Title
Category
Credits
Event date
Cost
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.
Coaching for Regional Core Training Continuation
  • Social Worker
  • English
  • 3.00 Participation
$0.00
Coaching for Regional Core Training (RCT) Continuation provides an opportunity for you to enhance your skills after you graduate from RCT in a focused area of practice pertinent to your daily work/practice in child welfare. Identified goals are created and measured for progress toward those goals by both you and your coach after each session. Coaching sessions are offered by an Alliance coach at 30, 60, 90 and 120 days after the RCT class is completed.
Basics of Child Development and Effective Discipline (eLearning)
  • English
  • 2.25 Participation
$0.00
In this course, you will learn about the overall principles of human development. You will briefly consider issues relevant to the first year of life, like safe sleep and the dangers of shaking a baby, which impact DCYF’s work in many areas. You will learn why events of early childhood have a tremendous impact on the rest of a child’s life, and the importance of safe and stable relationships with adults during the vulnerable early childhood years.
Basics of Domestic Violence in Child Welfare (eLearning)
  • Social Worker
  • 1.00 Participation
$0.00
The purpose of this e-learning is to provide foundational information about what domestic violence is, and how it can affect child safety. This eLearning also highlights CA’s domestic violence policies and best practices, found in CA’s Social Worker’s Practice Guide to Domestic Violence. It’s recommended that staff complete this e-learning prior to attending “Domestic Violence and Child Welfare” Course Code ILT 110229.
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.
Youth Missing From Care for Caregivers (eLearning)
  • Caregivers
  • Kinship Caregivers
  • English
  • 1.50 Participation
$0.00
This 1 hour in-service eLearning is designed to provide caregivers with the information needed to identify, support, and intervene with youth who are living in care and are at risk of running away. Caregivers will learn the characteristics associated with youth who are at risk for running away, and key strategies to reduce the likelihood of them running. Legal and procedural requirements are presented so caregivers can successfully partner with Social Service Specialists and understand what steps to take when a youth is missing from care, and when they 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.
Working With Clients With Limited English Proficiency (eLearning)
  • Social Worker
  • English
  • 0.50 Participation
$0.00
In this course, participants learn the policies, procedures and best practices for using interpreter and translation services when working with CA clients with limited English proficiency.  Participants learn how interpreter services assist in helping families achieve permanency by enhancing communication between families and the social worker.  Participants also learn how to appropriately and accurately document the use of interpreter and translation services for LEP clients in FamLink, as well as how to navigate the CA Intranet to identify LEP tools and resources in order to best meet the
Understanding Autism: Reflections and Insights From Parents and Professionals (eLearning)
  • Caregivers
  • Kinship Caregivers
  • English
  • 1.00 Participation
$0.00
The University of Washington Research in Early Autism Detection and Intervention Lab (READi Lab) focuses on conducting research related to early identification and intervention for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), which is also referred to as autism.
Supervisor Core Training 1.1: Essential Professional Tools
  • Supervisors
  • English
  • 7.00 Participation
$0.00
Supervisor Core Training 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 and field based activities about what it means to be a supervisor in the child welfare system and understanding the new responsibilities of this position. You will be assigned a coach upon notification of hire to support you through the learning. Part 1.1 of this course is designed to provide you critical information needed on Day 1 in your new role.

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