(320 ILCS 20/3.3)

Sec. 3.3. Adult protective services trauma-informed training.

(a) This Section applies to any person who is employed by the Department in the Adult Protective Services division, or is contracted with the Department, and works on the development and implementation of social services to respond to and prevent adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation.

(b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall offer an annual trauma-informed training program that includes (i) instruction on how trauma impacts caseworkers and other employees who respond to and prevent adult abuse, neglect, exploitation, or abandonment, (ii) a review of the meaning and impact of secondary trauma, and (iii) information about strategies to identify and address secondary trauma in caseworkers and other employees who work with adults who may have experienced abuse, neglect, exploitation, or abandonment.

(c) Any trauma-informed training offered by the Department shall cover the following:

(1) The widespread impact of secondary trauma on caseworkers and other employees who work with adults who may have experienced abuse, neglect, exploitation, or abandonment.

(2) An understanding of who is at risk for developing secondary trauma.

(3) Relevant and realistic case studies involving traumatic situations that other caseworkers and employees who work with adults who may have experienced abuse, neglect, exploitation, or abandonment have encountered in their work.

(4) Symptoms and causes of secondary trauma in caseworkers and other employees who work with adults who may have experienced abuse, neglect, exploitation, or abandonment.

(5) Strategies for prevention and intervention in cases of secondary trauma involving caseworkers or other employees who work with adults who may have experienced abuse, neglect, exploitation, or abandonment, including the development of a self-care plan.

(6) How to incorporate monitoring and support techniques for employees experiencing secondary trauma into departmental policies, guidelines, and protocols.

(d) This Section is designed to address gaps in current trauma-informed training requirements for employees of the Office of Adult Protective Services and to improve the quality of training. If any law or rule existing on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly contains more rigorous training requirements for employees of the Office of Adult Protective Services, then that law or rule applies. If there is overlap between this Section and other laws and rules, the Department shall interpret this Section to avoid duplication of requirements while ensuring that the minimum requirements set in this Section are met.

(e) The Department may adopt rules to implement this Section.

(Source: P.A. 102-244, eff. 1-1-22.)