R501-7-5. Staffing Requirements

  (1) A child placing adoption agency shall have at least one social work supervisor responsible for directly supervising all staff and volunteers who provide adoption services to clients.

  (2) If an Executive Director is serving as a social work supervisor, they shall not supervise more than four staff and volunteers who provide adoption services to clients.

  (3) Each social work supervisor shall be licensed in this state as a mental health therapist, shall comply with the Utah Mental Health Professional Practice Act, and shall have at least one year of full time paid professional experience in a licensed child placing adoption agency.

  (4) A social work supervisor may not supervise more than eight staff and volunteers who provide adoption services to clients.

  (5) An executive director shall have at least one year of full time paid experience in a licensed child placing adoption agency.

  (6) All staff that provide services shall receive a minimum of 20 hours of pre-service training, prior to independently providing direct client services, and 12 hours annual in-service training.

  (a) Training content shall include:

  (i) agency policy and procedures;

  (ii) adoption ethics, laws, and rules;

  (iii) the provision of professional and trauma informed adoption practices; and

  (iv) any evaluations they will be performing.

  (b) Staff will be supervised for adherence to training topics.