ABOUT CHILDREN'S

Field Activity Debrief

• Ability to relate one's experiences in the field to those of other workers and to our practice model, SBC.
• Ability to self-assess regarding where further support is needed as well as areas of proficiency related to frequent job functions.
• Ability to use the "language" of CA and of best practice when discussing social work activities or responsibilities.

SBC Informed Case Planning and Assessment of Progress

• Ability to collaborate with clients to develop service plans that identify behaviorally specific goals which reduce safety threats and risks.
• Ability to incorporate family and individual level objectives into a service plan.
• Ability to assess the progress of a case plan based on behavioral indicators as well as compliance with services.

Adolescent Issues

• Ability to identify the legal and policy requirements that direct services for children in care.
• Ability to understand the role of the social worker in the life of a child/youth in care.
• Ability to minimize the impact of separation and placement of children in care.
• Ability to apply knowledge of child development to social work with children.

Legal Day - The Life of a Dependency

• Ability to describe the child welfare legal process and the social worker's role.
• Ability to identify and understand the laws related to the dependency process.

Family Assessment

• Ability to connect the Family Assessment to the process of assessing the needs of a given family and coming to consensus about a case plan.
• Ability to accurately complete the Family Assessment in FamLink.

SBC Informed Case Planning and Assessment of Progress

• Ability to collaborate with clients to develop service plans that identify behaviorally specific goals which reduce safety threats and risks.
• Ability to incorporate family and individual level objectives into a service plan.
• Ability to assess the progress of a case plan based on behavioral indicators as well as compliance with services.

Introduction to Domestic Violence for the Child Welfare Worker

• Ability to gather information about the possibility of domestic violence from a variety of sources.
• Ability to ask family members and others about domestic violence in a way that increases the likelihood of disclosure and minimizes the risk to the victim.
• Ability to conduct a specialized domestic violence assessment to determine the risks posed by domestic violence in a particular family.
• Ability to identify appropriate community resources for all family members.
• Ability to seek help and consultation around domestic violence when the worker doesn’t have the skills or knowledge to proceed safely and effectively.

Individual Service and Safety Plan (ISSP)

• Ability to plan and prepare for the writing of a quality ISSP, including gathering pertinent information from multiple sources.
• Ability to identify timelines for distribution of the ISSP, and parties that receive a copy.
• Ability to complete an ISSP appropriately, providing information about the permanent and alternate plan, progress of parents, and the safety and well being of the child.
• Ability to articulate the main components of the case plan in a manner that is easily understandable to parents, caretakers, and other parties to the case, and is consistent with our practice model, SBC.

Working with Children and Youth in Care

• Ability to anticipate and minimize the trauma to the child of initial placement and of any subsequent moves.
• Ability to support children/youth by implementing thoughtful plans for visitation, educational continuity and maintaining other important connections.
• Ability to apply the "youth driven" perspective provided in the youth panel to one’s work with youth and their families.
• Ability to refer eligible youth to the Independent Living Program and to provide youth with resources for independence including the website www.independence.wa.gov.
• Ability to create a clothing voucher, a visitation plan and a referral for independent living in FamLink.

A youth panel who have experienced out of home placement in foster care and/or relative care give their perspective on how to support children in care. Specific information regarding the Independent Living Program (ILP) and transition resources are included in the presentation with the support of an ILP case manager.

Legal Day - The Life of a Dependency

• Ability to describe the child welfare legal process and the social worker's role.
• Ability to identify and understand the laws related to the dependency process.