APS Caseworker Onboarding Checklist cont.

Office/District Support

• Assign a buddy
• Coaching session
• Supervisory visit with new worker/client
• Case review
• Caseworker Readiness Form

​Community/Helpful Resources​

• Provide a list of Community Partner
• Community Resource Scavenger Hunt
• If you have any questions regarding APS laws and rules or questions about ODAPS, send inquiries to:
  APS_Mailbox@jfs.ohio.gov​


• ​The online referral portal can be provided to community partners and constituents to make a referral of possible abuse, neglect or exploitation of an older adult. 
  Ohio APS Online Elder Abuse Referral Portal
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Shadowing in the District

• Self-Neglect
• Neglect
• Abuse
• Financial Exploitation
• Court
• Shadowing Feedback Form 
• Shadowing Feedback Form 360

      Best Practices

• Field Safety Checklist
• Building Rapport
• Working with Resistive Clients
• ​Case Note Writing
• Case Note Writing and Examples
• ​Best Practice Guidelines for APS

Education/Websites

• Adult Protective Services ODJFS
• Alzheimer’s Association
• American Society on Aging
• APS TARC Education
• APS TARC Toolkit
• Elder Justice - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost
• The National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life
• LGBTAgingCenter.org - Featured Resources
• NADRC (acl.gov)
• National Adult Protective Services Association
• National Center for Elder Abuse
• National Center on Law and Elder Rights
• Ohio Coalition for Adult Protective Services
  • ​Centers  Regional Affiliates (OCAPS)
• Ohio Department of Aging
• The National Council on Aging (NCOA)
• Types of Dementia​

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