Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) Required staff.
An adoption agency must have an executive director and a social services
supervisor. If one person fills both positions, that person must meet the
qualifications of both the executive director and the social services
supervisor listed in subsections (2)(a) and (b) of this rule.
(2) Qualifications.
(a) The executive director must possess all
of the following qualifications:
(A)
Management skills and abilities.
(B) A bachelor's degree from an accredited
program.
(C) Two years of full-time
experience in child social services.
(b) The social services supervisor must
possess all of the following qualifications:
(A) A master's or doctorate degree from an
accredited program in social work, psychology, guidance and counseling, or a
similar subject area.
(B) Two years
of experience in family and children's services, one year of which must include
providing adoption services.
(C) If
the agency provides intercountry adoption services, the supervisor must have
experience in intercountry adoptions.
(c) An incumbent executive director or social
services supervisor employed by the adoption agency prior to October 17, 2008:-
of an adoption agency already licensed by the Department:- who does not meet
the qualifications listed is subsections (a) and (b) of this section is deemed
to meet those requirements if he or she had been in the position for at least
three years, had significant skills and experience with the adoption process,
and has access to consultation with persons having the qualifications listed in
subsections (a) and (b) of this section, as applicable.
(d) Social services staff, who are
non-supervisory employees providing adoption-related social services requiring
the application of clinical skills and judgment, must possess:
(A) A master's degree from an accredited
program of social work education or another human service field;
(B) A bachelor's degree from an accredited
program of social work education; or
(C) A combination of a bachelor's degree in
another human service field and experience in family and children's services or
adoption.
(3)
Supervision. All non-supervisory social services staff described in subsection
(2)(d) of this rule must be supervised by an employee of the adoption agency
who meets the requirements for social services supervisor set forth in
subsection (2)(b) or (2)(c) of this rule.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
409.050, ORS
418.005 & ORS
418.240
