Title
Category
Credits
Event date
Cost
Pregnant and Parenting Youth for DCYF staff (eLearning)
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 2.00 Participation
$0.00
This course focuses on the successful transition of pregnant and parenting youth involved with child welfare, and covers specific case management activities. You will learn about your role and responsibilities to provide information to pregnant and parenting youth, including the Pregnant and Parenting Teen Guidebook and tip sheets (DSHS #22-1536), and utilizing a Shared Planning Meeting to identify services and community resources.
Drug Testing (eLearning)
  • Area Administrators
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 0.75 Participation
$0.00
Drug testing practices and their use in child welfare assessment of safety and risk is covered in this course. Participants learn the guidelines for the frequency and duration of testing, practices at drug collection sites, detection of adulterated samples and interpreting drug test results. Participants will know what to test and how to include this in the assessments of parents involved in the child welfare system, focusing on the behavior of parents, and knowing what a drug test can tell us is emphasized.
Education Policy and Case Planning (eLearning)
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 0.50 Participation
$0.00
This course focuses on DCYF Education Policy and Procedures to achieve positive educational outcomes through solid education planning throughout the child's experience in out-of-home care. Caseworkers will understand education case planning and documentation requirements as well as how to engage with schools on enrollment, transportation plans, and potential cost sharing agreements. Information sharing processes and Post-Secondary Education and Training resources are also provided.
Coaching for Supervisors
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 3.00 Participation
$0.00
Coaching for Supervisors provides a one-on-one professional development opportunity and is an essential element in supporting the daily work supervisors do with their units and staff. Sessions can be scheduled in 30 minute intervals and can cover: Observation and feedback on monthly supervisory case reviews; Use of Supervisor Review Tool in FamLink; Documentation / Assessment review and approvals; Observation and feedback on skills used to engage with staff; Organization and Prioritization of work.
Facilitated Cohort Learning Sessions To Support ICWA Practice
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 1.50 Participation
$0.00
Facilitated Cohort Learning Sessions To Support ICWA Practice provides former cohorts from RCT and SCT classes that are working on Indian Child Welfare cases to expand their knowledge beyond core training curriculum and gain application within live cases. Topics of the sessions are identified by the cohort members and learning activities are organized and facilitated by Alliance staff. These sessions will review current WA State ICWA practices while providing opportunities to apply critical thinking to the overall complexities of child welfare work.
Facilitated Cohort Learning Sessions To Support Domestic Violence Practice
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 2.00 Participation
$0.00
These sessions provide participants of the Domestic Violence in Child Welfare in-service training an opportunity to expand their knowledge and work within live cases. Topics of the sessions are identified by the cohort members and learning activities are organized and facilitated by Alliance staff. These sessions will rely on the policy and best practices in "The Social Worker’s Practice Guide to Domestic Violence" for child welfare work with families experiencing domestic violence.
Tools for CFWS/Adoption Supervisors
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 3.00 Participation
$0.00
This class will provide opportunities for participants to utilize the various supervisory case review tools as well as reflective supervision to promote permanency, critical thinking and reflection when supervising staff. Ideally this session will be delivered to a combined group of CFWS and Adoption Supervisors to strengthen the connectedness between units and eliminate potential barriers to permanency. It is intended that this session and the materials presented will promote active participation and discussion in the context of real cases.
Advanced Microaggressions for Supervisors: Guiding Staff Through Cultural Conflict
  • Area Administrators
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 6.00 Participation
$0.00
In this workshop supervisors and managers will develop their skills for engaging across culture when tension exists.  Together we will explore Intent vs. Impact, how implicit bias can affect their decision making in determining outcomes and unpack dynamics between employees when conflict exists.  Participants will learn how best to approach tense situations through role playing, video, and small and large group discussion.
Supervisor Readiness
  • Area Administrators
  • Program Managers
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 3.00 Participation
$0.00
This three-hour course covers Situational Leadership and Supervisor Readiness (4Rs). The course will review the three necessary components and strategies to impact performance. The Situational Leadership Theory developed by Paul Hersey and Kenneth Blanchard presents a model that suggests that to be effective leaders, supervisors must match their leadership style to an individual worker’s level of job readiness (job maturity).
Facilitated Cohort Learning Sessions To Support Case Planning and Service Delivery
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 3.00 Participation
$0.00
These two-hour sessions will provide you with the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of the importance of co-creating culturally relevant case plans with families, service matching and applying the child safety framework/risk assessments to develop behavioral case plans.

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