Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 151 - STANDARDS FOR LICENSED CHILDREN'S RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES › Section 22VAC40-151-250 - Staff development

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Required
				initial training:
1. Within seven days
				following their begin date, each staff member responsible for supervision of
				children shall receive basic orientation to the facility's behavior
				intervention policies, procedures and techniques regarding less restrictive
				interventions, timeout, and physical restraint.
2. Within 14 days following an individual's
				begin date, or before an individual is alone supervising children, the provider
				shall conduct emergency preparedness and response training that shall include:
a. Alerting emergency personnel and sounding
				alarms;
b. Implementing evacuation
				procedures, including evacuation of residents with special needs (i.e., deaf,
				blind, nonambulatory);
c. Using,
				maintaining, and operating emergency equipment;
d. Accessing emergency information for
				residents including medical information; and
e. Utilizing community support
				services.
3. Within 14
				days following their begin date, new employees transferring from other
				facilities operated by the same provider, relief staff, volunteers and
				students/interns shall be given orientation and training regarding:
a. The objectives of the facility;
b. Practices of confidentiality;
c. The decisionmaking plan;
d. The Standards for Licensed Children's
				Residential Facilities, including the prohibited actions as outlined in this
				regulation; and
e. Other policies
				and procedures that are applicable to their positions, duties and
				responsibilities.
4.
				Within 30 days following their begin date, all staff working with residents
				shall be enrolled in a standard first aid class and in a cardiopulmonary
				resuscitation class facilitated by the American Red Cross or other recognized
				authority, unless the individual is currently certified in first aid and
				cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
5.
				Within 30 days following their begin date, all staff working with residents
				shall be trained in child abuse and neglect, mandatory reporting, maintaining
				appropriate professional relationships and interaction among staff and
				residents, and suicide prevention.
6. Within 30 days following their begin date,
				all staff shall be trained on the facility's policies and procedures regarding
				standard precautions.
7. Within 30
				days following their begin date, all staff shall be trained on appropriate
				siting of children's residential facilities and good neighbor policies and
				community relations.
8. Before they
				can administer medication, all staff responsible for medication administration
				shall have successfully completed a medication training program approved by the
				Board of Nursing or be licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia to administer
				medications.
9. All staff shall be
				trained in any area of quality improvement as identified from the results of
				the quality improvement plan.