SECTION 75:30-11-12. Orientation - general, personnel and volunteers

(a)   Personnel and volunteers must receive specific training to understand the unique needs of human sex trafficking victims.

(b)   A certified program shall provide a minimum of forty (40) hours of orientation training that incorporates the use of adult learning techniques (i.e., scenarios, role playing) to familiarize new personnel and volunteers providing direct services with the program which includes, but is not limited to:

(1)   Program goals and services of each service component;

(2)   Program policy and procedures;

(3)   Confidentiality, to include verbal confidentiality whether inside or outside the facility and client records;

(4)   Facility safety and disaster plans;

(5)   First aid kits and fire extinguishers, their location, contents and use;

(6)   Universal precautions;

(7)   Learning interviewing skills and techniques for working with victims of human sex trafficking including:

(A)   Hotline calls from trafficking victims and active and empathetic listening techniques;

(B)   Safety planning for human sex trafficking victims; and

(C)   Dynamics involved in the prosecution of persons who commit human sex trafficking.

(8)   Vicarious trauma and self-care;

(9)   Client rights;

(10)   Power and control tactics of human sex trafficking;

(11)   Dynamics and impact of sexual assault;

(12)   Dynamics and impact of captivity and human sex trafficking;

(13)   Behavioral health issues related to human sex trafficking including but not limited to:

(A)   Cultural information about victims coming from the world of human sex trafficking to a "normal" world;

(B)   Effects of trauma, including high risk behaviors, adaptive survival strategies and coping skills; and

(C)   Trauma triggers.

(14)   Documentation of services;

(15)   Sexual abuse within the family (i.e., incest, sibling abuse, marital and domestic relationship rapes);

(16)   Sexual assault outside the family (stranger, non-stranger, abuse by professionals, sexual harassment and bullying);

(17)   Commercial sexual exploitation (i.e., prostitution, trafficking, pornography, escort services, and massage parlors);

(18)   Non-traditional client populations (i.e., males, victims of the same gender, bisexual or transgender, non-English speaking, undocumented immigrants, victims with cognitive disabilities, or who are deaf or hard of hearing) or other disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act; and

(19)   Topics to increase skills to identify Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as it relates to rape trauma,, self injury and alcohol and substance use.

(20)   Training on professional ethics and boundaries necessary for working with trauma survivors.

(c)   Staff and volunteers providing indirect services and children's activities are required to complete orientation as prescribed by the Executive Director which shall include training on confidentiality and facility safety and disaster plans.

(d)   Orientation for personnel must take place within thirty (30) days of employment or prior to unsupervised direct client contact and services. Volunteer orientation must occur within six (6) months or prior to unsupervised, direct client contact and services. The Executive Director of a facility may waive orientation training if it is documented that the staff or volunteer has completed the requisite program training within the past year.

(e)   Compliance with 75:30-11-12 shall be determined by a review of the written policies and procedures, and personnel and volunteer training manuals and records.

[Source: Added at 28 Ok Reg 1931, eff 7-11-11; Amended at 31 Ok Reg 820, eff 9-12-14; Amended at 33 Ok Reg 1226, eff 9-11-16]