194A.545 Training and continuing education courses for staff of Department for

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Community Based Services.

(1)The secretary for health and family services shall develop an initial training course

and continuing education courses for employees of the Department for Community

Based Services concerning the dynamics of domestic violence and elder abuse,

neglect, and exploitation; effects of domestic violence and elder abuse, neglect, and

exploitation on adult and child victims; legal remedies for protection; lethality and

risk issues; model protocols for addressing domestic violence; available community

resources and victim services; and reporting requirements. The training shall be

developed in consultation with legal, victim services, victim advocacy, and mental

health professionals with an expertise in domestic violence.

(2)Each person employed by the Department for Community Based Services who

provides supervisory or direct service at the local, district, or state level shall

successfully complete the initial training course and, at least once every two

years, the continuing education course developed under subsection

(1)of this

section.

(3)The secretary is encouraged to include an educational component covering the

recognition and prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma, as defined in KRS

620.020, as part of the initial training and continuing education for Department for

Community Based Services front-line child protection staff.