(a) Applicability. OAC 340:100-3-38.12 sets forth training requirements for direct support staff or provider agency volunteers and direct supervisors providing only respite, homemaker, or homemaker respite services through the Community Waiver, an In-Home Supports Waiver (IHSW), or Homeward Bound Waiver in the family's or service recipient's home.
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(1) If Form 06IS037E, In-Home Supports Waiver - Certificate of Competency, is in place for IHSW participants per OAC
340:100-3-38.5, staff does not have to meet the requirements of OAC 340:100-3-38.12.
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(2) Direct support staff providing services beyond respite, homemaker, or homemaker respite services completes training appropriate to staff jobs per OAC
340:100-3-38.
(b) New employee training. No later than 30 days following the date of hire, staff providing direct supports or supervising at any level the delivery of direct supports must complete the first available Developmental Disabilities Services Division (DDSD) approved foundation training course and effective teaching course. • 1 The first available class is the first unfilled class held within 60 miles of the staff's work location following the staff's date of hire.
(c) First aid and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). All direct support staff must be currently certified in an approved course of first aid and CPR before providing services alone or with other untrained staff.
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(1) First aid and CPR certification of each staff must occur within 90 days following employment.
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(2) The service recipient's Personal Support Team (Team) may determine, based on the service recipient's needs, staff must receive first aid and CPR certification in less than 90 days.
(d) Medication administration training. Staff must be certified in an approved medication administration course, per OAC 340:100-3-38.10, before administering medication to a service recipient or assisting with a service recipient's medication support plan.
(e) Individual-specific in-service training. Individual-specific in-service training is identified for direct support staff in the service recipient's Individual Plan (Plan) based on the physical status review (PSR), if applicable, per OAC 340:100-5-26, and other assessment information for implementation and consistency of supports and programs and to ensure the service recipient's health and welfare.
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(1) A service recipient's Team specifies required time frames for completion of individual-specific in-service training. If time frames are not identified in the Plan, required individual-specific in-service training must be completed before working with the service recipient.
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(2) As the service recipient's needs require changes in supports or programs, the Team documents in the Plan, or in addenda to the Plan, any new or additional in‑service training required, with time frames for completion.
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(3) Individual-specific training is provided by the appropriate Team member.
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(4) The responsible Team member verifies staff has knowledge and skills necessary to provide the identified services.
(f) Ongoing training. All direct support staff employed by provider agencies complete eight hours of approved annual training. Annual training may come from:
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(1) required re-certification classes in first aid, CPR, and medication administration training;
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(3) courses, conferences, or workshops approved by the DDSD director of human resource development;
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(4) individual-specific training; or
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(5) agency-specific in-services.
(g) Exceptions. Exceptions to training requirements per OAC 340:100-3-38.12 may be made by the DDSD director or designee.