Section He-C 6350.11 - Requirements for Staff(a) The executive director of an intermediate treatment program or shelter care program shall: (1) Be a full-time employee; and(2) Either: a. Possess a master's degree in education, business, criminal justice, administration, human services, or a field related to one of these disciplines, or meet the definition of clinical staff in He-C 6350.02(j) , and have 2 years experience in human services; orb. Have a bachelor's degree in the fields listed in a. above and 5 years experience in human services. (b) The clinical coordinator of an intermediate treatment program or shelter care program shall: (1) Be a full time employee;(2) Meet the definition of clinical staff in He-C 6350.02(j) ; and(3) Have 2 years post-graduate experience in human services.(c) The executive director of an intensive treatment program shall: (1) Be a full time employee;(2) Possess at a minimum a master's degree in a field identified in (a) (2) a. above; and(3) Have 2 years supervisory experience in human services.(d) The assistant director of an intensive treatment program shall: (1) Be a full-time employee; and(2) Either: a. Possess a master's degree in a field identified in (a) (2) a. above; orb. Possess a bachelor's degree in a field identified in (a) (2) a. above and have 5 years experience in human services, one year of which has included administrative responsibility.(e) The clinical coordinator of an intensive treatment program shall: (1) Be a full-time employee;(2) Meet the definition of clinical staff in He-C 6350.02(j) ; and(3) Have 2 years post-graduate experience in a clinical setting.(f) The clinical staff of an intensive treatment program shall: (1) Be a full-time employee or a part-time employee with a minimum of 22 hours a week; and(2) Meet the criteria specified in He-C 6350.02(j) .(g) The prescribing practitioner for a residential treatment program shall meet the following requirements: (1) Meet the requirements set forth in He-C 6420 for prescribing practitioner or be licensed by the NH board of psychologists; and(2) Be employed by the agency or have a current contract with the agency or like agreement.(h) If the program employs medical staff, they shall be licensed by the appropriate licensing board.(i) Each residential treatment program shall identify one staff, consistent as reported on the Form 2601 "Certification for Payment Application - Residential Programs" (July 2018) or Form 2601R "Certification for Payment Renewal Application - Residential Programs" (July 2018), trained to implement the reasonable and prudent parent standard for all youth within the program. Any changes to the identified staff shall be reported to the division within 10 days of the new assignment.(j) Each residential treatment program with funded family worker positions shall meet the following minimum staffing requirements: (1) Family workers shall have a minimum of a bachelor's degree in a clinical field identified in (a) (2) a. above, education, or a related field with emphasis in human services and family systems, and have 2 years of human services experience;(2) Except in shelter care programs, all family workers shall be supervised by clinical staff;(3) Family workers in shelter care programs shall be supervised by an employee who has a minimum of a bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, education, or a related field, with an emphasis in human services and family systems, and 3 years experience in human services; and(4) Except for shelter care programs, family workers shall maintain an aftercare caseload and availability to provide aftercare services for families pursuant to the discharge plan for a minimum of 30 days after the child has made the transition to home.(k) The training requirements for family workers shall include: (1) A minimum of one hour each week of individual or group clinical supervision by clinical staff; and(2) A minimum of 40 hours per year of in-service training, at least 8 hours of which shall be in working with and supporting families in communities, including creating behavioral plans that assist with reunification efforts.(l) All full-time direct care and clinical staff shall annually receive 40 hours of training, of which up to 15 hours of documented supervision may be applied towards the training.(m) All direct care and clinical staff working less than full-time shall annually receive at a minimum 8 hours of the required trainings in (m) below.(n) The training required in (j) and (k) above shall include annual reviews of:(1) Emergency and safety procedures;(2) Principles and practices of child care including the reasonable and prudent parent standard;(3) Family-centered practices including transition and permanency planning;(4)RSA 169-C:29, the child protection reporting law;(5) Administrative procedures and program goals;(7) De-escalation techniques;(8) Physical intervention techniques; and(9) Professional boundaries, liabilities, and ethics.(o) The in-service training component provided by the residential treatment program shall be designed to prepare staff to care for the children served and may include, but not be limited to, training that corresponds to the specific needs of the population of children and families the program serves.(p) College courses taken for credit may be counted towards the training requirements in a ratio of one credit equals 15 hours of training, provided the course is related to human services identified in (k) above.(q) All training shall be documented in the employee's personnel file or through an electronic equivalent.(r) Each employee shall have at least one evaluation and planning conference per year.(s) The evaluation required in (q) above shall be documented in the employee's personnel file and shall be signed by the employee and the supervisor, indicating that the employee has read the evaluation or indicating why the employee did not sign the evaluation.(t) The executive director shall receive an annual performance evaluation conducted and signed by the board of directors or the executive director's direct supervisor.(u) The evaluation of the executive director shall be documented in his or her personnel file.(v) Employees of nursing homes and rehabilitation programs shall be excluded from the training requirements above.(w) Shelter care programs shall provide a minimum of one hour of supervision per week by clinical staff of the program or a half-day per week of consultation services from a licensed clinician to assist the children and staff with treatment issues.N.H. Admin. Code § He-C 6350.11
#6617, eff 10-25-97; ss by #8453, INTERIM, eff 10-25-05, EXPIRED: 4-23-06
New. #8693, eff 7-27-06
Amended byVolume XXXV Number 06, Filed February 12, 2015, Proposed by #10759, Effective 1/17/2015, Expires1/17/2025.Amended by Volume XXXVIII Number 37, Filed September 13, 2018, Proposed by #12609, Effective 8/23/2018, Expires 8/23/2028.