation training before
				undertaking their assignments. This training shall include at a minimum:
				orientation to the purpose, goals, policies, and procedures of the facility;
				working conditions and regulations; employees' rights and responsibilities; and
				an overview of the juvenile court system. It shall include instructions related
				to the employee's job duties and responsibilities, including staff requirements
				to recognize and report suspected child abuse or neglect, how to make a child
				abuse or neglect report, legal rights of children and youth, and the legal
				protection afforded to persons who report violations of licensing
				standards.
d) All administrative,
				managerial, and professional staff shall receive 40 hours of professional
				training in addition to the orientation training during their first year of
				employment and 40 hours of training each year thereafter. At a minimum, this
				training shall include: general management; juvenile law; labor relations;
				treatment modalities; security plan and practice; relationships with other
				service agencies and professionals; and, where applicable, continuing education
				units.
e) All direct child care
				staff shall receive 120 hours of training during their first year of employment
				and an additional 40 hours of training each year thereafter. At a minimum, this
				training shall include: program and treatment modalities; crisis intervention
				procedures and techniques; security procedures, systems, and methods of
				supervision of children and youth; signs of suicide risks and suicide
				precautions; physical intervention and restraint; report writing; children's
				and youth's rules of conduct; disciplinary techniques; grievance procedures;
				rights and responsibilities of children and youth; fire safety and inspection;
				fire escape and emergency procedures; safety procedures; key and tool control;
				interpersonal relations; social and cultural life styles of the child and youth
				population; cultural competency; communication skills; first aid, Heimlich
				maneuver and CPR; counseling techniques, behavior management techniques and
				behavioral interventions; body inspections; and standards of conduct.
f) All part-time staff, volunteers, interns,
				and contractual personnel shall receive formal orientation appropriate to their
				assignments and additional training corresponding with their assigned duties
				within the secure child care facility.