Illinois Statutes Chapter 320. Aging § 20/3.3. 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:

(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.