Or. Admin. Code § 411-345-0030 - Employment Provider Qualifications and Training Requirements
(1) EMPLOYMENT
PROVIDER TYPES. A qualified provider of employment services must be one of the
following:
(a) A provider agency certified
and endorsed under OAR chapter 411, division 323.
(b) A provider agency certified under OAR
411-340-0170 prior to January 1,
2016. A provider agency certified under OAR
411-340-0170 prior to January 1,
2016 must be certified and endorsed under OAR chapter 411, division 323 upon
re-certification but also no later than January 1, 2021.
(c) A qualified independent provider.
(A) An independent provider who is employed
by an individual may only provide job coaching.
(B) An independent provider who is an
independent contractor may only provide job development and
discovery.
(2)
EMPLOYMENT PROVIDER REQUIREMENTS.
(a) A
provider agency or independent provider of employment services must:
(A) Complete the provider enrollment
requirements in accordance with OAR chapter 411, division 370.
(B) Obtain a Medicaid Performing Provider
Number in accordance with OAR chapter 411, division 370.
(C) Have a job description or Service
Agreement with clearly stated job responsibilities, service requirements,
service outcomes, and duties specific to the provider's area of specialization.
The job description or Service Agreement must be current, signed, and dated by
the provider.
(b)
CREDENTIALING.
(A) A provider agency must
have at least one employee in a supervisory position who has
Department-approved credentialing.
(B) An independent provider who is an
independent contractor must have Department-approved
credentialing.
(3) JOB DEVELOPMENT. A provider of job
development must be qualified as a vendor through Vocational Rehabilitation and
hold a current contract for Vocational Rehabilitation job placement
services.
(4) DISCOVERY. A provider
of discovery must be qualified as a vendor through Vocational Rehabilitation
and hold a current contract for Vocational Rehabilitation job placement
services.
(5) BENEFITS COUNSELING.
(a) An employment professional delivering
benefits counseling as part of employment path services must meet the following
requirements:
(A) Be employed by a provider
agency certified and endorsed to deliver employment services.
(B) Be certified as a benefits counselor by
completing a Department-approved certification program and completing the
annual training required to maintain certification.
(C) Complete the Department-approved online
core competencies for supported employment professionals within one year of
employment.
(b)
Documentation of certification and training must be maintained in the benefit
counselor's personnel file. The case manager must verify the benefits counselor
has a Department-approved certification.
(6) EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS.
(a) An employment professional must possess
and demonstrate all of the following qualifications:
(A) Knowledge of developmental disabilities
services.
(B) Knowledge of best
practice methodologies regarding employment services.
(C) Knowledge of the rules governing
employment services.
(D) Ability to
provide services designed to support successful employment outcomes consistent
with individualized career goals, including goals identified in an individual's
ISP and Career Development Plan.
(E) Ability to support individuals to
maintain and be successful in employment.
(F) Demonstrate by background, education,
references, skills, and abilities, the employment professional is capable of
safely and adequately performing the tasks to support an individual's Service
Agreement or ISP and Career Development Plan including, but not limited to, all
of the following:
(i) Ability and sufficient
education to follow oral and written instructions and keep any records
required.
(ii) Responsibility,
maturity, and reputable character exercising sound judgment.
(iii) Ability to communicate with the
individual.
(iv) Training of a
nature and type sufficient to ensure the employment professional has knowledge
of emergency procedures specific to the individual receiving
services.
(b)
An employment professional must self-report any potentially disqualifying
crimes under OAR 407-007-0281 and potentially
disqualifying conditions under OAR
407-007-0290 to the Department,
or the designee of the Department, within 24 hours.
(c) SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT TRAINING.
(A) An employment professional must complete
the following supported employment training:
(i) At least one Department-approved
competency-based supported employment training:
(I) Within 90 calendar days from the date of
employment (for benefits counselors, this requirement is satisfied through the
credentialing); or
(II) For
independent providers, before enrollment.
(ii) The Department-approved online core
competencies for supported employment professionals:
(I) Within one year from the date of
employment; or
(II) For independent
providers, before enrollment.
(iii) Twelve hours of Department-approved
supported employment training on an annual basis based on the employment
professional's hire or enrollment date.
(iv) Employment professionals must complete a
Department-approved training for Discovery prior to delivering Discovery
services.
(B)
Documentation showing an employment professional has completed the training
requirements must be maintained in the employment professional's personnel file
and provided to an individual's case manager at, or prior to, the individual's
annual ISP meeting.
Notes
Forms referenced are available from the agency.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 409.050, 427.007 & 427.104
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 427.007, 427.104 & 427.154
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