| Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| 8:30 - 11:00 |
8:30 - 9:30 |
8:30 - 10:30 |
8:30 - 12:00 |
8:30 - 11:15 |
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Introduction to Children's Administration
Introduction to Children's Administration
- Ability to connect the agency's mission, values and organizational structure to our practice model of Solution-Based Casework.
- Ability to identify basic job duties of CPS, FVS and CFWS and to connect each to our mandate – ensuring the outcomes.of safety, permanency and well-being of the children we work with.
- Ability to understand the different roles of the Division of Licensed Resources (DLR) and the Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS) within Children’s Administration.
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Overview of Solution Based Casework
Overview of Solution Based Casework
- Ability to identify the core principles and goals of Solution-Based Casework and how Solution-Based Casework drives practice from engagement to case planning.
- Ability to recognize the structural components of Solution-Based Casework such as building consensus, enhancing interest in signs of change and anchoring change in social context.
- Ability to conceptualize our involvement with a family as stemming from their difficulty with one or more everyday life events.
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Physical Abuse Indicators
Physical Abuse Indicators
- Ability to recognize indicators of child abuse and neglect.
- Ability to understand the indicators of high risk child abuse.
- Ability to work with community and agency contracted medical professionals to best assess and respond to concerning injuries.
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Sexual Abuse & Child Interviewing
Sexual Abuse & Child Interviewing
- Ability to identify the federal and state laws and policies that direct child protection services in providing services to sexually abused children and youth.
- Ability to recognize indicators of child sexual abuse.
- Ability to assess the effects of child sexual abuse on the lives of children and youth.
- Ability to understand the principles, processes and steps of child/youth investigative interview.
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Introduction to FamLink
Introduction to FamLink
FamLink is the Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS) to store and manage data related to child protection and child welfare.
- Ability to navigate on the FamLink desktop to view one's own cases/work.
- Ability to use the "Search" function to locate people/cases.
- Ability to use "Help" from the FamLink desktop and from other FamLink pages.
- Ability to identify how to get to the "Person Management" and access what information is stored.
- Ability to approve work and create a case note.
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| 11:00 – 12:00 |
9:30 – 12:00 |
10:30 – 12:00 |
11:45 – 2:30 |
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Introduction to Laws and Policies
Introduction to Laws and Policies
- Ability to identify how laws and policies on the Federal, State and policy level direct CA practice and allow us to do child welfare work.
- Ability to identify important federal legislation and its major mandates particularly ASFA and ICWA.
- Ability to identify the connection between laws and policies and our goals of safety, permanency and well-being.
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Essentials of Family Life Development
Essentials of Family Life Development
- Ability to identify the stages of family development and the critical tasks associated with each stage.
- Ability to recognize the relationship between critical events and the family’s difficulty performing necessary everyday life tasks.
- Ability to recognize the cultural factors that influence the organization of parenting tasks and their impact on a family's response to CA involvement.
- Ability to recognize the importance of "noticing strengths" while also identifying safety threats and/or risks to children.
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Physical Abuse Dynamics and Factors
Physical Abuse Dynamics and Factors
- Ability to apply our state's WAC definition of physical abuse to case situations.
- Ability to recognize the continuum of physical abuse from minor community endorsed discipline to potentially fatal actions and the spectrum of potential interventions.
- Ability to identify major risk factors and effects related to physical abuse.
- Ability to apply Solution-Based Casework, particularly tracking the sequence of events, to gather information about an incident of physical abuse.
- Ability to understand the Solution-Based Casework strategies that inform decisions about child safety.
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Introduction to Indian Child Welfare
Introduction to Indian Child Welfare
- Ability to explain the historical and legal basis of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
- Ability to describe the legal definition of an Indian child.
- Ability to relate the order of placement preferences for a Native American or Alaskan Native child.
- Ability to understand the importance of early identification of Native American/Alaskan Native heritage and tribal notification procedures.
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| 1:15 – 1:45 |
| Pre-Test |
| 1:45 – 3:15 |
1:15 – 2:30 |
1:15 – 2:00 |
1:15 – 4:30 |
2:30 – 2:45 |
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Ethics and Professionalism
Ethics and Professionalism
- Ability to identify social work core values and apply them to one's role in Children's Administration.
- Ability to relate one’s own experiences and values to their professional role.
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Essentials of Family Life Development
Essentials of Family Life Development
- Ability to identify the stages of family development and the critical tasks associated with each stage.
- Ability to recognize the relationship between critical events and the family’s difficulty performing necessary everyday life tasks.
- Ability to recognize the cultural factors that influence the organization of parenting tasks and their impact on a family's response to CA involvement.
- Ability to recognize the importance of "noticing strengths" while also identifying safety threats and/or risks to children.
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Physical Abuse Dynamics and Factors
Physical Abuse Dynamics and Factors
- Ability to apply our state's WAC definition of physical abuse to case situations.
- Ability to recognize the continuum of physical abuse from minor community endorsed discipline to potentially fatal actions and the spectrum of potential interventions.
- Ability to identify major risk factors and effects related to physical abuse.
- Ability to apply Solution-Based Casework, particularly tracking the sequence of events, to gather information about an incident of physical abuse.
- Ability to understand the Solution-Based Casework strategies that inform decisions about child safety.
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Neglect Dynamics and Factors
Neglect Dynamics and Factors
- Ability to recognize the indicators and dynamics of child neglect.
- Ability to identify the risk factors that contribute to neglect.
- Ability to identify the main legal points of the Justice and Raiden Act.
- Ability to apply Solution-Based Casework to engage families when neglect is the primary concern.
- Ability to identify evidence-based practices and intervention strategies specific to the family's needs.
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Participant Evaluations |
| 3:15 – 4:30 |
2:30 - 4:30 |
2:00 – 4:30 |
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Overview of Solution Based Casework
Overview of Solution Based Casework
- Ability to identify the core principles and goals of Solution-Based Casework and how Solution-Based Casework drives practice from engagement to case planning.
- Ability to recognize the structural components of Solution-Based Casework such as building consensus, enhancing interest in signs of change and anchoring change in social context.
- Ability to conceptualize our involvement with a family as stemming from their difficulty with one or more everyday life events.
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Engagement through Solution Based Casework
Engagement through Solution Based Casework
- Ability to demonstrate Solution-Based Casework (SBC) interviewing techniques.
- Ability to integrate the core beliefs of Solution-Based Casework with the practice of family engagement.
- Ability to use skills of open-ended questions, affirmations, reflective listening, reframing and summarizing to encourage family engagement.
- Ability to identify a client's stage of change and respond in a way to enhance their internal motivation.
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Worker Safety
Worker Safety
- Ability to recognize potentially dangerous conditions in workplace and/or in the field.
- Ability to react appropriately and safely when faced with dangerous situations.
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