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Ohio Rev Code § 5153.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.11 | Executive Director - Powers and Duties.

Effective: October 1, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly|The executive director shall administer the work of the public children services agency, subject to the rules of the agency. With the approval of the agency, the executive director shall appoint all other employees except the superintendent of any institution maintained by the agency. Such superintendent shall appoint all employees in any such institution.Upon the advice of one or more reputable practicing physicians, the executive director may consent to such medical, dental, and surgical care, including surgery and the administration of anesthetics, inoculations, and immunizations, or other care as appears to be necessary for any child who is in the temporary or permanent custody of such agency. The executive director may also consent to the enlistment of a ward of such agency into the armed forces of the United States.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.112 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.112 | Caseworker Qualifications.

Effective: October 5, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 448 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) A public children services agency may hire as a caseworker only the following:(1) A person who has a bachelor's degree in human services-related studies;(2) A person who has a bachelor's degree in any field and has been employed for at least two years in a human services-related occupation;(3) A person who has an associate's degree in human services-related studies;(4) A person who has been employed for at least five years in a human services-related occupation.(B) For employment to continue, a person described in division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of this section must obtain a job-related bachelor's degree not later than five years after the date employment with the agency commences.(C) This section applies only to persons hired on or after the effective date of this section and does not apply to a caseworker employed by a public children services agency before the effective date of this section who is hired by another public children services agency on or after that date.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.113 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.113 | Fitness of Child Welfare Applicant.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|(A)(1) As used in this section, "applicant" has the same meaning as in section 5153.111 of the Revised Code, and includes an intern applicant or a volunteer applicant.(2) "Intern applicant" means a trainee seeking practical educational and career experience who is under consideration for a position with a public children services agency to work, with or without monetary gain or compensation, as a person responsible for the care, custody, or control of a child;(3) "Volunteer applicant" means a person who is under consideration for a position with a public children services agency to perform services within the agency voluntarily, without monetary gain or compensation, as a person responsible for the care, custody, or control of a child.(B) Notwithstanding division (I)(1) of section 2151.421, section 5153.17, and any other section of the Revised Code pertaining to confidentiality, before a public children services agency employs an applicant, the executive director of the agency, or the executive director's designee within the agency, shall review promptly any information the agency determines to be relevant for the purpose of evaluating the fitness of the applicant, including, but not limited to, the following:(1) Abuse and neglect reports made pursuant to section 2151.421 of the Revised Code of which the applicant is the subject where it has been determined that abuse or neglect occurred;(2) The final disposition of investigations of the abuse and neglect reports, or if the investigations have not been completed, the status of the investigations;(3) Any underlying documentation concerning the reports.(C) The information reviewed under division (B) of this section shall not include the name of the person or entity that made the report or participated in the making of the report of child abuse or neglect.(D) The director of job and family services shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.12 | Classified Civil Service Status of Employees.

Effective: October 1, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 408 - 122nd General Assembly|All employees of the public children services agency shall be in the classified civil service. The agency may establish compensation rates and vacation benefits for any of its employees. Insofar as practicable, all employees holding positions in the classified service, whose duties are transferred by this section to the agency, shall be continued, with like status, by the appointing authority before any other appointments are made. This chapter shall not affect the civil service status of any employee.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.121 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.121 | Permitting Employee Sharing Between Department and County Board.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly|(A) The board of county commissioners and the county children services board may agree to permit any employee of the department of job and family services also to perform duties for the county children services board, or to permit any employee of the county children services board also to perform duties for the department of job and family services.(B) An agreement made under division (A) of this section may require the board of county commissioners to pay a portion of the wages of any employee of the county children services board who also performs duties for the department of job and family services or require the county children services board to pay a portion of the wages of any employee of the department of job and family services who also performs duties for the county children services board.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.122 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.122 | Caseworker In-Service Training.

Effective: September 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly|Each PCSA caseworker hired after January 1, 2007, shall complete at least one hundred two hours of 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; (C) Assessing risks; (D) Interviewing persons; (E) Investigating cases; (F) Intervening; (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 at least twelve hours of 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. The twelve hours may be in addition to the training required during the caseworker's first year of employment or part of the training required during the second year of employment. Last updated August 12, 2021 at 2:46 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.123 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.123 | Caseworker Supervisor In-Service Training.

