Title
Category
Credits
Event date
Cost
Area Administrator Core Training (AACT)
  • Area Administrators
  • English
  • 36.00 Participation
$0.00
New managers need to achieve competency in understanding the child welfare practice as well as in the higher levels of systems management. This course provides managers with an introduction of baseline competencies for middle managers in public child welfare, and opportunities to develop and practice new skills regarding these competencies. Managing self, managing others, managing systems and managing outward are the four main themes integrated throughout this course.
Suicide Prevention LEARN® Training by Forefront for Workforce
  • Social Worker
  • English
  • 3.00 Participation
$0.00
LEARN is a suicide awareness training that helps participants identify and act on signs of suicide. The training was developed in the School of Social Work by noted Suicidologist, Dr. Jennifer Stuber, and is based on best practices outlined by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA). LEARN® is designed to empower individuals to help others move in the direction of hope, recovery, and survival. Presenters for this training are contracted and trained by Forefront Suicide Prevention.
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.
Worker Safety
  • Social Worker
  • English
  • 6.00 Participation
$0.00
Worker Safety – a one-day mandatory training for social service specialists, covering such topics as:• Types of workplace violence related to social work practice• Predictors of violent behavior• Recognizing escalating behavior• Safety in the field• Safety precautions in methamphetamine sites• Resources and support for worker safety• Working with law enforcement
Harm Reduction and Safety Planning With Substance Using Families
  • Social Worker
  • English
  • 6.00 Participation
$0.00
This 6-hour webinar will provide participants with an understanding of substance use and when it affects the safety of children in the family, how to safety plan with families who have children of all ages (0-18), how to support clients in their treatment programs, and how to measure progress sufficient to have mitigated the safety threats to the children.
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.
Supporting a Kinship-First Culture in a Workforce Environment
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 6.00 Participation
$0.00
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Right Response: Level 4
  • Area Administrators
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 14.00 Participation
$0.00
The RIGHT RESPONSE Workshop is primarily prevention training. The Advanced Level 4 training is a full 14-hour certification which provides the skills of Prevention, De-escalation, Postvention and Physical Interventions, including Escorts and Therapeutic Holds. Attendees learn to use physical intervention as the last resort to maintaining safety and learn more proactive alternatives which can prevent dangerous incidents and increase safety.Attendees that complete the workshop receive a 1 year certification and recertification training will be offered annually.
Next Steps For Intake Staff In Their First Year
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 12.00 Participation
$0.00
As DCYF intake workers who have finished the introductory eLearning trainings and worked at least six months on the job, you’re ready to take a deeper dive into the intake world by advancing your skills when working with Special Circumstance Intakes. In this course you’ll learn more about how to effectively document intakes that involve Substance Exposed Newborns, Domestic Violence (DV), Commercially Sexually Exploited Children (CSEC) and Indian Child Welfare (ICW). You’ll also discuss intakes related to providers, critical incidents, and consider legal issues related to intakes. 

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