§ 31-25-2-10 — Department duties concerning staff

(a) This section applies after June 30, 2008.
(b) The department of child services:
(1) must have sufficient qualified and trained staff to:
(A) fulfill the purpose of this article;
(B) comply with the maximum caseload ratios for:
(i) family case managers; and
(ii) child welfare caseworkers;
as set forth in IC 31-25-2-5;
(2) must be organized to maximize the continuity of
responsibility, care, and service of individual family case
managers toward individual children and families;
(3) must provide training to representatives of the department
regarding the legal duties of the representatives in carrying out the
responsibility of the department under section 7 of this chapter,
which may consist of various methods of informing the
representatives of their duties, in order to protect the legal rights
and safety of children and families from the initial time of contact
during the investigation through treatment;
(4) must provide training to representatives of the child protection
services system regarding the constitutional rights of the child's
family, including a child's guardian or custodian, that is the
subject of an assessment of child abuse or neglect consistent with
the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and
Article 1, Section 11 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana;
and
(5) shall collaborate with the Indiana Statewide Independent
Living Council, Self-Advocates of Indiana, and The Arc of
Indiana, and may collaborate with other organizations
representing persons with disabilities, to provide appropriate
training programs conducted by a person with a disability to
educate departmental employees in the rights and capabilities of
persons with disabilities.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.145-2006, SEC.271. Amended by P.L.131-2009, SEC.30; P.L.146-2021, SEC.11.