1. (a) Personnel and volunteers must receive specific training to understand the unique needs of human trafficking victims.

2. (b) A certified program shall provide a minimum of forty (40) hours of orientation training that incorporates the use of adult learning techniques (i.e., scenarios, role playing) to familiarize new personnel and volunteers providing direct services with the program which includes, but is not limited to:

   1. (1) Program goals and services of each service component;
   2. (2) Program policy and procedures;
   3. (3) Confidentiality, to include verbal confidentiality whether inside or outside the facility and client records;
   4. (4) Facility safety and disaster plans;
   5. (5) First aid kits and fire extinguishers, their location, contents and use;
   6. (6) Universal precautions;

   7. (7) Learning interviewing skills and techniques for working with victims of human trafficking including:

      1. (A) Hotline calls from trafficking victims and active and empathetic listening techniques; and
      2. (B) Safety planning for human trafficking victims;
   8. (8) Vicarious trauma and self-care;
   9. (9) Client rights;
   10. (10) Power and control tactics in human trafficking;
   11. (11) Dynamics and impact of sexual assault;
   12. (12) Dynamics and impact of human trafficking;

   13. (13) Behavioral health issues related to human trafficking including but not limited to:

       1. (A) Cultural information about victims coming from the world of human trafficking to a "normal" world;
       2. (B) Effects of trauma, including high risk behaviors, adaptive survival strategies and coping skills; and
       3. (C) Trauma triggers.
   14. (14) Documentation of services;
   15. (15) Sexual abuse within the family (i.e., incest, sibling abuse, marital and domestic relationship rapes);
   16. (16) Sexual assault outside the family (stranger, non-stranger, abuse by professionals, sexual harassment and bullying);
   17. (17) Commercial sexual exploitation (i.e., prostitution, trafficking, pornography, escort services, and massage parlors);
   18. (18) Underserved client populations (i.e., males, victims of the same gender, bisexual or transgender, non-English speaking, undocumented immigrants, victims with cognitive disabilities, or who are deaf or hard of hearing) or other disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008; and
   19. (19) Topics to increase skills to identify Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as it relates to rape trauma, self injury and alcohol and substance use.
   20. (20) Training on professional ethics and boundaries necessary for working with trauma survivors.
   21. (21) Understanding legal needs of human trafficking victims, including dynamics involved in the prosecution of persons who commit human trafficking.
3. (22) Labor trafficking.
4. (23) Trauma informed care and special considerations for victims of sex trafficking.
5. (c) Staff and volunteers providing indirect services and children's activities are required to complete orientation as prescribed by the executive director or CEO which shall include training on confidentiality and facility safety and disaster plans.
6. (d) Orientation for personnel must take place within thirty (30) days of employment or prior to unsupervised direct client contact and services. Volunteer orientation must occur within six (6) months or prior to unsupervised, direct client contact and services. The executive director or CEO of a facility may waive orientation training if it is documented that the staff or volunteer has completed the requisite program training within the past year.
7. (e) Compliance with this Section shall be determined by a review of the written policies and procedures, and personnel and volunteer training manuals and records.

Added at 28 Ok Reg 1931, eff 7-11-11

Amended at 31 Ok Reg 820, eff 9-12-14

Amended at 33 Ok Reg 1226, eff 9-11-16

Amended at 41 Ok Reg, Number 21, effective 7-25-24

Amended at 43 Ok Reg, Number 18, effective 6-11-26