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STAFF RESOURCES:

CAREGIVER RESOURCES:


STAFF RESOURCES

Assessor Tier I Resources:

Supervisor Coaching Tool for Assessor Skill Building Activities

Tier I Skill Building Activities are now listed as the first item under each Tier One module below

Services for Birth Parents

Placement Strategies Post-Finalization Adoption Assistance Family & Child Assessment

Pre-Finalization Adoption Services

Assessor Tier II Resources:

Supervisor Coaching Tool for Assessor Skill Building Activities

Tier II Skill Building Activities are now listed as the first item under each Tier One module below

Achieving Permanency

Cultural Issues in Permanency Planning Gathering & Documenting Background Information Openness in Adoption ODJFS 1680 Form

Assessor Refresher Resources:


Caseworker Core Resources:

Field Guide to Child Welfare (Rycus & Hughes). The Field Guide covers all of the Caseworker Core competencies and many of the specialized and related competencies for caseworkers. It is available in text format through the Child Welfare League of America or can be accessed online. Download a one-page flyer on the Field Guide. The Field Guide is comprised of the following four volumes:

  • Volume I: Foundations of Child Protective Services
  • Volume II: Case Planning and Family-Centered Casework
  • Volume III: Child Development and Child Welfare
  • Volume IV: Placement and Permanence

Caseworker Core Checklist

Module I: Family-Centered Approach to CPS

Module II: Engaging Families in Family-Centered CPS

Module III: Legal Aspects of Family-Centered CPS

Module IV: Assessment in Family-Centered CPS

Module V: Investigative Processes in Family-Centered CPS

Module VI: Case Planning and Family-Centered Child Protective Services

Module VII: Child Development--Implications for Family-Centered CPS

Module VIII: Separation, Placement, & Reunification in Family-Centered CPS


Supervisor Core Resources:

Module 1: Casework Supervision

Module 2: Leadership in Child Welfare

Module 3: Communication, Conflict & Change

Module 4: Improving Individual Staff Performance

Module 5: Professional Development of Staff

Module 6: Collaboration and Teamwork


Culture and Diversity Resources:


Trauma Resources:

NCTSN's Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit Handouts

Module 1: Creating Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Practice: Introduction to the Essential Elements (Module 1 and Module 2 of NCTSN curriculum)

Module II: The Impact of Trauma on Children’s Behavior, Development, and Relationships (Module 3 of NCTSN curriculum)

Module III: Assessment of a Child’s Trauma Experiences (Module 4 of NCTSN curriculum)

Module IV: Providing Support and Managing Stress (Module 5 and 6 of NCTSN curriculum)

Post Training Action Planning Tool:

Personal Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Practice Action Plan: Daily Strategies

 


Sexual Abuse Intervention Module Resources:

Investigating Child Sexual Abuse Cases


Family Search and Engagement Resources:


CAREGIVER RESOURCES

Preservice Resources:

901-PS1-S: Orientation to Foster Care, Adoption, and Kinship Care Handouts

Session 1 PowerPoint

902-PS2-S: The Child Protection Team Handouts

Session 2 PowerPoint

903-PS3-S: The Effects of Child Abuse or Neglect on Child Development Handouts

Session 3 PowerPoint

904-PS4-S: Attachment, Separation, and Placement Handouts

Session 4 PowerPoint

905-PS5-S: Managing Behavior Handouts

Session 5 PowerPoint

905-PS6-S: Preventing and De-escalating Crisis Handouts

Session 6 PowerPoint

907-PS7-S: Cultural Issues in Placement Handouts

Session 7 PowerPoint

908-PS8-S: Understanding  Primary Families Handouts

Session 8 PowerPoint

903-PS9-S: Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused Handouts

Session 9 PowerPoint

906-PS10-S: The Effects of Caregiving on the Caregiver Family Handouts

Session 10 PowerPoint

Session 10 Communicable Disease Information

909-PS11-S: Permanency for Children Handouts

Session 11 PowerPoint

909-PS12-S: Permanency for Families Handouts

Session 12 PowerPoint

 


Foster Care Fundamentals Resources:

Fundamentals of Fostering Flyer and Workshop Descriptions

Recognizing and Responding to Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused Handouts

Discipline Handouts

Understanding the Effects of Fostering Handouts

Primary Family to Foster Family Handouts

Defusing Crisis Safely and Sanely Handouts

Culture Issues in Foster Care Handouts

Understanding and Building Attachment Handouts

Adolescent Development Handouts

Fostering Self-Reliance in Youth Handouts

Infant and Toddler Development and the Effects of Abuse and Neglect Handouts

Development of Preschool and School Age Children and the Impact of Abuse and Neglect handouts

 


Trauma Resources:

NCTSN's Caring for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma Participant Handbook 

 

 

 


 

 

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