What is the APS
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In July, 2013, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services entered into a contract with the Institute for Human Services to manage the Ohio Human Services Training System (OHSTS). One of the key products for the contract was to develop a competency-based standardized curriculum that will meet the core needs of Ohio’s Adult Protective Services (APS) workforce. Approximately 250 workers statewide will receive core training, including APS caseworkers, APS supervisors, and county-designated agencies (staff contracted by the county Department of Jobs and Family Services (DJFS) to perform APS investigations).
In April, 2014, the Ohio General Assembly passed legislation establishing the Adult Protective Services Funding Workgroup. This group was charged with proposing to the Department of Job and Family Services how to distribute ten million dollars in appropriations. By the end of December, the workgroup developed recommendations for defining core minimum requirements to ensure an effective statewide APS system, along with implementing a data collection system, developing a statewide hotline, providing a one-time all-system training, and releasing dollars for local and regional planning/innovation projects.
The APS Funding Workgroup proposed that all current APS workers receive a portion of the new APS core training not to exceed four in-person training days between July 1 and December 31, 2015. The Workgroup also recommended that distance learning options be made available to assist the APS workforce in preparing to meet the core requirements.
As a result, the OHSTS will offer a six-topic series of in-person workshops and six eLearnings beginning in July 2015. APS workers and supervisors may choose four in-person training topics along with four eLearning options that best fit their needs. National trainers will introduce this new APS Core training to Ohio. Training will be offered multiple times in all four regions of the state. The APS Core training will promote APS best practices in preparation for the “reboot” of the APS system core requirements and innovations defined by the APS Funding Workgroup.
In April, 2014, the Ohio General Assembly passed legislation establishing the Adult Protective Services Funding Workgroup. This group was charged with proposing to the Department of Job and Family Services how to distribute ten million dollars in appropriations. By the end of December, the workgroup developed recommendations for defining core minimum requirements to ensure an effective statewide APS system, along with implementing a data collection system, developing a statewide hotline, providing a one-time all-system training, and releasing dollars for local and regional planning/innovation projects.
The APS Funding Workgroup proposed that all current APS workers receive a portion of the new APS core training not to exceed four in-person training days between July 1 and December 31, 2015. The Workgroup also recommended that distance learning options be made available to assist the APS workforce in preparing to meet the core requirements.
As a result, the OHSTS will offer a six-topic series of in-person workshops and six eLearnings beginning in July 2015. APS workers and supervisors may choose four in-person training topics along with four eLearning options that best fit their needs. National trainers will introduce this new APS Core training to Ohio. Training will be offered multiple times in all four regions of the state. The APS Core training will promote APS best practices in preparation for the “reboot” of the APS system core requirements and innovations defined by the APS Funding Workgroup.