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Core/Foundation Training for Caseworkers: Child Protective Services
Resources include core/foundation training curricula and materials for child protective services (CPS) caseworkers that address topics such as safety assessment and safety planning, the development of service or case plans, worker safety, and more. Resources include State and local examples.
Child Protective Services: A Guide for Caseworkers. 2003
This manual examines the roles and responsibilities of child protective services (CPS) workers. It describes the purposes, key decisions, and issues of each stage of the CPS process: intake, initial assessment/investigation, family assessment, case planning, service provision, evaluation of family progress and case closure. The manual also covers strategies for casework supervision, training, and support. Appendices include a glossary of terms, resource listings of selected national organizations, State toll-free telephone numbers for reporting child abuse, and the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics. 8 tables and 173 references.
The CPS Worker: Making a Case for Safety
National Children's Advocacy Center (2007)
Provides CPS workers and other home visitors with information on how to identify potentially harmful conditions and defuse volatile situations.
Curriculum Guide for Instruction in Child Maltreatment (PDF - 458 KB)
American Psychological Association (2006)
Includes topics that could be incorporated into a curriculum on child maltreatment and a list of references that provide information about each topic.
Indian Tribal CPS Safety Intervention: Safety Assessment, Analysis and Planning Workshop (PDF - 2210 KB)
Holder (2004)
Provides information on safety assessment and safety planning to child protective services staff who are responsible for working with Native American children and families on a reservation.
Keeping Children Safe
Keeping Children Safe Coalition (2006)
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Helps agencies at international, national, and local levels put child protection standards into practice using flexible training exercises and materials to help organizations train child protection staff.
Protective Supervision: An Exploratory Study - Strengthening the Capacity to Respond to Children in High-Risk Families: Title IV-E Curriculum Module
University of Minnesota Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (2007)
Presents a training on protective supervision, a strategy that grants an agency court-ordered authority to supervise children while they remain in the legal custody and in the home of their parent(s).
Tough Problems, Tough Choices: Guidelines for Needs-Based Service Planning in Child Welfare
American Humane (2003)
Assists child welfare caseworkers in making decisions about the development of service or case plans and the delivery of child welfare services.
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State and local examples
BSD Core Participant Manual: Fundamentals of CPS Practice (PDF - 3440 KB)
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (2004)
Prepares caseworkers with the basic skills they need to provide effective child protective services.
Child Protective Services: Process, Practice, and Policy: Electronic Participant Guide (PDF - 3320 KB)
Georgia Division of Family and Children Services (2007)
Teaches intake, investigation, policies and procedures, and family-centered practice in child protective services.
CVS Participant Manual (PDF - 2379 KB)
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (2005)
Provides information on ethics, cultural competency, risk and safety assessments, service plans, and other topics to Texas child protective services workers.
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