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Adoption Network Cleveland offers training to adoption/foster care professionals through a subcontract with the Ohio Child Welfare Training Program. Assessor Training is offered to social workers working in adoption.

The OCWTP is a comprehensive, competency-based in-service training program for Ohio's public child welfare staff and caregivers. In the case of Adption Assessor Training, training is for all public and private agency workers working in adoption. The OCWTP is a cooperative effort of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS), the Public Children Services Association of Ohio (PCSAO), and the state coordinator, currently the Institute for Human Services (IHS). The program is an approved provider of social worker and counselor training through the State of Ohio Counselor and Social Work Board.

OCWTP Mission Statement

The Ohio Child Welfare Training Program mission is to promote the delivery of high quality, culturally responsive, family-centered services to children who have experienced, or are at risk of abuse, neglect, or dependency, and their families. We provide competency-based training primarily to the public agency professionals, caregivers, and adoptive parents who serve them. We collaborate with other service providers to promote the delivery of competency-based training. We advocate for public policy and practice standards that reflect best child welfare practice.

Tier I Adoption Assessor Training is required for all social workers providing foster care and/or adoption services in Ohio. Only persons who are employed by or under contract to a licensed foster care or adoption agency are eligible to receive the training.

Individuals have six months from the date of hire to complete the entire round of training. Participants must keep records of their attendance at the workshops and include a completed ODJFS form 1680 in their personnel records, as well as keep a copy in their personal records and send a copy to ODJFS at the address below, certifying that they have completed the training and meet the educational and employment qualifications to be Assessors. Send completed 1680 form to: ODJFS, Adoption Section, 255 East Main Street, Columbus, OH 43215.

Tier I Adoption Assessor training includes six workshops and 36 hours of training. All Tier I workshops will be held at Adoption Network Cleveland, 4614 Prospect Ave., Suite 550, Cleveland, OH

To register for Tier I contact Julius Jackson to register: by phone at 216.325.1000 x124 or by email.

You may also contact Luke Owens by FAX: 213.432.3516 or Phone with questions at216.881.5387

Tier II Adoption Assessor Training, an advanced series of workshops, is required for all social workers who provide foster care and/or adoption services in Ohio, and who have completed Tier I training.

Assessors have three years following the completion of Tier I to complete the second tier of training. Assessors who take Tier II workshops must have completed all six days of Tier I training. Participants must keep records of their attendance at the workshops and include a completed ODJFS form 1680 in their personnel records, as well as keep a copy in their personal records and send a copy to ODJFS at the address below, certifying that they have completed the advanced training and meet the educational and employment qualifications to be Assessors. Send completed 1680 form to: ODJFS, Adoption Section, 255 East Main Street, Columbus, OH 43215. Tier II Adoption Assessor training includes four workshops and 36 hours of training. All Tier II workshops will be held at Adoption Network Cleveland, 4614 Prospect Ave., Suite 550, Cleveland, OH.

To register for Tier I contact Julius Jackson to register: by phone at 216.325.1000 x124 or by email.

You may also contact Luke Owens by FAX: 213.432.3516 or Phone with questions at216.881.5387