Action | General revisions to clarify, update, simplify and align with current code provisions |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 4/2/2010 |
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10 comments
I have worked for profit and not for profit agencies over the past 30 years. Most and I say most of the providers had set thier mission and goals to provide servcies that would benifit the population they selected. Now I am unemployed because of lack of education, due to over the years I had directed, QA program to ensure that the staff had the KSA's to provide the best servcies. I would have hope that the regulatory would have offered exsisting agencies insentives the EDU's from thier community colleges and universities to train thier employees for a degree specified in the program changes such as QMHP, PPQMHP with a specified time frame, but no the governbody had not taken individual(client) and the personnel inconsideration; and now good dedicated, experianced workers are out of work and the individual's they serve our affected(will be). In the 90's North Carolina offered such a program for those agencies who wanted and needed to follow the ever so human service demands with change. So, no I an many will be unemployed and I would hope they other will futher thier education a 2-5 year process and now current mental health professionial are going to be over taxed and this will affect the clients and force providers(private) to fold however if the underline goal is weed out strong verse not so strong agencies/companies well this will do it.
The changes to the regulation and standards are always needed and appreciated, but somewhere alone the way we have forgotten the underpaid, undertrained professional and the individuals they sevre "The Human Factor"
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Under 12VAC35-105-1200. Supervision, we recommend language that reflects that a supervisor have a visit with each individual a minimum of once a month.
With regards to the educational requirements - equivalency language would be beneficial in order to continue to promote Direct Support Professionals and Supervision of Direct Support Professionals as a valued/valid career path. In other words, education or experience equal to the educational requirement. It is important to maximize the amount of talented, skilled, passionate professionals in the field of disability services. Current proposed language may limit provider's ability to hire/promote individuals that are capable and would provide value to the population served.
Proposed revision to include equivalency language:
Detailed comments have been provided directly to Les Saltzberg, DBHDS. In summary, the following areas are of greatest concern:
I would like to support language regarding educational requirements for supervision to read:
Possession of a bachelor's degree in a behavioral science or human services field w/ 2 years of professional experience working with person with intellectual disabilities or long-term mental illness; OR any equivalent combination of experience and training which provide the required knowledge, skill and abilities.
Instead of the strict requirement of a bachelors degree.
Proposed revision to include equivalency language:
Revisions to licensure rules and regulations that may adversely directly impact service delivery to at-risk youth include the following:
Re-consider the requirement of a person to supervise direct care staff within the MR/ID field, by permitting several years of direct care experience and extensive ongoing trainings and development to be equivalent to the educational requirement.