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

Course Syllabus IV-E Functions
Addressed
Training
early, middle and late adolescent stages; teaches assessment tools
to measure adolescents’ level of skill and competency, and to use
a team approach to providing independent living services.
Increases understanding of principles of mutual involvement;
social worker and adolescent communication.
Preparation for and
participation in judicial
determination; Case
management and
supervision; Referral to
services.
Adoption
7 hour training designed to provide social caseworkers with the
knowledge and tools necessary in preparing children for adoption.
Course increases knowledge and awareness of DCYF and
contracted agencies; family systems in adoption work; separation
and loss issues; recognizing attachment disorders; identifying
appropriate home studies; knowledge of the importance of postplacement
support and treatment services and strategies to ensure
that services are provided to children and their adoptive families.
Development of the service
plan; Placement of the child;
Preparation for and
participation in judicial
determination; Case
management and
supervision; Referral to
services; and Case review.
The Department has implemented new core pre-service and in-service modules
for the classification of Child Support Technician (CST), and additional core training
modules for Social Caseworker II classifications. In the listing of courses that follow,
each module includes classes that may address direct IV-E functions, general
administration activities; or both. The pre-service CST modules are listed below:
Course
Module I: Fundamental
Issues of Public Child
Welfare
Module II: Working
Effectively with Families
Child Support Technician – Pre-Service Modules
Syllabus
11 hour course instruction covering the following
areas:
° Overview of Child Welfare Institute
° DCYF Mission/Vision and Chain of
Command
° Ethics and Professional Behavior in Child
Welfare
° Child Welfare Reporting Laws
° Overview of pre-field experience and building
competency
° HIPAA Confidentiality
° Car Seat Safety
15 hour course instruction covering the following:
° Permanency Planning and Family-Centered
Practice
° How to assess for strengths
° Foundational visitation
° Overview: Wrap Around Services
° Broken Child Video
° Using child welfare to promote fatherhood
IV-E Functions
Addressed
General Administration.
Placement of the child;
Referral to services; Case
management and
supervision. General
administration.
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