- (1) A child placing adoption agency shall have at least one social work supervisor responsible for directly supervising all staff and volunteers who provide adoption services to clients.
- (2) If an Executive Director is serving as a social work supervisor, they shall not supervise more than four staff and volunteers who provide adoption services to clients.
- (3) Each social work supervisor shall be licensed in this state as a mental health therapist, shall comply with the Utah Mental Health Professional Practice Act, and shall have at least one year of full time paid professional experience in a licensed child placing adoption agency.
- (4) A social work supervisor may not supervise more than eight staff and volunteers who provide adoption services to clients.
- (5) An executive director shall have at least one year of full time paid experience in a licensed child placing adoption agency.
(6) All staff that provide services shall receive a minimum of 20 hours of pre-service training, prior to independently providing direct client services, and 12 hours annual in-service training.
(a) Training content shall include:
- (i) agency policy and procedures;
- (ii) adoption ethics, laws, and rules;
- (iii) the provision of professional and trauma informed adoption practices; and
- (iv) any evaluations they will be performing.
- (b) Staff will be supervised for adherence to training topics.
KEY: licensing, human services, child placing
Date of Last Change: February 12, 2019
Notice of Continuation: October 3, 2022
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 62A-2-101 et seq.