Section 5153.122 - [Effective Until 1/1/2025] Caseworker in-service trainingEach PCSA caseworker hired after January 1, 2007, shall complete in-service training during the first year of the caseworker's continuous employment as a PCSA caseworker, except that the executive director of the public children services agency may waive the training requirement for a school of social work graduate who participated in the university partnership program described in division (E) of section 5101.141 of the Revised Code and as provided in section 5153.124 of the Revised Code. The training shall consist of courses in all of the following:
(A) Recognizing, accepting reports of, and preventing child abuse, neglect, and dependency;(B) Assessing child safety;(D) Interviewing persons;(G) Providing services to children and their families;(H) The importance of and need for accurate data;(I) Preparation for court;(J) Maintenance of case record information;(K) The legal duties of PCSA caseworkers to protect the constitutional and statutory rights of children and families from the initial time of contact during investigation through treatment, including instruction regarding parents' rights and the limitations that the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution places upon caseworkers and their investigations;(L) Content on other topics relevant to child abuse, neglect, and dependency, including permanency strategies, concurrent planning, and adoption as an option for unintended pregnancies. After a PCSA caseworker's first year of continuous employment as a PCSA caseworker, the caseworker annually shall complete thirty-six hours of training in areas relevant to the caseworker's assigned duties.
During the first two years of continuous employment as a PCSA caseworker, each PCSA caseworker shall complete training in recognizing the signs of domestic violence and its relationship to child abuse as established in rules the director of job and family services shall adopt pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Amended by 135th General Assembly, HB 33,§101.01, eff. 10/3/2023.Amended by 134th General Assembly, HB 110,§101.01, eff. 9/30/2021.Effective Date: 9/26/2003; 4/11/2005; 9/21/2006; 2008 HB214 5/14/2008; 2008 HB7 4/7/2009 .This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.