Vermont § 8731 - Training

§ 8731. Training

• (a) For the purposes of this section, “staff” means any person who receives compensation
  to provide services to one or more recipients and includes the person’s supervisor.
  “Staff” does not include a family-directed respite worker. (b) The Department shall ensure that all staff receive pre-service and in-service training
  consistent with the system of care plan. Family-directed respite staff shall receive
  pre-service and in-service training at the request of the family at no cost to the
  family. People with developmental disabilities and their families may participate
  in the training, including planning and delivery of that training. (c) The Department shall adopt rules for training standards that ensure that individual
  support staff understand the philosophy and values that underlie the services and
  that they acquire the skills necessary to implement the purposes and principles of
  this subchapter and to address the individual needs of the person or family for whom
  they provide services. (d) All staff and all family-directed respite workers shall be trained in the requirements
  of 33 V.S.A. chapter 69, relating to reports of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of
  elders or of adults who have a disability, and the requirements of 33 V.S.A. chapter
  49, subchapter 2, relating to reports of suspected abuse or neglect of children. (Added 1995, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 113; 2023, No. 6, § 216, eff. July 1, 2023.)