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Course for New ARF Administrators (for clients ages 18-59) not elderly
Recertification Courses for Current Administrators of ARF GH and RCFE
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Licensed Adult Residential Facilities (ARF) in California provide care and supervision to disabled individuals. Every facility must have a Certified Administrator. The administrator is responsible for client health and welfare, implementation of activity program, medication monitoring and assistance, abuse reporting, staff hiring and training, and client and staff records. The ideal administrator understands the needs of individuals under his or her charge and is committed to their personal growth and independenc. For more information on the steps involved in opening an ARF click here.
To become a Certified Administrator you must enroll in an approved Adult Residential Administrator Certification Course (our approval # 1000533-735-1). On completion of the course, you must take a test at a Community Care Licensing office. The test is 40 questions and you may miss 12 and still pass. On passing the test you will receive a letter from Community Care Licensing requesting you obtain fingerprint clearance and send $100.00 to receive your Administrator Certificate.
We are committed to making sure our students know the regulations and will pass the ARF test. Eric Brotman Seminars is the only course to offer an online study guide that has over 200 practice questions that prepares you for the ARF test. The study guide shows you the questions you missed and where to focus your studies. Our online study guide is FREE to all students of our Adult Residential Administrator Certification Course. Of course anyone enrolled in any of our competitors courses may also use our study guide. Click here to access the Online Study Guide.
California law encourages people to open Adult Residential Facilities (ARF) to provide care and supervision to individuals between the ages of 18-59 with mental illness and/or developmental disability. Facilities range in size from small 6 bed homes to large commercial board and cares (7 - 100+ beds). A warm home environment gives residents the support and freedom to live in their own community without the need for more restricted care. Care providers become entrepreneurs who benefit by operating a small business and the personal reward that comes from giving to others. Running a small business also stimulates the economy by creating opportunities and jobs for others.
The Regional Center system is the placement agency for developmentally disabled individuals and is charged with funding and delivering residential services. Individuals receiving services from Regional Center are referred to as consumers. Regional Centers contracts with residential providers to care for 4 to 6 consumers in a single family home. The Regional Center offers a rich array of services to consumers that include Day Programming, Independent and Supportive Living Instruction, Mentoring, Community Integration, Supportive Employment, Vocational Training and Placement. An example of providers that offer multiple services include Peoples Care and Salem Christian Homes. In our administrator course you will learn how different services in the Regional Center System are interlocking pieces of a support system. To learn more about the Regional Center System click here.
Adult Residential Facilities that provide care and supervision to Mental Health clients are referred to as board and cares and may have over 100 beds. Mental Health clients typically suffer from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and are almost always on psychotropic medication. To develop a residential board and care for Mental Health clients that has over 6 beds the zoning must be designated for commercial use. Funding for Mental Health beds is paid for by the individuals Social Security Income (SSI) and is usually about $1000 a month. Historically there has been a paucity of services available for individuals who suffer from severe mental illness.
Eric Brotman Seminars has been offering training and consultation to the Adult Residential Community for over 10 years. Our program employs instructors who currently work as administrators of facilities. Not only will you graduate our course with a firm grounding in the laws and regulations but you will learn the day to day problems and reality of operating a facility. The best run facility will not succeed without good marketing. Most courses do not touch on this critical piece. Even most existing facility operators do not grasp the importance of learning how to market residential services. A few simple marketing strategies consistently employed is the difference between just making it or enjoying real success.
Our course is taught by a variety of instructors who are experts in their particular field and include psychologists, social workers, current administrators and former Regional Center Case Managers. Eric Brotman, PHD personally teaches up to 2 days of the 5 day course. Eric brings a wealth of experience and knowledge of residential care. Eric's course is the only one that walks you through the application process of getting your facility licensed.
California requires all licensed facilities to be operated by a certified administrator. Your facility must have a license to operate. Most people who file an application for a facility license are also the certified administrator. You may function as the administrator under someone else’s license. And of course, as the holder of the license, you may hire someone other than yourself to function as the administrator. The process of obtaining your license is separate from becoming an administrator.
The first step in obtaining your facility license is to attend the Component I Adult Residential (ARF) Orientation. The orientation is scheduled monthly by each of the Community Care Licensing offices in California. To attend any of the orientations you must register in advance by calling your local CCL office and pay a 50.00 dollar fee to attend . The orientation gives you an overview of the regulations and steps involved in opening your own facility. To learn more about how to obtain your facility license click here. |
