(1) All employees whose primary job function is the case management in the community of adult offenders under the state department of corrections supervision, to include: Monitoring adjustment of offenders involved with in/outpatient treatment programs, counseling offenders and/or referring them for counseling or other resource/treatment programs, and making home/field visits pursuant to offender classification standards must complete both the basic community corrections officers academy and the basic arrest, search, and seizure academy. Representative job classifications include, but are not limited to, community corrections officers, community risk management specialists, hearings officers, and victim advocates.

(2) The basic community corrections officers academy curriculum shall be at least 80 instructional hours in length and will include, but not be limited to, the following subject matter areas:

(a) Core skills

(i) Assessment

(ii) Motivation

(iii) Goal setting/action planning

(iv) Monitoring and intervention

(v) Arrest and search procedures

(b) Key skills

(i) Interpersonal skills

(ii) Interviewing

(iii) Classification

(iv) Offense prevention

(c) Related skills

(i) Dealing with aggressive and resistive behavior

(ii) Legal issues

(iii) Counseling techniques

(iv) Managing information

(v) Security management.

(3) The basic arrest, search, and seizure academy curriculum shall be at least 40 instructional hours in length and will include, but not be limited to, the following subject matter areas:

(a) Core skills

(i) Arrest procedures

(ii) Search procedures

(iii) Field safety techniques

(b) Key skills

(i) Verbal de-escalation

(ii) Home assessments

(c) Related skills

(i) Dealing with aggressive and resistive behavior

(ii) Legal issues

(iii) Evidence procedures

(iv) Personal safety

(v) Security management.