ICDVP Supervision Requirements
In 2024, ICDVP created an Ad-Hoc Committee to review the current supervision requirements for both the CDVP and CPAIP certifications. The goal of the committee was to review requirements with the purpose of addressing barriers without sacrificing ICDVP standards. The recommendations from the committee were brought to the full Board for a vote.
The ICDVP Board of Directors has voted to make the following changes to requirements for the 150 hours of supervised direct service for CDVP and CPAIP certification. These changes are effective 10/01/24 and include the following:
CDVP Certification
Allow individuals who currently work in a domestic violence agency to complete the eligible services at their agency and receive supervision from a certified supervision site.
Domestic violence agencies are defined as those programs that:
- Are a legal incorporated not for profit organization whose principal mission is to provide services to victims of domestic violence. Services consist of one or more of the following: information, crisis intervention, emergency shelter, referral, counseling, advocacy, or emotional support.
- Have a record of providing effective, victim-centered services for the past two years. Victim-centered services are those that promote empowerment and self-determination of victims and which hold abusers accountable for their behavior.
- Provide services that are free, nondiscriminatory, and confidential.
- Adhere to confidentiality and privileged communication as defined by the IDVA.
(750 ILCS 60/227) (from Ch. 40, par. 2312-27)
Sec. 227. Privileged communications between domestic violence counselors and victims.
- Provide 24-hour telephone accessibility by personnel without requiring the victim to make a second phone call or wait for a return call.
- Provide access to safe housing, including access to trained staff and services to effectively meet the needs of victims.
If an individual seeking CDVP certification works at a domestic violence agency that is not an ICDVP certified supervision site, they can request approval to complete the eligible services at their agency and receive supervision from a current CDVP employed at a certified supervision site. The ICDVP External Supervision Approval Form must be submitted to ICDVP. The request will be reviewed, and a determination will be made at the sole discretion of ICDVP. Supervision services may not begin until approved by ICDVP.
Revised the CDVP Exam Application
We revised the exam application to include naming the agency where 150 hours of documented and satisfactory services were provided and if necessary, the agency where the supervisor is employed. ICDVP is in the process of working with the exam company to get the revised exam application posted on their website.
ICDVP supervision – both CDVP and CPAIP
Supervision for both CDVP and CPAIP requires more than just a signature of a CDVP or CPAIP on the Supervisor Assessment portion of the exam application. See the ICDVP Policy Manual for details regarding supervision requirements and guidelines.
Supervision Tracking Log
CDVPs and CPAIPs who provide supervision are required to document supervision details. ICDVP does not require a specific type of supervision tracking log but has created a sample log that supervisors can choose to utilize when providing supervision.
ICDVP certified CDVP Supervision Sites and CPAIPs who provide supervision must keep documentation for five years.
ICDVP Technical Assistance
ICDVP plans to provide technical assistance regarding the supervision revisions through scheduled office hours.
October 2024 – Questions regarding CDVP Supervision
November 2024 – Questions regarding CPAIP Supervision
CPAIP Certification
Revised the CPAIP eligible services to reallocate the requirements for group services, and removed time restrictions for Intake Assessments and Counseling, and added categories. (see details below)
Expanded CPAIP eligible services.
The services listed below clarify the kinds of activities that qualify for the 150 hours of supervised work requirement. CPAIP candidates must have at least 90 hours of the 150 hours in Group Services and a minimum of 8 hours in Victim Service Contact.
- Group Services – Any services provided by a partner abuse intervention professional to more than one adult at a time, with the purpose of educating, challenging belief systems, providing necessary information, promoting responsibility, and holding clients accountable for their abusive behavior. The groups must be co-facilitated, preferably by a male/female co-facilitation team. This must account for at least 90 hours.
- Victim/Survivor Contact – Direct service with a victim/survivor as an employee or volunteer at a domestic violence victim service agency to include partner safety checks, appropriate referrals, or communication in a professional capacity with victim/survivors. This requirement may also include involvement in a committee that advocates for victims/survivors. This must account for a minimum of 8 hours of supervised direct service.
- Intake Assessments – A one to one interaction between a partner abuse intervention professional and an adult client. Examples of intake assessments include collecting information pertaining to a potential PAIP participant.
- Counseling – A one-to-one interaction between an abuse intervention professional and an adult client. Examples of counseling include education, problem solving, promoting responsibility, working with clients who are not appropriate for group intervention, addressing co-occurring conditions, making referrals to appropriate services and holding clients accountable for their abusive behavior.
- Case Management/Advocacy – Activities by a partner abuse intervention professional to advocate with other entities regarding participant issues. Case management with the participant to access services.
- Prevention – Activities by a partner abuse intervention professional that promote awareness of the dynamics of domestic violence and provide information to reduce the likelihood of domestic violence.
- Training – Provision of domestic violence information by a partner abuse intervention professional to other professionals who are in contact with people who cause harm or victims/survivors to assist them in developing more appropriate responses to domestic violence that align with ICDVP standards.
- Outreach & Community Education – Direct contact by a partner abuse intervention professional with people in a community setting to identify and educate about domestic violence effects and available services.
- Systems Advocacy – Actions by a partner abuse intervention professional to change established systems to ensure a more effective and appropriate response to domestic violence.
Revised the CPAIP Exam Application
We revised the exam application to include naming the agency where victim services were provided. ICDVP is in the process of working with the exam company to get the revised exam application posted on their website.
ICDVP supervision – both CDVP and CPAIP
Supervision for both CDVP and CPAIP requires more than just a signature of a CDVP or CPAIP on the Supervisor Assessment portion of the exam application. See the ICDVP Policy Manual for details regarding supervision requirements and guidelines.
Supervision Tracking Log
CDVPs and CPAIPs who provide supervision are required to document supervision details. ICDVP does not require a specific type of supervision tracking log but has created a sample log that supervisors can choose to utilize when providing supervision.
ICDVP certified CDVP Supervision Sites and CPAIPs who provide supervision must keep documentation for five years.
ICDVP Technical Assistance
ICDVP plans to provide technical assistance regarding the supervision revisions through scheduled office hours.
October 2024 – Questions regarding CDVP Supervision
November 2024 – Questions regarding CPAIP Supervision
