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Core/Foundation Training for Caseworkers

New staff should be fully oriented to their jobs and provided with the knowledge and skills needed to perform effectively. This requires competency-based preservice and inservice training that is tied to supervision; tailored to worker needs; and includes opportunities for experiential learning, shadowing, and coaching. When workers have the opportunity to build skills and improve their effectiveness, they are more likely to experience job satisfaction and stay committed to their work. This section provides examples of training curricula and materials for new caseworkers in six different areas of child welfare practice.

• Child abuse prevention
• Child protective services
• Out-of-home care
• Reunification
• Permanency planning
• Adoption

Activity Guide: A Tool for Beginning Child Welfare Caseworkers
Portland State University Child Welfare Partnership
Provides guided learning opportunities for caseworkers during their first year of service.

Common Core Curricula in California
California Social Work Education Center
Provides links to web-based common core curricula for California child welfare workers.

The Pennsylvania Child Welfare Training Program CORE and Specialized and Related Curricula
Pennsylvania Child Welfare Training Program
Provides links to online research-based Pennsylvania-focused workshops that promote the implementation of the Pennsylvania Standards for Child Welfare Practice and Child and Family Service Review outcomes.

Pre-Service Online Training
Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services
Provides training for Wisconsin child welfare workers on basic child welfare concepts through nine modules.

State Child Welfare Training Resources

Series Title:	Related Organizations List
Author(s):	Child Welfare Information Gateway
Availability:	View Publication
Year Published:	2009 - 12 pages

Includes links to State-specific agencies, organizations, and universities providing training and/or continuing education for the child welfare workforce.

The Universe of Child Welfare Competencies
Ohio Child Welfare Training Program
Lists the knowledge and skills required for child welfare staff, including information for caseworkers, supervisors, parent aides, and foster, adoptive, or kinship caregivers.

	Information Gateway Library Search Includes publications from 2002 to present Core training for child welfare workers

Child Welfare Information Gateway encourages organizations to submit resources from their workforce or training efforts for inclusion in our library. Send information to library@childwelfare.gov.

Updated on July 8, 2009