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TRUENORTH WELLNESS SERVICES
625 WEST ELM AVENUE
HANOVER, PA 17331

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Survey conducted on 06/23/2014

INITIAL COMMENTS
 
This report is a result of an on-site licensure renewal inspection conducted on June 23, 2014 by staff from the Division of Drug and Alcohol Program Licensure. Based on the findings of the on-site inspection, TrueNorth Wellness Services 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(d)(2)  LICENSURE Annual Training Requirements

704.11. Staff development program. (d) Training requirements for project directors and facility directors. (2) A project director and facility director shall complete at least 12 clock hours of training annually in areas such as: (i) Fiscal policy. (ii) Administration. (iii) Program planning. (iv) Quality assurance. (v) Grantsmanship. (vi) Program licensure. (vii) Personnel management. (viii) Confidentiality. (ix) Ethics. (x) Substance abuse trends. (xi) Developmental psychology. (xii) Interaction of addiction and mental illness. (xiii) Cultural awareness. (xiv) Sexual harassment. (xv) Relapse prevention. (xvi) Disease of addiction. (xvii) Principles of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous.
Observations
Based on a review of personnel training records and the Staffing Requirements Facility Summary Report, the facility failed to ensure that the project director receive at least 12 clock hours of training annually.



The findings include:



According to the Staffing Requirements Facility Summary Report, the facility training year runs from October 1 through September 30.





The project director's record was reviewed specifically for training hours for the 2012-2013 training year on June 23, 2014. There was no documentation of any clock hours obtained for the 2012-2013 training year for in personnel record #1.

Employee # was hired as the project director on November 1, 2007. Employee # 1 did not have any documented clock hours of training during October 1, 2012 through September 3, 2013.



The findings were confirmed with the Drug and Alcohol coordinator.
 
Plan of Correction
Our training year runs from October 1 through September 30. Employee #1 will be leaving the agency tentatively between 1 August 2014 and 1 October 2014. Once her replacement has been named, the new hire procedures will be completed within 7 days of hire to include the requirement of 12 documented training hours per training year. This standard will be reviewed monthly with the new employee to ensure compliance.




 
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