CFSP 5 Year Plan - RI Department of Children, Youth & Families

Course Syllabus IV-E Functions
Addressed
participants; creating an ongoing service plan; and terminating a
service plan.
Case Profile
Narratives,
RICHIST
Child
Development
I and II
Collaboration
and
Resources
Court Letters
and Dictation
Court Visit
3 hour training relating to RICHIST (SACWIS) data system for
maintaining case information; review of case history; recording
personal information; e.g., aka names, address tab, relationship
tab, maintain participant information window, red flag; and adding
participants to cases; e.g., search, create a person, complete
participant information, activate participant and update living
arrangements.
3 day workshop providing an overview of normative development
in infancy, childhood and adolescence as a guide in the assessment
and service planning for families in which abuse and/or neglect
has occurred.
Community Partners Resource Fair – 6 hours – offers a blend of
service providers and contracted community partners to inform
participants of resources in the community.
Poverty Institute – 6 hour training – addresses the federal financial
and medical programs to assist families when children are
removed and reunified. Also addresses resources available to
ensure healthy family life.
RI Foster Parents Assn. – 3 hour training – identifies the support
system for foster parents and the resources available to them and
foster children.
6 hour training – develops an understanding of court terminology;
the roles of the participants in court proceedings. Provides
examples of court letters and writing exercise with emphasis on a
clear and concise outline.
3 hour site visit to Family Court to provide understanding that
Family Court is an integral part of the child welfare practice. The
visit provides social workers with a view of court proceedings and
introduction to judges.
Data collection and
reporting; Development of
the service plan; Case
management and
supervision; Case reviews
Placement of the child;
Development of the service
plan; Case management and
supervision; Case reviews
Referral to services; Case
management and
supervision; Placement of
the child.
Preparation for and
participation in judicial
determinations; Case
management and
supervision; case reviews
Preparation for and
participation in judicial
determinations; Case
management and
supervision; case reviews
Discuss Court
and Field
Preparation
6 hour training – attends court as field experience in both Family
and Juvenile Court. Develops understanding of case activity notes
(CAN) dictation – the written documentation of everything that a
social caseworker II does in relation to a case; providing the basis
for most other written work: service plans, assessments, social
summaries, and court letters.
Preparation for and
participation in judicial
determinations; Case
management and
supervision; case reviews
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