Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 12 - Training/Employee Development › Rule 24-2-12.1 - General Orientation

Current through June 25, 2024
A. All new
				employees, volunteers and interns must attend a General Orientation program
				developed by the agency provider or receive the orientation information via a
				DMH approved on-line training program. General Orientation must be provided and
				completed within thirty (30) days of hire/placement, except for direct service
				providers and direct service interns/volunteers. All direct service personnel
				must complete all required orientation prior to contact with people receiving
				services and/or service delivery. Volunteers that have not attended orientation
				should never be alone with people receiving services unless supervised by
				agency provider personnel.
B. At a
				minimum, General Orientation must address the following areas:
1. Overview of the agency provider's mission
				and an overview of the agency provider's policies and procedures
2. DMH Operational Standards (as applicable
				to services provided)
3. DMH Record
				Guide and Record Keeping (as applicable to services provided)
4. Basic First Aid
5. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
				Certification (CPR) must be a live, face-to-face training which is conducted by
				a certified CPR instructor; must be certified by the American Red Cross,
				American Heart Association or by other agency providers approved by DMH. All
				employees who have contact with people receiving services must be initially
				certified and maintain certification as required by the certifying
				entity.
6. Assistance with
				medication usage by non-licensed personnel (if applicable).
7. Infection Control
(a) Universal Precautions
(b) Hand-washing
8. Workplace Safety
(a) Fire and disaster training
(b) Emergency/disaster response
(c) Incident reporting
(d) Reporting of suspected abuse, neglect or
				exploitation (including signed acknowledgement of reporting
				responsibilities)
9.
				Rights of People Receiving Services
10. Confidentiality
11. Family/Cultural Issues and Respecting
				Cultural Differences
12. Basic
				standards of ethical and professional conduct
(a) Drug Free Workplace
(b) Sexual Harassment
(c) Acceptable professional
				organization/credentialing standards and guidelines as appropriate to
				discipline (e.g.,
Principles of Ethical and Professional Conduct, ACA
				Code of Ethics, Social Work Code of Ethics, APA Code of Ethics,
or
NADSP Code of Ethics
)
13. Principles and procedures for behavior
				support.
14. In addition to the
				requirements of Rules 12.1.A and 12.1.B, all direct service personnel and
				therapeutic foster care/resource parents must be certified in CPR prior to
				contact with people receiving services and/or service delivery. CPR
				certification must be a live, face-to-face training which is conducted by a
				certified CPR instructor and must be certified by the American Red Cross,
				American Heart Association or by other agency providers approved by DMH.
				Employees must be initially certified and maintain certification as required by
				the certifying entity.