Florida Administrative Code
65 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
65C - Family Safety and Preservation Program
Chapter 65C-33 - CHILD WELFARE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION
Section 65C-33.005 - Provisional Certification

(a) A trainee must successfully complete all of the required pre-service training and pass the post-test, or pass the waiver test, in order to receive provisional certification.

(b) Any Child Protective Investigator, Case Manager, or Licensing Counselor who has either successfully completed the waiver test and entered into a waiver plan, or successfully completed the pre-service training and passed the post-test, is considered to be a Provisionally Certified Child Welfare Professional, and, as such, may perform all tasks required by the position held, while completing his or her certification process.

(c) The Third Party Credentialing Entity is responsible for issuing provisional certification certificates and maintaining a certification database.

(a) Upon receiving provisional certification, each Child Protective Investigator, Case Manager and Licensing Counselor shall be given a training caseload of a reduced number of investigations (for Child Protective Investigators), a reduced number of cases (for Case Managers), or a reduced number of foster family home studies (for Licensing Counselors) for 30 calendar days.

(b) The training caseload for Child Protective Investigators shall be limited to no more than four (4) open, active investigations at any time, and shall not exceed a total of eight (8) investigations during the 30 calendar days following the date the individual passed the waiver or post-test.

(c) The training caseload for Case Managers shall be limited to no more than five (5) open, active cases, and shall not exceed 10 children at any time during the 30 calendar days following the date the individual passed the waiver or post-test.

(d) The training caseload for Licensing Counselors shall be limited to no more than three (3) open, active home studies at any time; and shall not exceed a total of five (5) licensed foster homes during the 30 calendar days following the date the individual passed the waiver or post-test.