Ten questions on your competency records

Does every direct care worker's file show which route they used to establish competency — license, exam, or a training program?

For workers who qualified by a nurse's license, do you hold a copy of the current license — not the one from when they were hired?

If you use your own competency exam or training program, does it cover all ten required subject areas — including consumer control and the independent living philosophy?

For workers providing personal care — bathing, transfers, feeding, toileting, medication assistance — does their training cover the six additional required subjects?

Has every worker had a documented competency review in the last twelve months — with the date, the method, and who did it?

When a worker gets a verbal warning or any discipline for a quality-of-care issue, is a competency review triggered and documented — not just the warning itself?

Could you tell an inspector which workers are due for their annual review in the next 60 days — without building a spreadsheet first?

When you hire someone who trained at another agency within the last twelve months, do you obtain their competency documentation — or retrain from scratch?

If a worker's competency was established before consumer contact, can you prove the date order — training completed, then first assignment?

If the Department asked tomorrow, could you produce all of the above for your entire roster in under an hour?