Advanced Home Care Aide Specialist. The parties agree to continue developing and implementing a new advanced skills training track designed for individual providers who support clients who are in the high-risk/high medical cost category and/or experience behaviors of significant frequency and intensity based on the criteria set by the parties. 1. AHCAS Individual Providers: a. Must be an individual provider with (i) a valid Home Care Aide certification or (ii) exempt from certification under RCW 18.88B.041 (1)(a)(i)(A) or (iii) RCW 18.88B.041 (1)(a)(i)(B) and has completed seventy (70) hours of basic training, or advanced training provided by the Training Partnership; and b. Must be working for a client who meets a set of criteria jointly determined by the Union and the Employer; and c. Must successfully complete the AHCAS training and pass the proficiency test. 2. The Department and the Training Partnership will jointly develop curriculum that supports the role of the AHCAS for the individual providers participating in the program. The curriculum must advance the individual provider’s knowledge and skills beyond basic training using clearly identified learning objectives, competencies and methods to measure integration of specific skill sets. 3. Individual providers participating in this program will be compensated by the Employer at their regular rate of pay for up to seventy (70) hours per individual provider for the duration of the program regardless of whether the individual provider supports a client meeting the criteria at all times during the training.
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