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

Course Syllabus IV-E Functions
Addressed
Placements
3-6 hour training – participants develop skills and knowledge for
completing a referral packet for placement that will preserve a
child’s safety, well-being and permanency planning. Emphasis is
on ensuring the best match and fit for an appropriate placement,
and understanding the impact of placement on a child. Care Mgt.
Team representatives provide information on residential
placement requests and recommendations.
Placement of the child;
Referral to services; Case
management and
supervision; Case reviews
Placements
RICHIST and
Title IV-E
6 hours total inclusive of work with Placement Unit and Care Mgt.
Team staff – participants learn computer skills relating to
documenting a placement through the request window;
documenting placement through the placement window;
documenting placement ending; documenting AOL; updating
living arrangements; amending a placement; and calculating a
foster care rate.
Placement of the child; Data
collection and reporting
RICHIST
Coaching
3 hours provided to support development of computer skills in
documenting placement requests in RICHIST (SACWIS) data
system.
Data collection and
reporting
RICHIST
Basics I, II,
III
Risk/Needs
Assessment
Visitation
Adolescent
Provides participants with 14 hours of training on basic software
packages to develop skills necessary for communications, file
management, and case documentation, as well as accessing online
resources.
3-6 hour training – develops understanding of important
differences between risk and safety; why each is assessed; what
the assessments reveal and what actions are indicated as a result of
each assessment. Participants actively engage in exercises related
to each within the context of family centered practice.
Professional experienced in trauma assessment provide an
overview of current research in the field of psychological trauma
and an introduction to trauma informed clinical treatment and case
management.
6 hour training (1 and ½ days) includes tour of the Providence
Children’s Museum – develops understanding of the expectation
of visitation practice from theoretical and practical perspectives.
Links visitation practice with DCYF policy, ASFA, familycentered
practice, assessment and permanency planning as a
means of promoting a best practice approach to visitation.
Develops an understanding of importance of team approach
consisting of biological family, placement resource, service
providers, child and worker; and increases understanding of how
emotional aspects of the children and families’ lives can impact on
and are integral to visitation preparation and process.
3 separate programs (12 hours total) to teach participants a
developmentally based model for independent living - focuses on
Data collection and
reporting
Referral to services;
Development of the service
plan; Placement of the child;
Preparation for and
participation in judicial
determination; Case
management and
supervision
Referral to services;
Development of the service
plan; Placement of the child;
Preparation for and
participation in judicial
determination; Case
management and
supervision
Development of the service
plan; Placement of the child;
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