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Section 5153.01 | County Children Services Definitions.

Effective: September 21, 2006 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 238 – 126th General Assembly (A) As used in the Revised Code, “public children services agency” means an entity specified in section 5153.02 of the Revised Code that has assumed the powers and duties of the children services function prescribed by this chapter for a county. (B) […]

Section 5153.02 | Who May Serve as County Public Children Services Agency.

Effective: July 1, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 471 – 123rd General Assembly Each county shall have a public children services agency. Any of the following may be the public children services agency: (A) A county children services board; (B) A county department of job and family services; (C) A private or government entity designated […]

Section 5153.03 | Appointment to County Board.

Effective: October 1, 1997 Latest Legislation: House Bill 408 – 122nd General Assembly If a county children services board is a public children services agency for a county, the board of county commissioners shall appoint five members of the county children services board and for good cause may remove any member so appointed. Each of […]

Section 5153.04 | Officers – Meetings.

Effective: October 1, 1997 Latest Legislation: House Bill 408 – 122nd General Assembly A county children services board appointed under section 5153.03 of the Revised Code shall elect one of its members as chairperson and another as secretary. The chairperson may appoint committees composed of board members and other persons interested in child care. A […]

Section 5153.05 | Advisory Committee on Children Services.

Effective: October 1, 1997 Latest Legislation: House Bill 408 – 122nd General Assembly If a county children services board appointed under section 5153.03 of the Revised Code is a public children services agency for a county, the board may appoint an advisory committee on children services. If an entity specified in division (B) or (C) […]

Section 5153.06 | Employment Contract With Executive Director.

Effective: September 5, 2001 Latest Legislation: House Bill 94 – 124th General Assembly The county children services board may enter into a written contract with the board’s executive director specifying terms and conditions of the executive director’s employment. The executive director shall not be in the classified civil service. The period of the contract shall […]

Section 5153.10 | Executive Director – Inquiry Into Community Conditions.

Effective: July 1, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 471 – 123rd General Assembly Each public children services agency shall designate an executive officer known as the “executive director,” who shall not be in the classified civil service. The superintendent of the children’s home, the county director of job and family services, or other individual may […]

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 […]

Section 5153.111 | Criminal Records Check.

Effective: September 21, 2006 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 238 – 126th General Assembly (A)(1) The executive director of a public children services agency shall request the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation to conduct a criminal records check with respect to any applicant who has applied to the agency for employment as […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]