Authority: IC 11-8-2-5; IC 31-31-8-2

Affected: IC 11-8-2; IC 31-31-8

Sec. 57. (a) Written policy, procedure, and practice provide that all new direct care staff receive one hundred twenty (120) hours of new employee training in addition to the orientation training during their first year of employment and forty (40) hours of annual in-service training each year thereafter.

(b) New employee training covers the following:

1. (1) Emergency procedures, including the following:

   1. (A) Security.
   2. (B) Safety.
   3. (C) Fire.
   4. (D) Medical.
2. (2) Supervision of juveniles.
3. (3) Suicide intervention and prevention.
4. (4) Report writing.
5. (5) Deescalation techniques and the use of force continuum.
6. (6) Juvenile rules and regulations.
7. (7) Rights and responsibilities of juveniles.
8. (8) Key control.
9. (9) Interpersonal relations.
10. (10) Communication skills.
11. (11) Sexual abuse and sexual assault.
12. (12) Code of ethics.
13. (13) First aid.
14. (14) Sexual harassment.
15. (15) Search and seizure.
16. (16) Rules of evidence.
17. (17) Social or cultural awareness, or both, of the juvenile population.

(c) Additional topics may be added at the discretion of the agency or facility.

(Department of Correction; 210 IAC 8-3-57; filed Sep 16, 2022, 3:13 p.m.: 20221012-IR-210220072FRA)