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[Webinar] Child Welfare Training Competencies in Action: The Ohio Experience Jul 30, 2015

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The Institue for Human Services, along with Franklin and Athens County Children's Services (Ohio) share their competency-based Training Program that uses competencies & core learning objectives as the basis of its training system. Rhode Island Dept. of Children, Youth and Families and Center for Human Servcies also discuss their Individual Learning Needs Assessment Survey which is used to support on-the-job training and assessment by supervisors.

[Learning Exchange] Children's Corps: A Dynamic Approach to Child Welfare Worker Recruitment, Screening and Selection May 06, 2015

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Fostering Change for Children (NYC) shares information about their Children’s Corps program: a strategic recruitment, screening & selection process. Inspired by Teach for America and adapted for child welfare, Children’s Corps was created by Fostering Change for Children to create a community of practice for child welfare caseworkers, with training and support systems embedded into their two-year experience and beyond.

[Webinar] Children's Corps: A Dynamic Approach to Child Welfare Worker Recruitment, Screening and Selection Apr 29, 2015

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[Learning Exchange] Simulation Labs for Child Welfare Education and Training Feb 11, 2015

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Simulation Labs offer guided, immersive experiences that evoke, or replicate, aspects of the real world professional experience in a fully interactive fashion. Presenters from California State University, Los Angeles, LA County Department of Children and Family Services, and UCLA Center on Child Welfare disucss simulation designs with the focus surrounding developing and reinforcing key social work skills (client engagement, critical thinking, assessment skills, interviewing techniques, and problem solving).

[Webinar] Simulation Labs for Child Welfare Education and Training Feb 04, 2015

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[Learning Exchange] Introducing the Workforce Development Framework Nov 05, 2014

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NCWWI’s Workforce Development Framework (WDF) is discussed in-depth about its development, practical application for the field, including key steps in the workforce development assessment and planning process, and core components reflecting multiple workforce development strategies.

[Webinar] Introducing the Workforce Development Framework Oct 29, 2014

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[Webinar] Leadership Academy for Supervisors: What We Learned & How We Changed Jun 11, 2014

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Leadership Academy for Supervisors (LAS), an online training program for experienced child welfare supervisors, is discussed in-depth including the story of its development, implementation, and impact at the Indiana Department of Child Services.

[Webinar] Child Welfare Means Change Management: Stories & Lessons Learned from LAMM Alumni May 28, 2014

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Leadership Academy for Middle Managers (LAMM) Alumni from Connecticut, Texas, and Washington State share what was learned from 2005-2013 about sustainable systems change, change management and leadership in the field of child welfare.

[Webinar] NCWWI Traineeship Legacies and Lessons Learned Apr 22, 2014

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NCWWI Staff describe the best educational practice approaches for BSW and MSW students interested in child welfare careers and highglight experiences of Northeastern State University, Briar Cliff University, Clark Atlanta University and the University of Maryland.

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