Florida Administrative Code › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › 65C - Family Safety and Preservation Program › Chapter 65C-33 - CHILD WELFARE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION › Section 65C-33.001 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) "Agency" or "Employing Agency" refers to
				the Department, or any Sheriff's Office or community-based care (CBC) provider
				under Grant Agreement or under contract with the Department to provide child
				welfare services.
(2) "Break in
				Service" refers to an interruption of an individual's continuous employment in
				a position requiring Child Welfare Professional certification.
(3) "Certification" refers to the process
				whereby an individual must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, abilities and
				priorities necessary to competently discharge the duties of a Florida Child
				Welfare Professional, as evidenced by the successful completion of all
				applicable classroom instruction, field training, testing, and job-performance
				requirements of his or her position classification.
(4) "Certification Designation" refers to one
				(1) of the three (3) Child Welfare Professional categories in which an
				individual is eligible for certification. Each designation (Child Protective
				Investigator, Case Manager, and Licensing Counselor) has a training, testing
				and certification requirement.
(5)
				"Certified Florida Child Welfare Professional" or "Certified" refers to the
				designation earned by an individual who has met the criteria for Florida
				certification as a Child Protective Investigator, a Case Manager, or a
				Licensing Counselor.
(6) "Child
				Welfare Pre-Service Training Program" (also known as "Pre-Service") refers to
				the multi-faceted child welfare pre-service curriculum, the primary component
				of which is classroom instruction. The Pre-Service Training Program may also
				include on-line learning and supervised agency-specific field
				activities.
(7) "Classroom
				Instruction" refers to the delivery and facilitation of approved, mandatory
				child welfare curricula.
(8)
				"Continuing Education" refers to all training in which a certified Child
				Welfare Professional participates in order to help develop or enhance his or
				her core competencies on an on-going basis.
(9) "Department" refers to the Florida
				Department of Children and Families.
(10) "Field Activities" or "Field Training"
				refers to one type of experiential learning which may be included in the State
				of Florida Child Welfare Pre-Service Training Program.
(11) "Florida Safe Families Network" (also
				known as "FSFN") refers to the Department's Statewide Automated Child Welfare
				Information System (SACWIS). FSFN serves as the statewide electronic case
				record for all child abuse investigations and case management activities in
				Florida.
(12) "Full Certification"
				refers to the certification awarded after the provisionally certified
				professional has completed specified on-the-job experience and direct
				supervision requirements.
(13)
				"Group Supervision" refers to supervision provided to two (2) or more staff,
				either certified or uncertified, at the same time.
(14) "Individual Supervision" refers to
				face-to-face contact between a qualified supervisor and a provisionally
				certified professional during which the applicant apprises the supervisor of
				the status of a case, the case is discussed, the supervisor provides the
				applicant with oversight and guidance in working the case, and evaluates the
				applicant's performance.
(15)
				"Intern" refers to an undergraduate or graduate level student undergoing
				supervised, practical training in the field of social work, child welfare, or a
				similar human services field.
(16)
				"OnLine Learning" refers to one type of learning experience, provided via a
				computer, which may be included in the State of Florida Child Welfare
				Pre-Service Training Program.
(17)
				"Position Classification" refers to the position in which a person is or has
				been employed.
(18) "Post-Test"
				refers to the competency-based, criterion-referenced, proctored, written or
				on-line test which is administered at the conclusion of the State of Florida
				Child Welfare Pre-Service Training Program classroom curriculum.
(19) "Primary case responsibility" refers to
				the principal person, unit or geographical area assigned to perform child
				welfare services for a specific child, investigation, family, or
				case.
(20) "Provisional
				Certification" refers to the certification of a Child Welfare Professional that
				is awarded after successful completion of pre-service training and the
				post-test, or the waiver test, prior to achieving full certification.
(21) "Pre-Service Child Welfare Trainer"
				refers to the Child Welfare Trainer who engages in instruction of any part of
				the Pre-Service Curriculum.
(22)
				"Secondary Worker" refers to a person, unit or geographical area assigned by
				the supervisor to perform child welfare services for a specific child,
				investigation, family, or case in a minor capacity or to a lesser degree than
				that individual which maintains the "primary" case responsibility.
(23) "Trainee" refers to an individual who is
				participating in pre-service training and has not yet received Provisional
				Certification.
(24) "Training
				Caseload" refers to the reduced number of cases assigned to each provisionally
				certified Child Welfare Professional after having successfully completed the
				pre-service curriculum and passing the post-test, or passing the waiver
				test.
(25) "Training Entity" refers
				to the employing agency which is responsible for the delivery of pre-service
				and continuing education to a particular circuit, region or geographical
				area.
(26) "Trainer Program" refers
				to the program approved by the Department through which Pre-Service Child
				Welfare Trainers are provided training, coaching, and evaluation to achieve and
				maintain competency in the training Pre-Service Curriculum.
(27) "Waiver Plan" refers to an
				individualized, written plan between the Child Welfare Professional, his or her
				supervisor, and a child welfare trainer, which, when the waiver process is
				implemented, addresses any supplemental training or activities needed by the
				Child Welfare Professional.
(28)
				"Waiver Process" refers to the procedure whereby an individual who meets the
				minimum educational and experiential criteria of a Child Welfare Professional
				is eligible to take a "waiver test" and enter into an individualized "waiver
				plan, " in lieu of participating in the pre-service training and post-test
				requirements.
(29) "Waiver Test"
				refers to the competency-based, criterion-referenced, proctored, written or
				online test which may be administered to individuals whose prior experience
				allows them the opportunity to take the test in lieu of completing the
				pre-service training requirements in order to achieve provisional
				certification.
Rulemaking Authority
					 402.40 FS. Law Implemented
					 402.40
					 FS.
New 10-14-10, Amended 12-24-15,
					 5-28-18.