CFSP 5 Year Plan - RI Department of Children, Youth & Families
CFSP 5 Year Plan - RI Department of Children, Youth & Families
CFSP 5 Year Plan - RI Department of Children, Youth & Families
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Child Protective Services (CPS) Training Modules<br />
Course Syllabus Type <strong>of</strong> Training<br />
awareness <strong>of</strong> and referral procedures for community<br />
resources.<br />
Call Floor<br />
Training<br />
1 day training designed to develop knowledge and<br />
understanding <strong>of</strong> CPS investigators on how to screen and<br />
evaluate reports made to the Child Abuse/Neglect Hotline.<br />
This includes call floor protocol, learning telephone etiquette<br />
and investigative techniques, prioritizing information,<br />
understanding the four criteria for abuse/neglect reports,<br />
investigative decision-making, writing a CPS report narrative,<br />
the protocol for routing child welfare information and making<br />
child welfare referrals. Afternoon session includes training<br />
on entering information into the <strong>RI</strong>CHIST system.<br />
Core training<br />
provided to new<br />
CPIs<br />
Worker Safety<br />
Legal Concepts<br />
6 hour training – to instruct staff on preventive techniques<br />
including verbal messages to de-escalate acting out behavior;<br />
understanding <strong>of</strong> the team approach and therapeutic physical<br />
intervention, applying personal safety techniques to avoid<br />
injury; and post-vention activities focusing on building<br />
therapeutic techniques to be implemented after acting out<br />
behavior has occurred.<br />
3 hour training designed to increase knowledge and<br />
competency in the area <strong>of</strong> legal information for CPS<br />
investigators through lecture and the review <strong>of</strong> pertinent child<br />
protection laws. The course provides training on:<br />
Preponderance <strong>of</strong> evidence<br />
Evidence rules for CPIs<br />
Types <strong>of</strong> evidence/gathering evidence<br />
Hearsay (<strong>RI</strong>GL 14-1-68 and 69)<br />
Laws relating to investigations/holds/examinations<br />
(<strong>RI</strong>GL 40-11-1, etc)<br />
Licensing (<strong>RI</strong>GL 42-72.1-4)<br />
Confidentiality (<strong>RI</strong>GL 42-72-8)<br />
Documentation<br />
Testifying<br />
o Expert testimony<br />
Relative placement (<strong>RI</strong>GL 14-1-27; 42-72.1-4)<br />
Administrative hearing process (<strong>RI</strong>GL 42-35-1, etc)<br />
Verbal and written ex parte orders (<strong>RI</strong>GL 40-11-7 etc)<br />
Core training for<br />
all CPIs<br />
Core training for<br />
CPIs<br />
Child Exploitation<br />
and Internet: A<br />
Law Enforcement<br />
Perspective<br />
2 day training provided by the Naval Criminal Investigative<br />
Service (NCIS), designed to increase the knowledge <strong>of</strong> Child<br />
Protective Investigators regarding the increasing use <strong>of</strong> the<br />
internet as a medium for child pornography and the<br />
Topical training<br />
for CPIs<br />
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