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Education and Training Partnerships

States use a variety of models to train the child welfare workforce and improve workers' effectiveness in meeting the needs of children, youth, and families. Find links to State training websites and resources for developing and improving training systems.

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State Child Welfare Training Resources Series Title: Related Organizations Lists Author(s): Child Welfare Information Gateway Availability: View Publication Year Published: 2010 - 12 pages   Includes links to State-specific agencies, organizations, and universities providing training and/or continuing education for the child welfare workforce. Building Effective Training Systems for Child Welfare Agencies (PDF - 360 KB) National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (2008) Provides child welfare agencies and Tribal leadership teams with a training system assessment process and tool and presents strategies for developing a mature training system. Title IV-E Child Welfare Agency/University Partnerships University of Louisville School of Social Work Discusses partnerships between universities and child welfare agencies to develop education programs that prepare future child welfare workers and train current providers.

Charting the Impacts of University-Child Welfare Collaboration
Briar-Lawson & Zlotnik (Eds.)
Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 7(1/2), 2003
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Addresses the challenges of implementing initiatives to recruit students into public child welfare, focusing on training and administrative funding, collaborative practices, delivery of educational content, and preparation challenges faced by educators.

The Comprehensive, Competency-Based Inservice Training System: Program Components and Implementation Activities (PDF - 84 KB)
Institute for Human Services (2008)
Describes objectives and action steps for developing a training system to give child welfare system staff knowledge and skills to provide high-quality, family-centered, culturally competent services to abused and neglected children and their families.

Creating an Effective Child Welfare Training System (PDF - 67 KB)
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (2005)
Discusses key components of an effective training system and strategies for assessing an agency's training system in three phases.

Interdisciplinary Training for Public Agency Workers and Supervisors to Improve Child Welfare Services
Faller (2001)
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Provides outlines and information on an interdisciplinary training program for public agency workers delivered in three regions as well as through an Internet-based distance learning component.

Key Strategies to Educate Public Child Welfare Workers and Improve Child Welfare Systems
Zlotnik, McCarthy, & Briar-Lawson
Evaluation Exchange, 11(4), 2006
Reviews research and evaluation findings on public agency-university partnerships to educate public child welfare workers and the impact of such partnerships on workforce retention.

Lessons Learned From an Innovative University-Community Agency Collaboration: The Development of a Direct Practice Training for Child Welfare and Mental Health Social Workers
Boyd, Morrow, Shobe, & Tack
Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, 9(2), 2006
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Reports on the development and implementation of a six-session training series, lessons learned, and suggestions for future training.

Report of the ACF Region V 2008 Roundtable on Child Welfare Training Systems (PDF - 133 KB)
Children's Bureau (2009)
Presents results from a roundtable discussion on mutual training issues, challenges, and successes from five States: Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Topics include curriculum development, coaching and mentoring, supporting supervisors, and e-learning and learning management systems.

Review of the Literature on Child Welfare Training: Theory, Practice, and Research (PDF - 4560 KB)
Collins, Amodeo, & Clay (2007)
Reviews macro issues impacting child welfare training, describes training practice and delivery approaches, discusses the development of partnership models between public child welfare agencies and institutions of higher education, and presents information on evaluation research.

Strategies for Developing Competency Models (PDF - 190 KB)
Marrelli, Tondora, & Hoge
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 32(5/6), 2005
Presents an overview of competency models and describes the seven steps involved in creating a competency model for a specific function, role, or position.

University/Child Welfare Agency Partnerships: Building a Bridge Between the Ivory Tower and the State Office Building
Collins-Camargo & Hoffman
Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, 9(2), 2006
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Explores the rationale for and aspects of a true partnership between university social work programs and public child welfare agencies.

University-Child Welfare Partnerships: Familiar Collaborations, New Possibilities
Dickinson & Gil de Gibaja
Protecting Children, 19(3), 2004
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Identifies the components of successful partnerships and highlights trends and opportunities for the future.

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Funding child welfare training

Enhancing Child Welfare Service Delivery: Promoting Agency-Social Work Education Partnerships
Zlotnik
Policy and Practice, 59, 2001
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Presents different models for agency-social work education partnerships and discusses funding opportunities for these partnerships.

Operational Issues in Child Welfare Training Grants Management (PDF - 39 KB)
Jhirad-Reich (2002)
Offers some solutions to grant management issues, including the project start date, involvement of deans and directors in the pre- and postgrant award process, coordination with State and local child welfare agencies, and evaluation of training effectiveness.

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Updated on February 2, 2010