Effective: May 14, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 214 - 127th General Assembly|Each PCSA caseworker supervisor shall complete at least sixty hours of in-service training during the first year of the supervisor's continuous employment as a PCSA caseworker supervisor. The training shall include courses in screening reports of child abuse, neglect, or dependency. After a PCSA caseworker supervisor's first year of continuous employment as a PCSA caseworker supervisor, the supervisor annually shall complete thirty hours of training in areas relevant to the supervisor's assigned duties. During the first two years of continuous employment as a PCSA caseworker supervisor, each PCSA caseworker supervisor shall complete at least twelve hours of 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. The twelve hours may be in addition to the training required during the supervisor's first year of employment or part of the training required during the second year of employment.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.124 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.124 | Rules Implementing Training Requirements.

Effective: September 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly|(A)(1)The director of job and family services shall adopt rules as necessary to implement the training requirements of sections 5153.122 and 5153.123 of the Revised Code.  (2) Not later than nine months after the effective date of the amendment to this section by H.B. 110 of the 134th general assembly, the director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish the circumstances under which an executive director of a public children services agency may waive portions of in-service training for PCSA caseworkers, in addition to the waiver described in section 5153.122 of the Revised Code.  (B) Notwithstanding sections 5103.33 to 5103.422 and sections 5153.122 to 5153.127 of the Revised Code, the department of job and family services may require additional training for PCSA caseworkers and PCSA caseworker supervisors as necessary to comply with federal requirements. Last updated August 12, 2021 at 2:27 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.125 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.125 | Determining Caseworker's Training Needs.

Effective: September 21, 2006|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 238 - 126th General Assembly|Each PCSA caseworker supervisor shall work with each PCSA caseworker the supervisor supervises to determine the caseworker's training needs in accordance with, and ensure the caseworker's compliance with, the training requirements of section 5153.122 of the Revised Code. Once every two years, each PCSA caseworker and the caseworker's supervisor shall jointly complete the caseworker's individual training needs assessment created under section 5103.37 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.126 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.126 | Determining Supervisor's Training Needs.

Effective: September 21, 2006|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 238 - 126th General Assembly|The executive director of each public children services agency or a person designated by the executive director shall work with each PCSA caseworker supervisor employed by the agency to determine the supervisor's training needs in accordance with, and ensure the supervisor's compliance with, the training requirements of section 5153.123 of the Revised Code. Once every two years, each PCSA caseworker supervisor and the executive director of the public children services agency employing the supervisor, or the person designated by the executive director, shall jointly complete the supervisor's individual training needs assessment created under section 5103.37 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.127 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.127 | Collect and Maintaining Data From Individual Training Needs Assessment Forms.

Effective: September 21, 2006|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 238 - 126th General Assembly|The executive director of each public children services agency or a person designated by the executive director shall collect and maintain the data from individual training needs assessments completed under sections 5153.125 and 5153.126 of the Revised Code for each PCSA caseworker and PCSA caseworker supervisor employed by the agency. The executive director or designated person shall compile and forward the data collected from the completed assessments to the regional training center established under section 5103.42 of the Revised Code for the training region the agency is located in.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.13 | Bonds.

Effective: April 12, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 444 - 133rd General Assembly|Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, before entering upon official duties, the executive director shall give a bond to the county in such sum as is fixed by the public children services agency, with sufficient surety, conditioned upon the faithful performance of official duties and the full and faithful accounting of all funds and properties of the agency or county coming into the executive director's hands. Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, before entering upon such duties, the executive director shall give a bond to the probate court, with sufficient surety, conditioned upon the full and faithful accounting of all trust funds which the executive director holds on behalf of wards. The amount of such bond shall be determined by the court and may be modified by the court, provided that the minimum amount of the bond shall be five thousand dollars. The agency may require any other employee thereof, including the superintendent of the children's home, having custody or control of funds or property, to give bond to the county, except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, in such sum as the board determines, with sufficient surety, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of such employee and the full and faithful accounting of any funds and properties coming into the employee's hands. The cost of such bonds shall be paid by the agency.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.131 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.131 | Liability Insurance.

