Okla. Admin. Code § 75:15-13-20.1

Current through Vol. 42, No. 8, January 2, 2025

Section 75:15-13-20.1 - Orientation - general, personnel and volunteers

(a) A certified program shall provide a minimum of 30 hours of orientation training that incorporates the use of adult learning techniques (i.e., scenarios, role playing, shadowing) to familiarize new personnel and volunteers providing direct services with the program which includes, but is not limited to:

(1) Program goals and services of each service component;

(2) Program policies and procedures;

(3) Confidentiality to include verbal confidentiality, whether inside or outside the facility and client records;

(4) Facility safety and disaster plans;

(5) First aid kits and fire extinguishers, their location, contents, and use;

(6) Universal precautions;

(7) Client rights;

(8) Domestic violence and its effects on victims and children;

(9) Power and control tactics of abuse;

(10) Dangerousness and lethality assessment including strangulation and head trauma;

(11) Crisis intervention techniques;

(12) Sexual assault;

(13) Stalking;

(14) Victim advocacy;

(15) Parenting and disciplinary techniques for children who have been exposed to domestic violence and trauma;

(16) Active and empathetic listening techniques including hotline skills;

(17) Accessing resources needed by victims and their families including how to ensure services and access resources for persons with special needs, including cognitive disabilities or who are deaf or hard of hearing, non-English speaking persons, or undocumented immigrants to include basic information on U visas and T visas;

(18) Safety planning for adults and age appropriate safety planning for children;

(19) Basic child development;

(20) Legal and ethical issues;

(21) Cultural Sensitivity;

(22) Effects of trauma including post-traumatic stress disorder;

(23) Victim's use of force; and

(24) Documentation of services.

(b) Staff and volunteers providing indirect services and children's activities are required to complete orientation as prescribed by the Executive Director which shall include training on confidentiality, facility safety and disaster plans.

(c) Orientation for personnel must take place within 30 days of employment or prior to unsupervised direct client contact and services. Volunteer orientation must occur within 6 months or prior to unsupervised, direct client contact and services. The Executive Director 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.

(d) Program directors shall attend New Director Orientation and training offered by the Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General, within the first six months of employment.

(e) Compliance with 75:15-13-20.1 shall be determined by a review of the written policies and procedures, and personnel and volunteer training manuals and records.

Okla. Admin. Code § 75:15-13-20.1

Transferred from 450:19-13-20.1 by SB 236 (2005), eff 7-1-05 (Editor's Notice published at 22 Ok Reg 2667); Amended at 23 Ok Reg 339, eff 11-8-05 (emergency); Amended at 23 Ok Reg 2200, eff 7-1-06; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 2508, eff 7-15-07; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 1838, eff 7-1-08; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1709, eff 7-1-10; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 1906, eff 7-11-11

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 31, Issue 24, September 2, 2014, eff. 9/12/2014

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 33, Issue 24, September 1, 2016, eff. 9/11/2016