OAR 413-215-0556
Residential Care Agencies: Staff Training
(1)
Staff of the residential care agency must be provided with orientation training prior to or within 30 days of hire. The orientation must include training on all of the following:(a)
Discipline and behavior management protocols including de-escalation skills training, crisis prevention skills, positive behavior management, and disciplinary techniques that are non-punitive in nature and are focused on helping children in care build positive personal relationships and self-control.(b)
If restraint and seclusion are utilized by the residential care agency, which techniques are approved by the residential care agency and how use of these procedures is monitored. The policy of the residential care agency must be clear in training that restraint or seclusion is used as an intervention of last resort.(2)
Staff of the residential care agency must receive ongoing training at least annually on all of the following:(a)
Procedures for handling environmental emergencies.(b)
Universal precautions (infection control guidelines designed to protect workers from exposure to diseases spread by blood and certain body fluids) and hygiene.(c)
Discipline and behavior management.(3)
Staff providing direct care of children in care of the residential care agency must receive training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid sufficient to retain a current certification.(4)
Designated staff authorized to apply the reasonable and prudent parent standard must receive training related to the application of the reasonable and prudent parent standard and age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate activities for a child in care.
Source:
Rule 413-215-0556 — Residential Care Agencies: Staff Training, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=413-215-0556.