Tjane Health Academy · PRP Counselor Field Toolkit
New Counselor 30-Day Checklist
Your first month, sequenced so nothing important gets skipped.
Week 1 — Orientation
- Read the agency policy manual sections on documentation, boundaries, and emergencies
- Know your supervisor's contact and the on-call pathway
- Shadow at least one home visit
- Learn the record system and the note deadline
- Confirm what is in and out of your scope in writing
Week 2 — First contacts
- Introduce yourself to each assigned participant
- Read each current plan and identify the active goals
- Practice writing one note per visit the same day
- Ask for feedback on your first three notes
Week 3 — Skill building
- Run one planned skill-practice session per participant
- Document progress with counts or prompting level
- Map two community supports per participant
- Bring one boundary question to supervision
Week 4 — Consolidate
- Review your own notes against the Do / Don't guide
- Confirm every active goal has a documented intervention
- Identify one recurring documentation habit to change
- Set a sustainable weekly documentation block
- Complete a compassion-fatigue self-check