New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 31 - SCREENING AND SCREENING OUTREACH PROGRAM
Subchapter 3 - SCREENING AND SCREENING-OUTREACH PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS
Section 10:31-3.4 - Crisis intervention specialist qualifications and duties
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) A screening service may employ one or more crisis intervention specialist(s).
(b) The screening service shall maintain records concerning the educational and experiential background of all crisis intervention specialists.
(c) The crisis intervention specialist shall possess, at a minimum:
(d) The Division may waive the educational requirements delineated in (c) above to allow a peer advocate to serve as a crisis intervention specialist.
(e) The duties of the crisis intervention specialist shall include, but are not limited to, the following:
(f) The screening service utilizing crisis intervention specialists shall have written policies describing orientation and training for all new crisis intervention specialists, prior to unaccompanied and unsupervised performance of their duties, except for assessment.
(g) The Division recommends that at least one of the crisis intervention specialists employed by the screening service be a registered professional nurse, who, in addition to the duties listed above shall: