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Mental Health Agency Licensing Standards; Crisis Residential Service Standards - Crisis Residential Services
CRS.7
All agencies will have personal emergency paging systems or will have staff back-up assistance immediately available.
- CRS.7.A.
Agencies that do not have a personal emergency paging system will have policies and procedures assuring the immediate availability of staff back-up assistance.
CRS.8 In addition to the orientation and training required in the core staff development standards, crisis residential staff shall:
- CRS.8.A.
"shadow" an experienced staff member for an appropriate period (determined by the agency in policy and procedure); - CRS.8.B.
receive nationally recognized training in managing people who act out aggressively (e.g. MANDT, Nappi); - CRS.8.C.
receive training in crisis stabilization; - CRS.8.D.
receive training in residential/milieu management.
