Adult Protective Services Training Institute
Adult Protective Service Training provided by Rutgers University School of Social Work, Institute for Families has been the sole source for statewide training to Adult Protective Service Workers since inception in 1991. This mandatory training consists of a sixteen day education forum in which the new worker becomes familiar with the many demanding facets of protecting this fragile population, older adults and disabled adults in New Jersey.
This program began in collaboration with the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Division on Aging and Community Services and Rutgers University, School of Social Work in 1991 as a response to the need of a standardized program. In 1993, the program received the Brookdale Best Practices Training Award.
The Institute for Families, APS training program which is rooted in research and best practices, employs many different instruction modalities to achieve the goal of successfully training new APS workers as wells as providing a supervisor training and an executive forum to provide further outreach within the field. Strategies such as videotaped instruction and simulations, classroom lectures and homework assignments are all part of the curriculum to increase knowledge and awareness.