Community Support Worker (Csw) Limitations

A paid CSW must not be the spouse of the participant. For FDCS, they must: 1) not be the parent or legal guardian o f the participant, 2) not have direct control over the participant’s choices, 3) avoid any conflict of interest, and 4) no t receive undue financial benefit from the participant’s choices. (7-1-25) 01. Work Limit. A CSW for SDCS cannot work more than twelve (12) hours in a day withou t authorization from the Department. (7-1-25) 02. SDCS. SDCS CSW cannot be younger than seventeen (17) years of age except when providing chore services and then may be sixteen (16) years of age. (7-1-25) 03. FDCS. A paid CSW may provide unskilled supervision, but cannot: (7-1-25) a. Supplant the role of the parent or legal guardian; (7-1-25) b. Be paid to fulfill any obligations that the parent or legal guardian is legally responsible to fulfill fo r their child.: (7-1-25) c. Be under the age of sixteen (16) years old; or (7-1-25) d. Transport or be left alone with a participant under the age of eighteen (18) years old. (7-1-25) 141. -- 149. (RESERVED)