New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 55 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE FACILITIES
Subchapter 5 - STAFF REQUIREMENTS
Section 3A:55-5.4 - Staff training and development

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 3A:55-5.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) The facility shall develop a training plan and the director shall ensure that all staff members, upon employment, are trained in:

1. The facility's statement of purpose, as specified in 3A:55-3.1;

2. The facility's behavior management policy and search and seizure policy, if any, as specified in 3A:55-6.14 and 6.15;

3. Emergency procedures, as specified in 3A:55-4.5(a), (b) and (c);

4. Protocols for medication, as specified in 3A:55-7.4 and 7.5;

5. Infection control procedures, as specified in 3A:55-7.8;

6. The facility's techniques for safe physical and mechanical restraint, if applicable, as specified in 3A:55-6.13(i) and (k);

7. The facility's policy and procedures for utilizing a behavior management room, if applicable, as specified in 3A:55-6.13(m); and

8. The facility's policy and procedures for utilizing exclusion, as specified in 3A:55-6.13(j).

(b) The facility shall ensure that every new staff member is accompanied on his or her duties by an experienced staff member as part of an orientation, until the new staff member is familiar with daily routines and operations of the facility.

(c) The facility shall document in each staff member's record that all social service and child care staff members, including full and part-time staff members, receive a minimum of a total of 14 hours of training each year, in the following areas:

1. The principles of behavior management;

2. Alcohol, tobacco and substance abuse;

3. Human sexuality and AIDS;

4. Suicide prevention;

5. Gang activity awareness;

6. Bullying activity awareness;

7. Human trafficking;

8. Trauma and adolescent brain development; and

9. Reduction and elimination of restraints.

(d) The facility's training plan may include in-depth discussions at staff meetings, attendance at workshops, conferences or relevant college courses.

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