26 Tex. Admin. Code § 562.21 - Standards for the Training and Supervision of Counselor Interns
(a) A CTI shall appoint a single training
coordinator who is a qualified credentialed counselor (QCC). The CTI coordinator or a CCS shall oversee all
training activities and ensure compliance with department requirements and rules relating to the training and
supervision of CIs.
(b) The CTI or CCS shall establish acceptance
criteria for CIs. No applicant shall be accepted to a CTI or accepted for CCS supervision without:
(1) documentation that the applicant is registered as a counselor intern
with the department; and
(2) a signed ethics agreement that is
consistent with the Professional and Ethical Standards in §
140.423
of this title (relating to Professional and Ethical Standards).
(c) The CTI or CCS shall establish the following level system to classify
counselor interns according to hours of supervised work experience:
(1)
Level I: 0-1,000 hours of work experience;
(2) Level II:
1,001-2000 hours of work experience;
(3) Level III: 2,001-4,000
hours of work experience; and
(4) Graduate Status: over 4,000
hours of work experience.
(d) The CTI or CCS shall have
a supervision structure that includes all intern levels. The CTI or CCS shall designate each intern's level
in writing and provide the intern with a copy of the documentation.
(e) All counselor interns at a CTI must be under the direct supervision of
a QCC as described in §
140.422 of this title (relating
to Direct Supervision of Interns). A CCS must directly supervise a counselor intern under the CCS's
supervision, as described in §
140.422 of this title.
(f) The CTI or CCS shall provide each Level I, II, and III intern with
reading assignments and training activities for the supervised work experience that includes material in each
KSA dimension.
(g) The CTI or CCS shall use the department's
counselor intern evaluation forms to structure the intern's 4,000 hours of supervised work experience. The
CI's supervising QCC, under the oversight and monitoring of the CTI coordinator, shall perform the CTI's
responsibilities in the following paragraphs of this subsection.
(1) The
CCS or CTI shall set weekly objectives with the CI based on areas targeted for improvement.
(2) The CCS or CTI shall provide the CI reading, computer, and/or video
assignments that address areas needing improvement. The CTI or CCS shall allow the intern two hours per month
to complete these assignments.
(3) The CCS or CTI shall monitor
the intern's progress and provide verbal and written feedback during weekly supervision meetings.
(4) The intern shall complete a written KSA self-evaluation during the
first 50 hours of work experience.
(5) The CCS or the CTI and the
intern shall complete and discuss a written KSA evaluation at the completion of each level of experience
(after 1,000 hours, 2,000 hours, and 4,000 hours).
(h)
The CTI or CCS shall not allow a Level I, II, or III intern to accrue more than 40 hours of work experience
per week.
(i) A graduate intern may continue to provide chemical
dependency counseling services at a registered clinical training institution or with a CCS during that
individual's maximum CI registration period.
(j) The CTI
coordinator or CCS shall send the following documents directly to the department and provide the intern with
copies within ten working days from the date the intern completes the required 4,000 hours or leaves the
agency:
(1) the department's supervised work experience documentation form,
fully completed and signed by the CCS or the CI's supervising QCC and the CTI Coordinator; and
(2) a copy of the intern's job description showing job responsibilities
within the KSAs.
(k) All activities counted towards the
intern's supervised work experience shall be within the scope of chemical dependency counseling services as
defined by the KSAs.
(l) The CTI or CCS shall not approve hours
for which the intern fails to substantially complete related activities and supervision assignments. Any
failure to complete assignments shall be documented on the weekly supervision form.
(m) The CTI or CCS shall give each CI the department's CTI and CCS
Assessment Form with instructions to complete the assessment and mail it directly to the
department.
(n) The CTI or CCS shall use current department forms
for all training and supervision documentation mandated by the department.
(o) The CTI shall ensure that each CTI coordinator and supervising QCC
obtains three hours of continuing education in clinical supervision every two years.
(p) The CTI or CCS shall inform interns of licensure examination
requirements and procedures, as well as examination schedules and information provided by the
department.
(q) The CTI or CCS shall ensure that interns
designate their status by using "counselor intern," "intern" or "CI" when signing client record entries, and
that only registered CIs use this designation.
(r) The CTI or CCS
shall maintain a complete file for each counselor intern for five years from the end of the CI's employment
with a CTI or supervision by a CCS, as applicable, to include:
(1) letter of
registration;
(2) ethics agreement signed by the
intern;
(3) copies of KSA evaluations;
(4) documentation of all supervision activities;
(5) documentation of intern levels and accumulated hours at each level;
and
(6) copy of the supervised work experience documentation
form.
(s) The CTI or CCS shall give the intern a copy
of all information contained in the intern file when the intern completes the required supervised work
experience and/or leaves the agency.
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