Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Various Dates (choose one): 10/16 or 10/23 from 12-2pm
Location: SYSC Admin Building
Audience: SYSC Priority, DCYF Staff
In this course, the participants will learn to recognize and respond to life threatening emergencies as well as learn the basics of rendering first aid. The participants will also learn how to properly use an automatic external defibrillator.
Assessment Practice Series
The Assessment Practice Series is multi-part series designed to enhance the skills and knowledge of child welfare professionals in conducting thorough and effective assessments of child abuse, neglect, and other critical issues. This comprehensive series covers a range of essential topics to equip participants with the tools needed to make informed, accurate decisions when assessing the safety and well-being of children. By the end of the series, participants will have enhanced their ability to conduct holistic, trauma-informed, and accurate assessments in child welfare cases, ultimately improving outcomes for children and families.
Register, in Cornerstone, for any or all of the following one hour training taking place on Team's.
- Introduction to Assessment -10/24/2024 at 9am
- Abuse - 11/8/2024 at 9am
- Chronic Neglect - 11/22/2024 at 9am
- Medical Child Abuse - 12/13/2024 at 9am
- SEI Assessments - 1/17/2025 at 9am
- Assessing the Environment - 1/24/2025 at 9am
- Interviewing Children - 2/7/2025 at 9am
- Interviewing Parents and Perpetrators - 2/21/2025 at 9am
- Collaterals - 3/7/2025 at 9am
Available Now On Cornerstone!!
To register for the following courses in Cornerstone, visit https://dhhs.csod.com/login/render.aspx?id=defaultclp
- When searching for an advanced training, type in the course name in the Learning Search and hit Enter.
- You will be provided with any available item with that topic. To complete the full course and receive training credit, choose the one indicating Curriculum.
Supporting Families Dealing with Grief and Loss
This course explores grief and loss within the context of a child being removed from their home and put into foster care. Participants will learn about theoretical frameworks surrounding grief, including the five stages of grief, ambiguous loss, and unresolved grief. Additionally, the course will address the unique impact of grief on children, teens, and adults, as well as strategies for supporting families through separation, grief, and loss.
This self-guided training is available to all DCYF staff.
Child in Need of Services (CHINS)
This self-guided training will take approximately 3 hours to complete and provides a broad overview of the CHINS (Child in Need of Services) process, its potential impacts, and the necessary steps needed to initiate CHINS proceedings. This training includes connections to trends in the juvenile justice system, the importance and impacts of early tiered interventions, and how CHINS is one part of a complex system of supports.
This self-guided training is intended for CPSWs and JPPOs.
Safe Sleep
This 2-hour self-led course is designed for DCYF workers to learn about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID), and safe sleep practices. This course includes explorations of behaviors that increase and decrease the risk of SIDS, common misunderstandings, addressing and documenting unsafe sleep practices during home visits, and working with caregivers to reduce the risk of SIDS and SUID.
This self-guided training is intended for CPSWs and JPPOs.
Best Interest Determination (BID)
The Best Interest Determination (BID) meeting is a collaborative effort to ensure a child or youth's best interest when moved into placement. Participants will discover the necessity of educational stability during their transition to foster/kinship care. This course will provide learners with the background and strategies to successfully advocate for the educational best interest of a child or youth.
This self-guided training is intended for CPSWs and JPPOs.
Family Facilitated Human Trafficking
Family Facilitated Human Trafficking provides learners with an introduction to familial human trafficking and an understanding of its variability in presentation. Common misconceptions and unconscious bias will be explored with emphasis placed on how these may contribute to challenges in identifying and prosecuting family facilitated human trafficking cases. In addition, this course identifies the victimology of sex trafficking and the unique characteristics and challenges presented by family facilitated human trafficking, including common roadblocks to identification and the importance of best practices when screening youth.
This self-guided training is intended for all DCYF staff.
Managing and Balancing Priorities
In this course, participants will explore the unique benefits and challenges of time management in the DCYF work environment. Participants will review their current physical work environments, current time management challenges, and explore strategies and tools for decreasing distractions and improving productivity. Special emphasis will be placed on self-care in social services professions and its effects on professional longevity.
This self-guided training is intended for all DCYF staff.
Being an LGBTQ+ Ally
Being an LGBTQ+ Ally will provide an opportunity for participants to explore issues related to working with youth and important people in their lives who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, or are questioning their sexual orientation, and all those who fall outside the binaries of gender and sexuality. (LGBTQ+). The course will explore societal views of gender and sexuality, culturally sensitive language, common challenges for LGBTQ youth, and strategies for being an ally. In this course, the term “youth” is often used to describe children and adolescents. Feelings, thoughts, concerns, and questions relating to sexuality and gender can occur from a very young age throughout the lifespan. This is a relevant topic regardless of the age of youth that you work with.
Results Oriented Management (ROM)
Introduction to ROM (Results Oriented Management) is a self-paced course that provides learning opportunities to explore the basic and advanced reporting functionalities of ROM and its data-sharing capabilities. By learning to use these functionalities, we can better utilize data to improve communication and support our organizational needs.
Travel Reimbursement for In Person (Hosted by CWEP or DHHS) Mileage
If you are submitting travel reimbursement to DHHS for attending DHHS Advanced/Ongoing training (Hosted by CWEP or DHHS),
Please use the following information on your mileage document:
Agency Name – DHHS/DCYF Prof. Development, ACCT UNIT/ORG – 3220, Activity/Job# - 42102019
Other CWEP Professional Development Opportunities are Available Now!
To register for the courses below, click on the links below to take you to the calendar page and registration links.
Caregiver Ongoing Training (COT) ~ Classes for all licensed caregivers, CASA volunteers, family violence prevention specialists, State staff, and more. Participating in training hand-in-hand with the caregivers you are working with is a win/win, helping you assist them with the challenges they are working through.