Title
Category
Credits
Event date
Cost
Racial Microaggressions: Developing Cross Cultural Communication Skills
  • Area Administrators
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 7.00 Participation
$0.00
Participants will leave this training with a common language and understanding of what is meant by cultural competence and the work they need to do to grow their ability to effectively engage across cultures, an understanding of Racial Microaggressions and why they are problematic, and an increased ability to have courageous conversation about difference and to effectively engage racial tension.
Coaching for Indian Child Welfare: Working With Tribes and Tribal Families
  • Area Administrators
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 3.00 Participation
$0.00
Coaching sessions are an opportunity for participants to receive training and support on critical topics that is flexible enough to respond to their current needs. Coaching sessions can involve one or several workers, and may be delivered in person, on the phone or by other real time collaboration (face-time, etc). Preferably, they allow material to be understood within a context of an actual case, and completion of current work.
Coaching for Permanency
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 3.00 Participation
$0.00
Permanency timelines; permanency from day one; engaging with families to co-create case plans; setting safety objectives; measuring progress versus compliance in cases; transition planning for children; knowing when to file for Termination of Parental Rights (TPR); understanding the court process and when to change permanency plans; understanding the adoption process; understanding parent/child visitation plans (supervised, monitored, etc.); understanding reasonable efforts versus active efforts for ICWA cases.
Culture of Family: Supporting Kin to Support Kids
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 6.00 Participation
$0.00
The class will prepare you to recognize and address the issues that Kinship Caregivers are most likely to confront, and those that often lead to placement disruption or impact child wellbeing.  Participants will leave with a host of written resources that may be helpful as they talk with caregivers about their needs and about the child’s needs, and as they guide caregivers in connecting to resources within and outside the department that will decrease stress and increase support for them and their families.
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.
Informing Decisions Through Critical Thinking
  • Social Worker
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 3.00 Participation
$0.00
Using objective evidence, recognizing patterns of behavior, considering families’ perspectives, and utilizing collaterals can improve decision-making in child welfare. Skills to ensure incorporation of new information and to identify biases, including confirmation bias, will be examined in this course to improve decision making.
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 Core Training 2.0: Foundations of Effective Leadership
  • Supervisors
  • 91.00 Participation
$0.00
Supervisor Core Training (SCT) provides the foundation for effective supervisory practice in the child welfare system. This program will prepare you to become comfortable in assuming your new role through learnings about what it means to be a supervisor in the child welfare system and understanding the new responsibilities of this position.

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