Employee Training Requirements:

IN-SERVICE TRAINING DESCRIPTION
The Director is to arrange/provide for In-Service training required by the State of Kansas for employee needing the certification.
Training will occur on a monthly basis.
Staff is orientated to the following:

  • Facility policy and procedures manual
  • Facility emergency and evacuation procedures
  • Emergency safety interventions (including management of aggressive or suicidal behavior and orientation to the facility's restraint policies and procedures)
  • The handling of blood born pathogens
  • Facility discipline standards
  • Abuse/neglect mandatory reporting laws
  • Client record documentation policies and procedures
  • Policies and procedures for resident medication management
  • Resident rights
  • Confidentiality laws
  • De-escalation techniques
  • Substance Abuse patterns
  • Childhood and adolescent development (including developmental disorders)
  • Childhood and adolescent psycho-pathology (including such topics as effects of abuse/neglect, reactive attachment disorders, separation anxiety disorders, ADHD)
  • Childhood and adolescent sexuality issues, especially the effects of early sexual abuse

 

STAFF WILL ALL HAVE A MINIMUM OF 45 HOURS OF TRAINING PER YEAR. A PORTION OF THIS TRAINING WILL BE THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE EMPLOYEE.

All Purely Administrative Policies are subject to the Director's discretion subject to Advisory Board oversight.

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Hope House strives to provide hope in a compassionate, safe, and stable environment for children.