WAC 388-112-0385   What are the minimum qualifications for instructors for manager and caregiver mental health specialty?  (1) Instructors for manager mental health specialty training: The minimum qualifications for instructors for manager mental health specialty, in addition to the general qualifications in WAC 388-112-0375 include:

     (a) The instructor must be experienced in mental health caregiving practices and capable of demonstrating competency in the entire course content;

     (b) Education

     (i) Bachelor's degree, registered nurse, or mental health specialist, with at least one year of education in seminars, conferences, continuing education, or in college classes, in subjects directly related to mental health, such as, but not limited to, psychology. (One year of education equals twenty-four semester hours, thirty-six quarter hours, or one hundred ninety-two hours of seminars, conferences, and continuing education.)

     (ii) If required under WAC 388-112-0160, successful completion of the mental health specialty training, prior to beginning to train others.

     (c) Work experience - Two years full-time equivalent direct work experience with people who have a mental illness; and

     (d) Teaching experience

     (i) Two hundred hours experience teaching mental health or closely related subjects; and

     (ii) Successful completion of an adult education class or train the trainer as follows:

     (A) For instructors teaching alternate curricula, a class in adult education that meets the requirements of WAC 388-112-0400, or a train the trainer class for the curriculum they are teaching;

     (B) For instructors teaching DSHS-developed mental health specialty training, successful completion of the DSHS-developed train the trainer.

     (e) Instructors who will administer tests must have experience or training in assessment and competency testing.

     (2) Instructors for caregiver mental health specialty training:

     (a) Caregiver mental health specialty may be taught by a boarding home administrator (or designee), adult family home provider, or corporate trainer, who has successfully completed the manager mental health specialty training. A qualified instructor under this subsection may teach caregiver specialty to caregivers employed at other home(s) licensed by the same licensee.

     (b) Caregiver mental health specialty taught by a person who does not meet the requirements in subsection (2)(a) must meet the same requirements as the instructors for manager mental health specialty in subsection (1).



[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090, 70.128.040, 74.39A.050, 34.05.020, 2000 c 121, and 2002 c 233. 02-15-066, § 388-112-0385, filed 7/11/02, effective 8/11/02.]