SECTION 306.325. Staff Member Competency and Training

(a) General competency of staff members. In accordance with §412.316 of this title (relating to Competency and Credentialing), a provider must ensure the competency of staff members prior to providing services.

(b) MH rehabilitative services training and competency of staff members. A provider must ensure that staff members providing MH rehabilitative services receive initial training and ensure the competency of a staff member who provides or supervises the provision MH rehabilitative services in the following areas:

(1) the nature of serious mental illness and SED;

(2) the concepts of recovery and resilience;

(3) the department-approved curricula, protocol, or practice;

(4) the rehabilitative practice techniques found in curricula, program practices, and protocols; and

(5) the prevalence of health risk factors.

(c) Additional training related to children and adolescents. A staff member who routinely provides or supervises the provision of MH rehabilitative services to a child or adolescent must receive training and demonstrate competency as required by subsection (b) of this section and in the following areas:

(1) the aspects of a child's or adolescent's growth and development (including physical, emotional, cognitive, educational and social) and the treatment needs of a child and adolescent; and

(2) the department's approved skills training curricula, protocol, or practice guidelines.

(d) Except for the direct clinical supervision of a peer provider, which must be provided by an LPHA, the clinical supervision of the provision of MH rehabilitative services must be provided by a staff member who is, at minimum, a QMHP-CS.

(e) Approved curricula. If a staff member provides MH rehabilitative services through a department-approved curricula, protocol, or practice guideline, the staff member must be trained in the implementation of the curriculum, protocol, or practice guideline.

(f) Follow-up training. In addition to the training required in subsection (a) of this section, staff members may be required to receive additional training as determined by the department.

(g) Training documentation. A provider must document that a staff member has successfully completed the training and has demonstrated competencies in the areas described in subsection (a) of this section.

Source Note: The provisions of this §306.325 adopted to be effective January 22, 2014, 39 TexReg 299; transferred effective March 15, 2020, as published in the February 21, 2020 issue of the Texas Register, 45 TexReg 1239