Effective: October 5, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 448 - 123rd General Assembly|A public children services agency may procure a policy or policies of insurance insuring employees of the agency, volunteers, foster caregivers associated with the agency, and, if a county children services board is the public children services agency, board members against liability arising from the performance of their official duties.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.14 | Reports.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly|The executive director shall prepare and submit an annual report to the public children services agency at the end of each calendar year and shall file copies of such report with the department of job and family services, the board of county commissioners, and the juvenile court. The executive director shall submit the inspection reports required under section 5153.16 of the Revised Code and such other reports as are required by law, by the rules of the director of job and family services, or by the board of county commissioners to specified governmental bodies and officers and shall provide reports to the public, when so authorized.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.15 | Vesting Powers in Single County Agency.

Effective: July 1, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 471 - 123rd General Assembly|The powers and duties enumerated in sections 5153.16 to 5153.19 of the Revised Code, with respect to the care of children, needing or likely to need public care or services, shall be vested in a single agency of county government, namely, a county department of job and family services or a county children services board.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.161 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.161 | Place for Providing Care.

Effective: March 20, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 279 - 129th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "qualified nonrelative" means a nonrelative adult whom a child or the current custodial caretaker of a child identifies as having a familiar and longstanding relationship or bond with the child or the child's family that will ensure the child's social and cultural ties. (B) Care provided by the public children services agency under division (A)(4) of section 5153.16 of the Revised Code shall be provided by the agency, by its own means or through other available resources, in the child's own home, in the home of a relative or qualified nonrelative, or in a certified foster home, any other home approved by the court, receiving home, school, hospital, convalescent home, or other public or private institution within or outside the county or state.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.162 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.162 | Operation, Acquisition, or Maintenance of Children's Home, Training School, or Other Institution for Care of Children.

Effective: October 1, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 408, House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly|Pursuant to an agreement entered into under division (A)(9) of section 5153.16 of the Revised Code respecting the operation, acquisition, or maintenance of a children's home, training school, or other institution for the care of children maintained by a municipal corporation or other political subdivision, the public children services agency may acquire, operate, and maintain such an institution. The agency may enter into an agreement with a municipal corporation, a board of education, and the board of county commissioners, or with any one of them, to provide for the maintenance and operation of children's training schools. The agreement may provide for the contribution of funds by the municipal corporation, board of education, or board of county commissioners, in such proportions and amounts as the agreement states. The agreement also may provide for the operation and supervision of the training school by any one of them, or by the joint action of two or more of them, provided that municipal corporations, boards of education, and boards of county commissioners may expend moneys from their general funds for maintaining and operating the joint children's training school.  The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.165 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.165 | Emergency Benefits and Services Necessary to Prevent Removal or Permit Return of Child to Home.

Effective: September 5, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly|If a family is encountering an emergency that could lead, or has led, to removal of a child from the family's home pursuant to Chapter 2151. of the Revised Code, the public children services agency shall determine whether the child could remain safely with, or be safely returned to, the family if the emergency were alleviated by providing benefits and services under the prevention, retention, and contingency program established under Chapter 5108. of the Revised Code. If it is determined that the child could remain safely with, or be safely returned to, the family, the agency, with the cooperation of the child's family, shall determine the amount of benefits and services necessary to prevent the removal of the child from the home or to permit the child's return to the home and may provide the benefits and services pursuant to a plan of cooperation entered into under section 307.983 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.166 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.166 | Additional Rules Governing Agency Performance of Duties.

Effective: September 21, 2006|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 238 - 126th General Assembly|In addition to other rules specifically authorized by the Revised Code, the director of job and family services may adopt rules governing public children services agencies' performance of their family services duties, including the family services duties that public children services agencies have under sections 5153.16 to 5153.19 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5153.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 51 | Public Welfare|Chapter 5153 | County Children Services|Section 5153.17 | Maintenance of Records.

Effective: September 21, 2006|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 238 - 126th General Assembly|The public children services agency shall prepare and keep written records of investigations of families, children, and foster homes, and of the care, training, and treatment afforded children, and shall prepare and keep such other records as are required by the department of job and family services. Such records shall be confidential, but, except as provided by division (B) of section 3107.17 of the Revised Code, shall be open to inspection by the agency, the director of job and family services, and the director of the county department of job and family services, and by other persons upon the written permission of the executive director.