Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 45, November 9, 2024
Section 3680.25 - Staff orientation and training(a) The legal entity shall ensure that the agency conducts required staff orientation and training in accordance with applicable service-specific chapters promulgated by the Department.(b) If the agency operates programs for which no service-specific chapters apply or if there are no orientation requirements in a service-specific chapter, the legal entity shall ensure that, upon employment, staff persons whose responsibilities include care and supervision of children in daily program activities, as well as the supervisors of those staff persons, participate in an orientation program.(c) Staff orientation shall provide the staff persons specified in subsection (b) with knowledge and understanding of the following:(1) The facility's fire, medical and other emergency procedures.(2) The physical layout of the facility in which the program operates, including location of fire alarms, fire extinguishers, telephones and other emergency apparatus.(3) The facility's policies and procedures governing the administration of medicine and drugs.(4) Job responsibilities.(5) The facility's policies and procedures governing child discipline.(6) Staff responsibilities and duties under 23 Pa.C.S. §§ 6301-6384 (relating to the Child Protective Services Law).(d) Orientation may include working with children as long as the staff are not fulfilling the minimum child to staff ratios as established in the program description required by § 3680.41(a) and (b) (relating to program descriptions).(e) If the agency operates programs for which no service-specific chapters apply or if there are no training requirements in a service-specific chapter, the legal entity shall ensure that all staff specified in subsection (b) receive, within the first year of employment, 40 hours of training. The training shall include the following: (1) Emergency medical first aid training, including Coronary Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).(2) Crisis management and passive physical restraint techniques.(3) Information about 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 6301-6365 (relating to the Juvenile Act) and this chapter.(4) Child abuse recognition and staff responsibilities.(5) Basic safety practices, including fire and other emergency evacuation procedures and the use of fire extinguishers.(6) Principles and practice of child care.(f) New staff are not required to be trained in an area specified in subsection (e) if they can provide evidence of comparable training.(g) The legal entity shall ensure that staff identified in subsection (b) have 40 hours of training annually. Refresher training necessary to maintain skills in first aid, CPR and passive physical restraint may be included as part of the 40 hours of annual staff training.(h) At least 20 hours of the annual training required by subsections (e) and (g) shall be provided through one of the following:(1) Formal inservice training.(3) Participation in conferences, institutes or workshops.(i) Up to 20 hours of the annual training required by subsections (e) and (g) may be provided through supervisory conferences. The schedule of conferences shall be documented in the staff person's personnel record.(j) Staff who are not employed on a full-time basis shall receive training in proportion to the number of hours worked per week.The provisions of this §3680.25 adopted January 23, 1987, effective 7/23/1987, 17 Pa.B. 392.The provisions of this §3680.25 issued under Articles II, VII, IX and X of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. §§ 201-211, 701-774, 901-922 and 1001-1080).