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Adoption & SafeFamilies Act Curricula

 

 

 

 

 

With the passage of the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) of 1997, the nation's child welfare systems have experienced dramatic changes in an attempt to improve safety, permanency, and well-being outcomes of children and families. There has been extensive discussion of the policy changes

 

needed to meet the intent and outcomes of ASFA, but much less discussion about the changes in daily casework practice needed to achieve these outcomes. Daily casework practice refers to family assessment, case planning, service linkages used to intervene effectively with families involved with child welfare. It is daily practice of supervisors and frontline workers that provide or fail to provide the critical link between child welfare and other collateral systems. Without this critical link, safety, permanency, and well-being will be of short duration.

 

 

Training Schedule/Outline

Day #1 (Supervisors)

Includes:
Module 1: Understanding the Context of Child Welfare Supervision and Practice
Module 2: Understanding the Supervisor-Worker Relationship
Module 3: Assessing the Skills of Team Members

Day #2 (Supervisors/Teams)

Includes:
Module 1: Understanding the Context of Child Welfare Practice
Module 2: Understanding the Family Solutions Model of Casework
Module 3: Engagement of Clients
Module 4: Assessing the Needs of Families and Children

Day #3 (Supervisors/Teams)
Includes:
Module 1: Readiness for Change
Module 2: Case Planning
Module 3: Family Team Meetings
Day #4 (Supervisors/Teams)
Includes:
Module 1: Working with Collaterals
Module 2: Measuring and Celebrating Change
Module 3: Case Closure
Day #5 (Supervisors)
Includes:
Module 1: Coaching and Reinforcement
Module 2: Case Consultation
Module 3: Re-Assessing the Skills of Team Members

 

Curriculum module content is outlined in the training schedule below. Click on individual Days to access downloadable files that accompany each curriculum module.