New Staff Safety Intervention Training Academy WELCOME

1. New Staff Safety Intervention Training Academy WELCOME

2. Who are you? • Name • Agency you work for • Most interesting work you’ve done up to now…

3. Who are we? • Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare (BMCW) leadership • Private agency leadership • Children’s Hospital Of Wisconsin Community Services • Integrated Family Services (IFS) • UW-Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership for Professional Development (MCWPPD)

4. Why are we here? • Prepare you for your role as public child welfare professionals able to perform your role in BMCW Safety Intervention System with : • COMPETENCE • CONFIDENCE • COMMITTMENT The Three C's

5. Objectives for this morning • Meet each other • Preview the Training Academy program • Start thinking about: • Your role in safety intervention • What it means to be a “public child welfare professional”

6. Housekeeping • Parking • Breaks and Lunch • Restrooms • Hours and location(s) • Sign-in sheets • Communication hub • Phones, texts and emails • Anything else?

7. Academy schedule • Orient to Academy, profession, BMCW • Orient to social work fundamentals • Get introduced to case work in agencies • Learn and practice Safety Intervention concepts • Begin applying skills to casework in agencies Phase 1—week 1 Phase 2—weeks 2-5

8. Academy Phases, con’t • Integrate Safety Intervention concepts into case planning • Continue applying skills to casework in agencies • Expand casework in agencies with continued support and weekly group learning Phase 3--weeks 6-8 Phase 4—weeks 9-12

9. A word about evaluation… • Your skill will be evaluated at the end of phases 2,3, and 4 • Evaluations assess readiness to continue learning (Phases 2 and 3) or readiness to take an initial caseload (Phase 4) • Knowing you know builds confidence!

10. What do you think? • What is “public child welfare?” • What purpose does public child welfare serve? • What does it mean to be a “professional?”

11. Public Child Welfare… • Acts on the community’s decision to ensure the safety, permanence and well-being of children • Safety ALWAYS comes first…ALWAYS • No permanence or well-being is possible if children are not safe

12. Public Child Welfare=Authority and responsibility • Community decisions established in law • U.S. Constitution • State law • Community decisions established in public policy • e.g., Children should be raised by family whenever possible • Governmental responsibility requires knowledge, skill, restraint

13. What is a professional? • Functions according to standards • Based in tested principles and methods • Safeguards fairness and equal treatment

14. What are the key standards you will follow? • National Association of Social Work (NASW) Code of Ethics • Wisconsin State Safety Intervention Standards • Includes Access, IA, Ongoing/Safety Services and Out-of-Home Care

15. “Learner” is in your job description! • You will be expected to learn throughout your career • Formal training • Academy/immediately following • Regular continuing education • Case Reviews • Supervision

16. WHAT ELSE??

17. For this afternoon, please…