Title
Category
Credits
Event date
Cost
Afterhours Core Training
  • Social Worker
$0.00
NOTE: Afterhours Core Training has four modules. You will register separately for each part of the module but you MUST complete each session within the module in order. For example, if you have not completed 1.1 you will not be allowed to participate in 1.2. However, you can complete module 2.1 before modules 1.2 or 1.3.
Topic Support Group: Education Resource Wednesday
  • Caregivers
  • English
  • Support Groups
$0.00
Each of these 1.5-hour education-centered discussions help caregivers develop strategies to partner with their child’s educational team and advocate for their child’s educational needs. Each session has a Treehouse educational advocate, a member of the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) team, and a DCYF education program administrator. In addition to the varying training topics, each webinar includes a discussion facilitated by a CaRES mentor to encourage caregivers to increase their educational toolkit and deliver stronger advocacy to the children in their home.
Coaching for Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessment (MICA)
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
$0.00
Staff who have completed the Introduction and Advanced Motivational Interviewing courses will be provided field support through MICA coding/coaching sessions to enhance MI skills directly in their work with families. MICA coding and coaching sessions assist learners with utilizing specific MI skills and to ensure model fidelity in these three identified areas:ReflectionChange TalkIntention
Topic Support Group: Supporting the Culture of Native American Children in Your Care
  • Caregivers
  • Racial Equity and Social Justice (RESJ)
  • English
  • Support Groups
$0.00
Each of these 1-hour culturally focused sessions help caregivers of Native American children incorporate indigenous cultural elements into your home for the benefit of the child. Led by the Alliance CaRES Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Specialist, these sessions will introduce the historical foundation of specific activities and why they are important in Native American culture. You will be introduced to embedded cultural aspects particular to Washington State Tribes, including appropriate attire and behavior during events and activities in the community.
Topic Support Group: TBRI Connected Parent Book Club
  • Caregivers
  • Kinship Caregivers
  • English
  • Support Groups
  • 8.00 Participation
$0.00
Join us for another TBRI book club! “The Connected Parent” by Karyn Purvis and Lisa Qualls. Discussion will review TBRI principles and dive into practical parenting applications and real life strategies for understanding attachment, teaching respect, understanding sensory needs, adapting strategies for teens, and taking care of yourself.
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.
Topic Support Group: Caregiver Strategies for Holidays and Celebrations
  • Caregivers
  • Support Groups
$0.00
Holidays and celebrations can be a time of family togetherness, but they can also be a time of stress and heightened expectations. It takes intentional planning to give the children in your care a wonderful experience that includes the things that make the holiday or celebration special for everyone.  
Individual Skill Development for Supervision-Related Compliance Agreements
  • Caregivers
$0.00
The Individual Skill Development for Supervision-Related Compliance Agreements session supports caregivers who are under DCYF Licensing Division Compliance Agreements for child/youth supervision issues. DCYF Licensing Division staff will typically refer caregivers to receive this session when Compliance Agreements are established for supervision concerns.
Family First Prevention Services Act (eLearning)
  • Social Worker
  • 1.00 Participation
$0.00
In this eLearning course, we will provide an overview of the federal law Family First Prevention Services Act, which supports eliminating further trauma by placing children who need care with extended families and communities. Then we will continue with DCYF's plans in detail on implementing the Family First prevention framework by using evidence-based services to support families staying together across Washington State.
Supervisor Core Training 3.0: Coaching
  • Supervisors
  • 0.00 Participation
$0.00
As part of SCT, Supervisors will learn how to apply the Learner Centered Coaching Model in their day to day supervision with staff. The use of coaching by supervisors supports reflective supervision and increases critical thinking skills. Supervisors will engage in a final coaching session with an Alliance Coach in Month 6 of SCT. Coaching sessions can occur in 30-minute increments and are learner driven. Once the coaching session is completed, the Coach will indicate in The Learning Center that the Supervisor has officially completed SCT.

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