Staff Training
These expectations lay out requirements for the continuous professional development of all project personnel through mandatory orientation and in-service training. These standards mandate that staff receive annual instruction on mandatory reporting of child abuse, human trafficking, and specific strategies for supporting adolescent clients in family involvement and coercion resistance.
All Staff Training expectations from the Title X Program Handbook are listed below, along with resources your project can use to meet each one.
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Provide for orientation and in-service training for all project personnel. (42 CFR § 59.5(b)(4))
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Ensure routine training of staff on Federal/State requirements for reporting or notification of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape or incest, as well as on human trafficking. (Title X Program Handbook, page 25)
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Identifying and Responding to Human Trafficking in Title X Settings eLearning Course
Encouraging Family Participation in Adolescent Decision Making Training Guide
Ensure routine training on involving family members in the decision of minors to seek family planning services and on counseling minors on how to resist being coerced into engaging in sexual activities. (Title X Program Handbook, page 26)
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Counseling Adolescent Clients to Resist Sexual Coercion Training Guide
Are expected to provide routine training as noted above on an annual basis. In addition, OPA recommends Title X recipients provide routine training in accordance with the RHNTC’s Title X Training Requirements Summary Job Aid. (Title X Program Handbook, page 26).
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