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 This page supports the Department of Health & Welfare’s Program Improvement Plan (PIP) to strengthen programs that help the children of Idaho. As they are identified, resources and curriculum that will be helpful to supervisors and agency partners will be added.
Resources: Child and Family Services Review: Child Welfare Workforce and Training Resources (DHHS ACF)
Strategies for Strengthening the Child Welfare Workforce: Providing publications describing aspects of the child welfare workforce, strategies to recruit and retain child welfare staff and curriculum and other training materials and programs for workforce development. National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement
The Resource Center staff provide research, training, technical assistance and evaluation to State and Tribal child welfare organizations in a number of areas, including: - Strategic planning
- Quality assurance and improvement
- Stakeholder involvement & interagency collaboration
- Training systems and workforce development
Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research (IASWR)
IASWR launched its Child Welfare Workforce Initiative in January 2004 entitled “Developing and Sustaining a High Quality Child Welfare Workforce.” Representatives from national level organizations came together to discuss workforce issues, including the impact of recruitment and retention, education and training, and workload issues on child and family outcomes as well as on staff well-being; opportunities for cross-organizational exchange; and identification of areas for further research. In August 2004, in collaboration with the National Association of Social Workers, IASWR hosted a meeting, Workforce and Accountability: Child and Family Services Reviews—Implications for Child Welfare Practice to examine the implications of the findings from the Child and Family Service Reviews (CFSRs) regarding child welfare practice and workforce issues.
Suicide Triage Training: “Saving Lives Through Excellence in Education” QPR Institute of Suicide Triage Training in two convenient, self-paced university online learning courses for university credit, non-credit, or continuing education units (CEUs). The National Strategy for Suicide Prevention published by the U.S. Surgeon General calls for education and training in the recognition, assessment, and management of suicidal persons for a broad range of professionals. EWU School of Social Work & Human Services & The QPR Institute, Suicide Triage Training QPR brochure For more information, visit http://suicideprevention.ewu.edu/. Social Work Education Curriculum Available Online (NIH/NIAAA)
The "Social Work Education for the Prevention and Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders" curriculum available on the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) website. The curriculum is extensive (currently 20 module text files [not including introductory materials] and 19 PowerPoint files [not including the PDF contents file], so it is best downloaded to CD. Please also bookmark the page, since the curriculum will be updated as new research--applicable to the curriculum--becomes available. Notification of these updates will be posted directly under the word "contents list" on the (opening) attached page. NIAAA expects that social work training programs will make these materials freely available to social work educators and students, in order to maximize dissemination, utilization and understanding of alcohol use disorders, as well as to stimulate interest and/or careers in social work research as it pertains to alcohol. “Moving Toward Collaboration: Using Funding Streams to Advance Partnerships in Child Welfare Practice” by Richard Phillips, Patty Gregory, and Mardell Nelson. Published in Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment (The Haworth Social Work Practice Press, and imprint of The Haworth Press, Inc.) Vol.7, No. ½, 2003 pp. 115-133. Please Contact Us if you need assistance or additional information. Comments and suggestions regarding training and services are always welcome!
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