Title
Category
Credits
Event date
Cost
Youth Missing From Care for Workforce (eLearning)
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 1.50 Participation
$0.00
Participants learn the characteristics associated with youth who are at risk for running away, and key strategies to reduce the likelihood of running behavior.  Policy and procedural requirements are presented.  The components of a Run Prevention Plan are covered, as well as the fundamentals of conducting a debriefing meeting to assess the youth's immediate needs upon their return.
Working with People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Culture and Communication (eLearning)
  • Area Administrators
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 1.50 Participation
$0.00
In this eLearning you will learn about the spectrum of Deaf, deaf and hard of hearing culture and how people’s culture and identity impacts their communication.  In addition, you will learn about assistive communication technology and how to access these devices, setting up an environment that is conducive to communication with the deaf or hard of hearing person. You will explore ways to engage with an interpreter to support positive and productive communication when a person’s primary language is sign language.
Relative Search: Creating and Monitoring Your Request (eLearning)
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 0.50 Participation
$0.00
This training will teach the participant the steps to initiate and monitor efforts completed by the Relative Search unit. When a child is in need of out of home care, the Department should be actively seeking placement of children with relatives. The centralized Relative Search unit assists staff to locate and identify relatives and this training will help staff learn about the process, required forms and how to gather detailed information from FamLink.
Relative Home Studies (eLearning)
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 0.50 Participation
$0.00
This eLearning will help learners understand the process for assessing the suitability of prospective unlicensed caregivers and when to initiate a home study.
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.
Extended Foster Care (eLearning)
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 1.00 Participation
$0.00
Washington States Extended Foster Care Program allows dependent youth in placement at age 18 to continue to receive services including placement resources until age 21, in order to complete their education and ease the transition to adulthood. In this eLearning, case carrying Supervisors and Social Service Specialists will become familiar with the evolution of this program as well as its current Policy and Practice and learn how to document various EFC Services in FamLink.
Mandatory Reporter Roles and Responsibilities - CY24 Certification (eLearning)
  • Area Administrators
  • Caregivers
  • Kinship Caregivers
  • Program Managers
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 0.75 Participation
$0.00
Mandatory reporters play a key role in ensuring the safety of vulnerable children. These professionals are obligated to report concerns about abuse or neglect, and this eLearning will guide you as mandated reporter through the process of identifying and documenting those concerns. This training breaks the process down into three parts: Recognize, Record and Report. Through the training, you will understand what indicators of abuse to look for; how to appropriately record and what information to have; and what happens when a report is filed.