1. (a) An agency with one or more employees, contractors, or regular volunteers shall provide an orientation to each employee, contractor, or regular volunteer. The orientation must include the agency's policies and procedures, including responsibilities of the employee, contractor, or regular volunteer and procedures in an emergency.
2. (b) The orientation required in (a) of this section must begin at the time of employment, or contract or becoming a regular volunteer and be completed within the succeeding eight weeks.

3. (c) An agency shall ensure that each worker. other than a volunteer, receives a minimum of 15 hours of job related training a year. The 15 hours must be in addition to orientation required by (a) of this section. For child placing workers 10 of the 15 training hours must relate directly to child placing activity including

   1. (1) children's emotional needs and problems that affect and inhibit their growth;
   2. (2) family relationships and the impact of separation;
   3. (3) permanency planning;
   4. (4) serving a child who has been abused or neglected, is delinquent, or has special needs;
   5. (5) cross-cultural placement issues;
   6. (6) recognition, prevention, and treatment of substance abuse;
   7. (7) principles and practices of supervision of a placement, including treatment planning and behavior management;
   8. (8) principles and practices of recruitment, evaluation, and retention of placement settings; and
   9. (9) specific statutes and regulations that affect the performance of the worker's duties.
4. (d) Training hours required in this section are clock hours. An agency may count informal training that increases worker skills.
5. (e) Records documenting training must include the date, subject, method of training, and the name of the individual who conducted the training.

(Eff. 1/1/2001, Register 156)