Task Training and Competency of Direct Care Workers
Requires every direct care worker to show competence in each task before performing it for any client: core skills checked at hire, client-specific training before the first visit with each client, registered nurse training and competency checks for asterisked and higher-level community living supports tasks, and re-checks at least once a year and whenever a concern arises. States that no Michigan rule sets training hours for non-medical home care workers and records competence on Form MI-HC-CMP-01-A.
About this policy
- Policy number
- MI-HC-CMP-01
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- MPM MI Choice Waiver §4.1.D
- Library
- Michigan home care · 50 policies
- Category
- Human resources
- Sections
- 18
In short
- You will be checked on every task before you do it for a client.
- Before your first visit with a client, you will be trained on that client's care plan.
- The nurse checks you on personal care for MI Choice clients and on higher-level tasks.
- If you are not sure how to do a task, ask for training before you do it.
- Your skills are checked again at least once a year and when things change.
What's inside
18 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (MPM MI Choice Waiver §4.1.D)
- 5. Core Skills Every Direct Care Worker Must Show
- 6. Skills Required by Program
- 7. Client-Specific Training Before the First Visit
- 8. How Competence Is Checked and Recorded
- 9. Re-Checks and Remediation
- 10. Training Hours and Recommended Credentials
- 11. Responsibilities
- 12. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 13. Staff Training
- 14. References
- 15. Related Policies and Forms
- 16. Approval
- 17. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- How do you know this worker can safely transfer this participant? Show me the competency record.
- Was this worker trained on this participant's tasks before her first visit?
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