Sec. 07.05.01.16. Employee Orientation, Training, and Development

A. The agency shall have a written plan for the orientation, continuing training, and development of all employees.

B. The agency shall ensure that:

(1) Excluding activities related to supervision of an employee's routine tasks, supervisors and child placement workers receive at least 20 hours of training activities during each full year of employment;

(2) Supervisors and child placement workers receive appropriate training in the following areas:

(a) The agency's administrative procedures and overall program goals,

(b) Casework skills development in interviewing, case planning, case management, and case review,

(c) Principles and practices of child placement and child care,

(d) Understanding of children's emotional needs and problems that affect or inhibit their growth,

(e) Family relationships and the impact of separation,

(f) Recognition, prevention, and treatment of substance abuse,

(g) Identification and reporting of child abuse or neglect,

(h) Principles and practices of supervision, and

(i) State requirements for child placement agencies;

(3) The chief administrator annually receives at least 10 hours of training in one or more of the following areas:

(a) Principles and practices of administration,

(b) Budget preparation,

(c) Agency accountability,

(d) State requirements for child placement agencies,

(e) Organizational development, and

(f) Principles and practices of child placement and child care.