- (1) To be approved by a foster care agency to operate a proctor foster home, an applicant must complete orientation training.
(2) In addition to the requirements in OAR 419-400-0120(4) and (5), the orientation training required by section (1) of this rule must, at a minimum, include all of the following:
- (a) The policies and procedures of the foster care agency.
- (b) The needs and characteristics of children in care needing placement.
- (c) Attachment, separation, and loss issues for children in care and families.
- (d) The importance of cultural identity to the child in care and ways to foster this identity.
- (e) The impact of foster care on the child in care and family.
- (f) The rights and responsibilities of the proctor foster parent and the foster care agency.
- (g) The resources available to the foster parent or approved proctor foster parent.
- (h) Confidentiality.
- (i) Rights of families and children in care.
(j) Copies of all of the following documents:
- (A) The program statement described in OAR 419-440-0080.
- (B) The requirements for proctor foster homes.
- (C) The policies of the foster care agency governing proctor foster homes.
- (D) The training requirements of the foster care agency for proctor foster homes.
- (E) The licensing rules for foster care agencies.
- (F) Expectations for working with the foster care agency.
- (3) The foster care agency must document in the file of each applicant if the applicant has received the orientation described in section (2) of this rule.
Statutory/Other Authority
ORS 409.050, ORS 418.005, ORS 418.248, ORS 418.280 & ORS 418.240
Statutes/Other Implemented
ORS 418.205 - 418.325
History
OTIS 42-2023, minor correction filed 06/06/2023, effective 06/06/2023
CWP 26-2022, renumbered from 413-215-0321, filed 11/28/2022, effective 12/01/2022
CWP 52-2019, amend filed 11/25/2019, effective 12/01/2019
CWP 22-2016, f. & cert. ef. 12-1-16
CWP 12-2016(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 7-1-16 thru 12-27-16
CWP 31-2008, f. & cert. ef. 10-17-08