N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:51-5.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 9, May 6, 2024

Section 3A:51-5.6 - Training

(a) A level I training requirement is as follows:

1. Prior to the issuance of a license, each applicant shall complete pre-service training, provided or approved by the Department, which will adequately prepare the applicant with the appropriate knowledge and skills to provide for the needs of the children who are or may be placed in the home, including those related to the reasonable and prudent parent standard.

2. The pre-service training shall include, but is not limited to:

i. Legal rights, roles, responsibilities, and expectations of resource family parents;

ii. The structure, purpose, policies, and services of the Department;

iii. The laws and rules governing the Department;

iv. The impact of childhood trauma;

v. Managing child behaviors;

vi. Training in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation for the ages of children in placement; and

vii. The importance of maintaining the parent-child connections and visitation.

(b) Each resource family parent shall complete annual in-service training, provided or approved by the Department, which will provide the resource family parent with the appropriate knowledge and skills to continue to provide for the needs of the children placed in the home, including those related to the reasonable and prudent parent standard.

N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:51-5.6

Administrative Change, 49 N.J.R. 98a.

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 2792(a), effective 8/21/2017

Amended by 51 N.J.R. 1263(b), effective 8/5/2019