Standards for Establishing Children and Youth Welfare Institutes Article 22-4

A placement and educational institute for children and youths that receives an ‘A’ or better rating in the most recent evaluation may, pending approval by the competent authority, hire personnel who do not meet the qualifications set forth in the Regulations Governing Qualifications and Training of Professional Personnel of Children and Youth Welfare Institutes as care and guidance personnel or assistant care and guidance personnel, provided that such personnel obtain the necessary qualifications within one year. This deadline may be extended once for up to one year in extraordinary circumstances, pending approval by the competent authority.Those not qualified as care and guidance personnel or assistant care and guidance personnel as specified in the preceding paragraph may only be counted as employees by an institute in their initial report to the competent authority. Such personnel may not be counted as employees by the same or another institute again under the same conditions should they fail to obtain the corresponding qualifications by the deadline specified in the preceding paragraph. The number of such personnel shall not exceed one third of the actual number of care and guidance personnel employed.Those not fully qualified as care and guidance personnel shall work under the supervision of qualified care and guidance personnel.