All newly appointed community residential facility administrators and facility employees who work in excess of two hundred (200) hours annually and are responsible for facility security or supervision of residents shall meet the following training requirements:
005.01 Facility Orientation Training All new facility employees shall be provided orientation training on the facility's policies and procedures, organization, structure, programs and services, and task orientation to their particular job assignments, shift duties and equipment used. Orientation training shall be successfully completed before employees are assigned an independent shift. Orientation training shall include training in the following areas that are appropriate for the employee's job assignments:
005.01A Inmate supervision, facility security, key control, inmate management, and inmate rules, regulations and enforcement procedures;005.01B Emergency procedures including fire evacuation, natural disaster, escape, disturbance, suicide attempts, death;005.01C Inmate reception, orientation and discharge procedures;005.01D Inmate mail, telephone, visiting, recreation, and library services;005.01E Food service, inmate hygiene and laundry, facility sanitation and maintenance;005.01F Inmate work release, educational release, work assignments, release programs;005.01G Inmate medical, mental health, suicide prevention and counseling services;005.01H Report writing, professional communications and human relations;005.02 Initial Training Satisfactory completion of a minimum of eighty (80) hours of initial training provided by the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center or an equivalent curriculum approved by the Jail Standards Board, is required. Such training shall cover, at a minimum, the following areas:
005.02A Correctional legal issues, inmate rights, officer rights and liability;005.02B Interpersonal communications, human relations, crisis intervention, inmate supervision and inmate discipline;005.02C First aid, medical issues, mental health & suicide prevention, psychological behavioral aspects of incarceration, substance abuse and abnormal behavior;005.02D Use of force and self defense;005.02E Responding to escapes, absconders, fires, fights and disturbances;005.02G Facility security.005.03 The community residential facility administrator and facility employees shall be considered to have satisfactorily completed the initial training if all academic and attendance requirements established by the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center or the certified training provider have been met and a certificate has been issued to the trainee.005.04 After the effective date of these Standards, newly appointed community residential facility administrators and facility employees shall receive the initial training as soon as possible, and it must be completed within the first year of employment.005.05 The initial training requirements for the community residential facility administrator and facility employees may be waived by the Board upon proof of comparable training. In order to evaluate the waiver request, the facility administrator will make the following information available to the Board upon request: 005.05A Course title, outline, and objectives;005.05B Time(s) and date(s) of course;005.05C Name of instructor(s) and qualifications;005.05D Examinations/student evaluation procedure;005.05E Class roster and attendance records;005.05F Copies of certificates issued, if any.005.06 After the first year of employment, a minimum of eighteen (18) hours of yearly in-service training is required for community residential facility administrators and facility employees.005.07 The yearly in-service training shall not be waived and should/shall include; professional conduct, legal issues, use of force, sexual abuse/assault awareness, use of restraints, searches, contraband control and report writing.005.08 All facility employees shall successfully complete a medical training program established by a recognized health authority in cooperation with the facility administration that includes: 005.08A Signs, symptoms, and actions required in potential medical emergency situations;005.08B Administration of first-aid and CPR005.08C Signs symptoms of mental illness, retardation, and chemical dependency;005.08D Procedures for inmate transfers to appropriate medical facilities or health care providers.005.08E Blood borne pathogens, communicable diseases and universal precautions.005.09 All facility employees authorized to use firearms shall receive training and be qualified in their use on at least an annual basis.005.10 All facility employees authorized to use chemical agents, other weapons, or mechanical restraints shall receive training in their handling and use.005.11 All facility employees shall receive training in the performance of the facility's written emergency plans and in the use of emergency equipment on at least an annual basis.005.12 The facility shall maintain a complete and current record of all training received for each facility employee. Copies of any certificates issued shall also be maintained.77 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 2, § 005