Department duties concerning staff
Sec. 2.3. (a) This section applies after June 30, 2008.
(b) The department:
(1) must have sufficient qualified and trained staff to fulfill the
purpose of this article;
(2) must be organized to maximize the continuity of
responsibility, care, and service of individual caseworkers
toward individual children and families;
(3) must provide training to representatives of the child
protection services system regarding the legal duties of the
representatives, 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; and
(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 investigation 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.
As added by P.L.234-2005, SEC.97.
Last modified: May 24, 2006