OAR 407-025-0060: Training for Employment Providers

(1) The Department shall maintain training and curriculum for employment providers delivering employment services. (2) The Department shall adopt and implement competency-based training standards for Career Development Plans, job development, job coaching, and coordination of those services. (3) The Department shall purchase employment services for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities only from agencies or individual providers licensed, certified, endorsed, credentialed, or otherwise qualified as required by these rules and OAR chapter 411, division 323. The requirements for providing employment services shall include such national credentialing programs as the Association of People Supporting Employment First’s Certified Employment Support Professional Exam or a substantial equivalent.