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Core Training
Core Training For Line Workers
This program component is responsible for delivering competency-based
curricula to new staff in public child welfare services. Activities are
designed to ensure that new workers receive the knowledge, skills, and attitudes
necessary for their jobs, and to ensure that managers and supervisors
reinforce, monitor, and promote what is learned in the classroom to the
work site. The training consists of 17 days of training for the new worker
and one day of Transfer of Learning training for his/her supervisor.
Central California Training Academy
Core Training Outline
Day 1:
Framework for Child Welfare Practice in CaliforniaDay 2:
Child Welfare Practice in a Multi-Cultural Environment ½ day
Indian Child Welfare Act ½ dayDay 3:
Values & Ethics ½ day
Supporting Educational Rights & Achievement ½ dayDay 4 & 5:
Child & Youth Development in a Child Welfare Context 2 daysDay 6 -8:
Child Maltreatment Identification Part I: Neglect, Physical 1½ days
Abuse, & Emotional Abuse Child Maltreatment Identification Part II: Sexual Abuse & Exploitation 1½ daysDay 9:
Critical Thinking in Child Welfare Assessment: Safety, Risk,& Protective Capacity 1 dayDay 10:
Basic Interviewing 1 dayDay 11:
Domestic Violence 1 dayDay 12:
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Mental Health Issues in Child Welfare 1 dayDay 14:
Worker Safety in Child Welfare Practice ½ day
Time Management & Stress Management in Child Welfare Practice ½ dayDay 15:
Court Procedures 1 dayDay 16
CWS Documentation for Use in the Legal System 1 day
Day 17-18:
Family Engagement in Case Planning & Case Management 2 days
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Day 19:
CWS/CMS Component ½ dayDay 20-21:
Placement & Permanency 2 days
TOTAL TRAINING DAYS: 20.5 DAYS
All trainings must be delivered in sequence specified.