Resources include training curricula and materials for child welfare caseworkers on cultural competence in child welfare, including information on the Multiethnic Placement Act, transracial adoption, disproportionality in the child welfare system, and strategies for providing culturally competent services. Resources include State and local examples.
Casework: What it Really Takes
Child Welfare Information Gateway (2018)
Offers guidance and examples from former caseworkers on how to manage time, energy, and emotion for new or future caseworkers, along with tips on how to perform the work.
Enhancing Positive Outcomes in Transracial Adoptive Families
California Social Work Education Center (2004)
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Provides current, relevant, and sensitive information about the experiences and challenges of transracial adoptive families with the goal of improving the quality of services and supports provided to these unique families.
Evidence-Based Practice in Child Welfare in the Context of Cultural Competence
University of Minnesota School of Social Work (2008)
Offers six online training modules addressing issues related to cultural competence, child welfare, and evidence-based practice.
Race Matters Toolkit
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Designed to help advocates mobilize resources for vulnerable populations of color in order to reduce racial disparities/disproportionality and promote racial equity.
State and local examples
Cultural Sensitivity Training for Community Service Providers Working With Hispanic Adoptive Families: A Prototype Curriculum for Development of Cultural Sensitivity Toward Hispanic Families
Adoption Exchange (2003)
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Offers handouts and overheads to train adoption workers to improve practice with adoptive families within the Hispanic population of New Mexico.
Culturally Competent Practice With Latino Families (Georgia) (PDF - 588 KB)
Georgia Division of Family and Children's Services (2007)
Provides participants with an introduction to the basic concepts of culturally competent practice and specific skills and knowledge for culturally competent practice with Latino families.
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