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LIGHTHOUSE COUNSELING ASSOCIATES
812 SOUTH MAIN STREET
TAYLOR, PA 18517

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Survey conducted on 09/13/2022

INITIAL COMMENTS
 
This report is a result of an on-site licensure renewal inspection conducted on September 13, 2022 by staff from the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, Bureau of Program Licensure. Based on the findings of the on-site inspection, Lighthouse Counseling Associates was found not to be in compliance with the applicable chapters of 28 PA Code which pertain to the facility. The following deficiencies were identified during this inspection:
 
Plan of Correction

704.11(f)(2)  LICENSURE Trng Hours Req-Coun

704.11. Staff development program. (f) Training requirements for counselors. (2) Each counselor shall complete at least 25 clock hours of training annually in areas such as: (i) Client recordkeeping. (ii) Confidentiality. (iii) Pharmacology. (iv) Treatment planning. (v) Counseling techniques. (vi) Drug and alcohol assessment. (vii) Codependency. (viii) Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA) issues. (ix) Disease of addiction. (x) Aftercare planning. (xi) Principles of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. (xii) Ethics. (xiii) Substance abuse trends. (xiv) Interaction of addiction and mental illness. (xv) Cultural awareness. (xvi) Sexual harassment. (xvii) Developmental psychology. (xviii) Relapse prevention. (3) If a counselor has been designated as lead counselor supervising other counselors, the training shall include courses appropriate to the functions of this position and a Department approved core curriculum or comparable training in supervision.
Observations
Based on a review of the Staffing Requirements Facility Summary Report and personnel records, the facility failed to document the completion of 24 clock hours of annual training required for counselors.



Employee #1 was hired as a project director/facility director/ counselor on September 1, 1992 and was still in the position as of the date of the onsite inspection. The facility's training year that was reviewed was from November 1, 2020 through October 31, 2021. Employee #1's record only document 7.5 hours of annual training for the training year reviewed.



This finding was reviewed with facility staff during the licensing inspection.
 
Plan of Correction
25 hours of training was not completed at time of inspection.

Jacqueline Costello, will seek out various training sources and schedule trainings related to various topics, both in-person and on-line. She will then register for these trainings and keep track by documenting the number of hours for each training to ensure that they are equal to 25 hours. This will be completed within the next 3 months.

 
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