N.H. Admin. Code § He-M 426.13

Current through Register No. 50, December 12, 2024

Section He-M 426.13 - IROS Staff Qualifications

(a) All staff providing IROS shall be supervised by a supervisor who:

(1) Provides program administration and coordinates such services with other service providers to assure continuity of recipient service;

(2) Has at least 3 years of full-time employment experience in programs for persons with long term mental illness or SED;

(3) Has at least one year of supervisory, management, or administrative experience;

(4) Has a baccalaureate degree or higher in social work, rehabilitation, psychology, education, or a related human services field; and

(5) Has received training in the Illness Management and Recovery Evidence Based Practice Kit (2010), available as listed in Appendix A, if the staff will be providing IMR.

(b) Each staff person providing IROS shall at a minimum have:

(1) Either:

a. A baccalaureate degree in social work, rehabilitation, psychology, education, or a related human services field; or

b. An associate's degree in social work, rehabilitation, psychology, education, or a related human services field and the following experience:

1. Two years of experience working with persons who have severe mental disability or SED; or

2. Two years of experience that provides a person with an understanding of mental illness and that was acquired as an adult in the provision of significant supports to persons with mental illness, including the experience acquired by family members of persons with mental illness or by other persons who have personal knowledge of mental illness; and

(2) Received training in the evidence-based practice in Illness Management and Recovery Evidence Based Practice Kit (2010), available as listed in Appendix A, developed by Dartmouth, if those staff will be providing those services.

(c) CMHPs and providers shall document completion of training pursuant to (a) (5) and (b) (2) above in personnel files.

(d) Any staff person who does not meet the criteria of (b) above shall be eligible to provide IROS services if:

(1) Such staff person was providing mental illness management services under former He-M 426.11 for at least 2 years prior to the 4/13/2007 effective date of former He-M 426.11; and

(2) The following criteria are met:

a. The staff person shall receive individual or group supervision of at least one hour per week provided by a supervisor meeting the qualifications of (a) above;

b. A supervisor meeting the criteria of (a) above shall be available at all times to provide back-up support or consultation; and

c. A record of the following shall be maintained in the staff person's personnel file:

1. The staff person's educational background; and

2. Supervision provided, including:

(i) The professional title and level of education of the supervisor;

(ii) The supervisory schedule; and

(iii) The staff development and training needs and how they have been addressed; and

(3) In instances when the staff will provide IMR services, the staff person has received training in the Illness Management and Recovery Evidence Based Practice Kit (2010), available as listed in Appendix A.

(4) Such person is a peer support specialist;

a. Peer support specialists shall:

1. Enter into a mutually supportive, non-authoritative relationship that support wellness and recovery as defined by the individual being serviced;

2. Participate in trainings as required by the employer and the department;

3. Function as a member of the individual's treatment team;

4. Function as an advocate for the individuals served;

5. Provide services pursuant to the individual service plan;

6. Participate in and attend treatment team meetings;

7. Be supervised by a supervisor as defined in He-M 426.13(a) ;

8. Meet quarterly with a peer trained in intentional peer support (IPS) for a peer review to evaluate effectiveness of IPS and to review the principles of IPS;

9. Be certified in wellness action recovery plans, intentional peer support, whole health action management or equivalents authorized by the department within 12 months of employment at the CMHC; and

10. Receive annually:

(i) One evidence based practice training;

(ii) Client rights training; and

(iii) One suicide prevention training.

N.H. Admin. Code § He-M 426.13

(See Revision Note at part heading for He-M 426) #5971, eff 2-1-95; ss by #7088, eff 8-31-99; amd by #8282, eff 2-8-05; ss and moved by #8867, eff 4-13-07 (from He-M 426.12 ); ss by #9285, eff 9-30-08; ss by #9581, eff 10-24-09; ss by #12154, eff 3-28-17

Amended by Volume XXXVII Number 15, Filed April 13, 2017, Proposed by #12154, Effective 3/28/2017, Expires 3/28/2027.