[§ 5153.12.2] § 5153.122. In-service training for caseworkers and supervisors.

(A)  Each caseworker hired by a public children services agency shall complete at least ninety hours of in-service training during the first year of the caseworker's continuous employment, except that the 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 (D) of section 5101.141 [5101.14.1] of the Revised Code. The training shall consist of courses in recognizing and preventing child abuse and neglect, assessing risks, interviewing persons, investigating cases, intervening, providing services to children and their families, and other topics relevant to child abuse and neglect. After the first year of continuous employment, each caseworker annually shall complete thirty-six hours of training in areas relevant to the caseworker's assigned duties. 

(B)  Each supervisor hired by a public children services agency shall complete at least sixty hours of in-service training during the first year of the supervisor's continuous employment in that position. After the first year of continuous employment as a supervisor, the supervisor annually shall complete thirty hours of training in areas relevant to the supervisor's assigned duties. 

(C)  The director of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to implement the training requirements of this section. 

HISTORY: 146 v H 274. Eff 8-8-96; 150 v H 95, § 1, eff. 9-26-03.