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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".16" citation="COMAR 07.05.01.16" title_num="07" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="01" heading="Employee Orientation, Training, and Development.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The agency shall have a written plan for the orientation and continuing training of all employees.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The agency shall ensure that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Excluding activities related to supervision of an employee's routine tasks, supervisors and child placement workers receive at least 20 hours of training activities during each full year of employment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Supervisors and child placement workers receive appropriate training in the following areas:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The agency's administrative procedures and overall program goals,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Casework skills development in interviewing, case planning, case management, and case review,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Principles and practices of child placement and child care,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Understanding of children's emotional needs and problems that affect or inhibit their growth,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Family relationships and the impact of separation,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Recognition, prevention, and treatment of substance abuse,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Identification and reporting of child abuse or neglect,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Principles and practices of supervision, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>State requirements for child placement agencies;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The chief administrator receives at least 10 hours of training in one or more of the following areas during each full year of employment:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Principles and practices of administration,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Budget preparation,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Agency accountability,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>State requirements for child placement agencies,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Organizational development, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Principles and practices of child placement and child.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>