(1) All
employees whose primary job function is the case management in the community of
adult offenders under the state department of corrections supervision, to
include: Monitoring adjustment of offenders involved with in/outpatient
treatment programs, counseling offenders and/or referring them for counseling
or other resource/treatment programs, and making home/field visits pursuant to
offender classification standards must complete both the basic community
corrections officers academy and the basic arrest, search, and seizure academy.
Representative job classifications include, but are not limited to, community
corrections officers, community risk management specialists, hearings officers,
and victim advocates.
(2) The basic
community corrections officers academy curriculum shall be at least 80
instructional hours in length and will include, but not be limited to, the
following subject matter areas:
(a) Core
skills
(i) Assessment
(ii) Motivation
(iii) Goal setting/action planning
(iv) Monitoring and intervention
(v) Arrest and search procedures
(b) Key skills
(i) Interpersonal skills
(ii) Interviewing
(iii) Classification
(iv) Offense prevention
(c) Related skills
(i) Dealing with aggressive and resistive
behavior
(ii) Legal
issues
(iii) Counseling
techniques
(iv) Managing
information
(v) Security
management.
(3)
The basic arrest, search, and seizure academy curriculum shall be at least 40
instructional hours in length and will include, but not be limited to, the
following subject matter areas:
(a) Core
skills
(i) Arrest procedures
(ii) Search procedures
(iii) Field safety techniques
(b) Key skills
(i) Verbal de-escalation
(ii) Home assessments
(c) Related skills
(i) Dealing with aggressive and resistive
behavior
(ii) Legal
issues
(iii) Evidence
procedures
(iv) Personal
safety
(v) Security
management.
Notes
Wash. Admin. Code §
139-10-530
Amended by
WSR
22-19-038, Filed 9/14/2022, effective
10/15/2022
Statutory Authority:
RCW
43.101.080. 06-02-004, §
139-10-530, filed 12/22/05,
effective 1/22/06; 05-13-078, §
139-10-530, filed 6/14/05,
effective 7/15/05.
