SECTIONS 10900-10909 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 10900-10909

10900. The department shall, within the limits of funds made
available, provide welfare personnel training courses and services,
including in-service training, educational leaves or stipends,
traineeships, internships, and the expansion of fieldwork training
facilities within county departments for the use of colleges and
universities in preparing students for employment in the
administration of public social services programs. The training
courses and services provided pursuant to this section shall be
designed to promote welfare personnel training in every county in
this state, which will provide the quality and quantity of trained
personnel required to eliminate or reduce the circumstances or
conditions which impede or prevent an individual or a family from
making progress toward proper social adjustment, self-support, and
self-direction.
In-service training for county employees who engage in the
determination of eligibility for public social services shall include
special training in techniques designed to enable such employees to
identify applications for public social services which require
special investigation pursuant to Section 11055.

10905. If, when, and during such times as the federal government
allots money to this state for training grants for public social
services personnel, pursuant to Title VII of the Federal Social
Security Act, the State Department of Health Services with respect to
health care services, and the State Department of Social Services
with respect to other social services, are authorized to act as the
agents and representatives of this state.

10906. Employees of the State Department of Social Services or the
State Department of Health Services who are engaged in the
administration of public social services are authorized (1) to attend
courses of training provided by institutions of higher learning, (2)
to attend special courses of study or seminars of short duration
conducted by experts on a temporary basis for the purpose, (3) to
accept fellowships or traineeships at institutions of higher learning
with such stipends as are permitted by regulations of the federal
government.
Any leave of absence granted to any employee of these departments,
as authorized by this section, shall be subject to the approval of
the State Personnel Board.

10907. The board of supervisors of any county may grant to any
permanent employee of the county department a leave of absence with
pay to attend an institution of learning for the purpose of improving
his skill, knowledge and technique in the administration of social
welfare programs which will benefit the county department.
In order to be eligible for an educational leave, the employee
must have a satisfactory service record with the county and must
execute an agreement to return to the county department to render one
year of service. The employee shall furnish a suitable bond
indemnifying the county against possible loss in the event the
employee fails to return to the county and render the required period
of service stipulated in the agreement. Such bond shall be
exonerated in the event the failure of the employee to render the
stipulated period of service is caused by death, physical or mental
disability of the employee. If the board of supervisors finds, and by
resolution declares, that the interests of the county will be
protected by written agreement of the employee to return to the
service of the county and render at least one year of service therein
following his return from leave, the board of supervisors may waive
the furnishing of the bond.
The terms and amount of pay or stipend to be paid shall be set by
the board of supervisors. Any such pay or stipend shall be considered
a proper charge against the administration of the public welfare
programs.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this section to the
contrary, the board of supervisors may provide educational leaves to
employees under such conditions as may be prescribed in an agreement
or plan entered into by this state with the federal government.

10908. Any officers and employees of the Department of Social
Welfare performing a function on January 1, 1970, that is transferred
to the State Personnel Board, shall, pursuant to Section 19370 of
the Government Code, be transferred to the State Personnel Board.

10909. All regulations prior to January 1, 1970, adopted by the
State Department of Social Welfare under Welfare and Institutions
Code Section 10901 shall remain in effect and shall be enforceable by
the State Personnel Board until amended, repealed, or otherwise
superseded by regulations adopted by the State Personnel Board.