Article 3. Employee Orientation and Training
6VAC35-101-180. Required initial orientation.
A. Initial orientation shall be provided to all full-time and part-time staff, relief staff, and contractors who provide services to residents on a regular basis, in accordance with each position's job description.
B. Before the expiration of the individual's seventh work day at the facility, each employee shall be provided with a basic orientation on the following:
1. The facility;
2. The population served;
3. The basic objectives of the program;
4. The facility's organizational structure;
5. Security, population control, emergency preparedness, and evacuation procedures as provided for in 6VAC35-101-510 (emergency and evacuation procedures);
6. The practices of confidentiality;
7. The residents' rights;
8. The basic requirements of and competencies necessary to perform in his positions;
9. The facility's program philosophy and services;
10. The facility's behavior management program as provided for in 6VAC35-101-1070 (behavior management);
11. The facility's behavior intervention procedures and techniques, including the use of least restrictive interventions and physical restraint;
12. The residents' rules of conduct and responsibilities;
13. The residents' disciplinary process as provided for in 6VAC35-101-1080 (disciplinary process);
14. The residents' grievance procedures as provided for in 6VAC35-101-100 (grievance procedure);
15. Child abuse and neglect and mandatory reporting as provided for in 6VAC35-101-80 (serious incident reports) and 6VAC35-101-90 (suspected child abuse or neglect);
16. Standard precautions as provided for in 6VAC35-101-1010 (infectious or communicable diseases); and
17. Documentation requirements as applicable to the position's duties.
C. Volunteers shall be oriented in accordance with 6VAC35-101-300 (volunteer and intern orientation and training).
Statutory Authority
§§ 16.1-309.9, 16.1-322.7, and 66-10 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 29, Issue 25, eff. January 1, 2014.
6VAC35-101-190. Required initial training.
A. Each full-time and part-time employee and relief staff shall complete initial, comprehensive training that is specific to the individual's occupational class, is based on the needs of the population served, and ensures that the individual has the competencies to perform the position's duties.
1. Direct care staff shall receive at least 40 hours of training, inclusive of all training required by this section, in their first year of employment.
2. Contractors shall receive training required to perform their position responsibilities in a detention center.
B. Within 30 days following the employee's start date at the facility or before the employee is responsible for the direct supervision of a resident, all direct care staff and staff who provide direct supervision of the residents shall complete training in the following areas:
1. Emergency preparedness and response as provided for in 6VAC35-101-510 (emergency and evacuation procedures);
2. The facility's behavior management program as provided for in 6VAC35-101-1070 (behavior management);
3. The residents' rules of conduct and the rationale for the rules;
4. The facility's behavior intervention procedures, with physical and mechanical restraint training required as applicable to their duties and as required by subsection D of this section;
5. Child abuse and neglect and mandatory reporting as provided for in 6VAC35-101-80 (serious incident reports) and 6VAC35-101-90 (suspected child abuse or neglect);
6. Maintaining appropriate professional boundaries and relationships;
7. Interaction among staff and residents;
8. Suicide prevention as provided for in 6VAC35-101-1020 (suicide prevention);
9. Residents' rights, including but not limited to prohibited actions provided for in 6VAC35-101-650 (prohibited actions);
10. Standard precautions as provided for in 6VAC35-101-1010 (infectious or communicable diseases); and
11. Procedures applicable to the employees' position and consistent with their work profiles.
C. Employees who are authorized by the facility administrator to restrain a resident, as provided for in 6VAC35-101-1090 (physical restraint) and 6VAC35-101-1130 (mechanical restraints), shall be trained in the facility's approved restraint techniques within 90 days of such authorization and prior to applying any restraint techniques.
D. Employees who administer medication shall, prior to such administration, as provided for in 6VAC35-101-1060 (medication), and in accordance with the provisions of § 54.1-3408 of the Code of Virginia, either (i) have successfully completed a medication training program approved by the Board of Nursing or (ii) be licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia to administer medication.
E. When an individual is employed by contract to provide services for which licensure by a professional organization is required, documentation of current licensure shall constitute compliance with this section.
F. Volunteers and interns shall be trained in accordance with 6VAC35-101-300 (volunteer and intern orientation and training).
G. Employees who perform the duties required in 6VAC35-101-800 (admission and orientation) shall be trained in the requirements contained therein.
Statutory Authority
§§ 16.1-309.9, 16.1-322.7, and 66-10 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 29, Issue 25, eff. January 1, 2014.
6VAC35-101-200. Retraining.
A. Each full-time and part-time employee and relief staff shall complete retraining that is specific to the individual's occupational class, the position's job description, and addresses any professional development needs.
B. All full-time and part-time employees and relief staff shall complete an annual training refresher on the facility's emergency preparedness and response plan and procedures as provided for in 6VAC35-101-480 (emergency and evacuation procedures).
C. All direct care staff shall receive at least 40 hours of training annually that shall include training on the following:
1. Suicide prevention as provided for in 6VAC35-101-1020 (suicide prevention);
2. Standard precautions as provided for in 6VAC35-101-1010 (infectious or communicable diseases);
3. Maintaining appropriate professional relationships;
4. Interaction among staff and residents;
5. Residents' rights, including but not limited to the prohibited actions provided for in 6VAC35-101-650 (prohibited actions);
6. Child abuse and neglect and mandatory reporting as provided for in 6VAC35-101-80 (serious incident reports) and 6VAC35-101-90 (suspected child abuse or neglect); and
7. Behavior intervention procedures.
D. All staff approved to apply physical restraints, as provided for in 6VAC35-101-1090 (physical restraint) shall be trained as needed to maintain the applicable current certification.
E. All staff approved to apply mechanical restraints shall be retrained annually as required by 6VAC35-101-1130 (mechanical restraints).
F. Employees who administer medication, as provided for in 6VAC35-101-1060 (medication), shall complete an annual refresher training.
G. When an individual is employed by contract to provide services for which licensure by a professional organization is required, documentation of current licensure shall constitute compliance with this section.
H. Staff who have not timely completed required retraining shall not be allowed to have direct care responsibilities pending completion of the retraining requirements.
Statutory Authority
§§ 16.1-309.9, 16.1-322.7, and 66-10 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 29, Issue 25, eff. January 1, 2014.