Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) All community
health workers, peer wellness specialists, and personal health navigators shall
receive training from an Authority approved training program whose curriculum
includes:
(a) A minimum of 80 contact hours
addressing the core curriculum set forth in section (2) of this rule and any
additional curriculum topics specific to the type of worker being
trained;
(b) All the major roles
and core competencies listed and defined in the Oregon Health Policy Board
Report "The Role of Traditional Health Workers in Oregon's Health Care System"
at
https://www.oregon.gov/oha/oei/Documents/nthw-report-120106.pdf.
(2) An Authority approved core
curriculum for community health workers, peer wellness specialists, peer
support specialists and personal health navigators shall, at a minimum,
introduce students to the key principles of the following topics:
(a) Community engagement, outreach methods,
and relationship building;
(b)
Communication, including cross-cultural communication, active listening, and
group and family dynamics;
(c)
Empowerment techniques;
(d)
Identification of community resources;
(e) Cultural competency, cultural humility,
cultural responsiveness, and cross-cultural relationships, including bridging
health system and community cultures;
(f) Conflict identification and problem
solving;
(g) Conducting individual
strength and needs based assessments;
(h) Advocacy;
(i) Ethical responsibilities in a
multicultural context;
(j) Legal
responsibilities;
(k) Crisis
identification and problem-solving, including suicide prevention,
overdose/intoxication, psychiatric crisis, and safety planning;
(l) Professional conduct, including
culturally appropriate relationship boundaries and maintaining
confidentiality;
(m) Navigating
public and private health and human service systems, including federal, state,
regional, and local systems;
(n)
Working with caregivers, families, and support systems, including paid care
workers;
(o) Trauma-informed care,
including screening and assessment, recovery from trauma, and minimizing
re-traumatization;
(p)
Self-care;
(q) Social determinants
of health;
(r) Building
partnerships with local agencies and groups;
(s) The role and certified scope of practice
for traditional health workers;
(t)
Roles, expectations, and supervisory relationships for working in
multidisciplinary teams, including supervisory relationships;
(u) Data collection and types of
data;
(v) Organization skills,
documentation, and use of health information technology;
(w) Introduction to disease processes,
including chronic diseases, mental health, tobacco cessation, and addictions,
including warning signs, basic symptoms, and when to seek medical
help;
(x) Health across the
life-span;
(y) Adult learning
principles, including teaching and coaching;
(z) Stages of change;
(aa) Best practices for health promotion;
and
(bb) Health literacy
issues.
(3) In addition
to the core curriculum set forth in section (2) of this rule, training programs
for community health workers shall include the following topics:
(a) Self-efficacy;
(b) Community organizing;
(c) Group facilitation skills;
(d) Conducting community needs
assessments;
(e) Popular education
methods; and
(f) Principles of
motivational interviewing.
(4) In addition to the core curriculum set
forth in section (2) of this rule, training programs for peer wellness
specialists shall include the following topics:
(a) Self-efficacy;
(b) Group facilitation skills;
(c) Cultivating individual
resilience;
(d) Recovery,
resilience, and wellness models; and
(e) Principles of motivational
interviewing.
(5) An
Authority approved curriculum for peer support specialists shall include a
minimum of 40 contact hours that include:
(a)
The core curriculum set forth in section (2) of this rule;
(b) The role and scope of practice for peer
support specialists; and
(c)
Recovery, resilience, and wellness.
(6) In addition to the core curriculum
training programs for PSS or PWS set forth in section (2) (4) or (5) of this
rule, an Authority approved curriculum for family support specialists and youth
support specialists shall include the following topics:
(a) The role of the family support specialist
in the system serving children and youth;
(b) Pre-K through post-secondary educational
programs;
(c) Physical and
emotional development for ages 0-25;
(d) Parenting principles, protective factors,
and developmental assets to promote resilience; and
(e) Systems of care principles.
(7) In addition to the core
curriculum for PSS or PWS, set forth in section (2) and (4) or (5) of this
rule, training programs an Authority approved curriculum for youth support
specialists shall include the following topics:
(a) The role of the youth support specialist
in programs serving children, youth, and young adults;
(b) Collaborative problem-solving
principles;
(c) Protective factors
and developmental assets to promote resilience; and
(d) System of care and positive youth
development principles.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
413.042,
414.665 & ORS
414.635
Statutes/Other Implemented: 181.537, 414.665 & ORS
414.635
