Course Details

1258 - Initial Assessment

Gateway Technical College - Kenosha
Kenosha
3520 30th Ave.
Kenosha WI, 53144
262-564-3052

Start Dates/Time	End Dates/Time
11/16/2009 9:00:00 AM	11/16/2009 4:00:00 PM
11/17/2009 9:00:00 AM	11/17/2009 4:00:00 PM
11/18/2009 9:00:00 AM	11/18/2009 4:00:00 PM

Registration Starts: 8:30 AM

Member Cost: $60.00 Non-Member Cost: $300.00

Description:

The Initial Assessment Training is designed to provide a solid foundation for primary assessments. Participants will examine how their work can embody the mission and philosophy unique to initial assessment. Significant time will be dedicated to interviewing strategies for initial assessment, with an emphasis on interviewing children. This training will prepare the worker for more advanced forensic interviewing training. Physical indicators of maltreatment, including slides, are included. The training provides a foundation for initial assessment decision making: safety decision making, maltreatment determination and case opening. The curriculum assumes prior participation in Safety Foundation Training and will incorporate, not teach, safety concepts and standards. The training ends with standards and practice associated with case closure after initial assessment and transfer to ongoing services. While this training incorporates the new Child Protective Services Initial Assessment Standards, it is not specifically Standards training. It does not focus on assessing the impact of the Standards on existing agency practice.

Who Should Attend?

Workers within their first 2 years of employment, or workers who have decided along with their supervisors that this is an appropriate training for them.

Presenters:

Jan Breidel

Jan Breidel, CICSW, MSW, is a child protective service consultant and trainer. She has served as the Child Protective Services Division Manager for Rock County Human Services where she was responsible for the leadership and direction of 75 staff. Jan was a Child Protective Services Planner for the Department of Health and Social Services for ten years. Her responsibilities there included developing and providing statewide training; providing organizational, practice and community development consultation to county social service managers; developing state policy, standards and legislative initiative; and serving as Wisconsin's liaison to federal officials on child abuse and neglect issues.

Lisa Martin

Lisa is a supervisor in the Children Youth and Families Division of Dane County Department of Human Services. She has worked as a social worker in both Wisconsin and Oklahoma.

To register for this session contact the following:
Web Site: http://southernpartnership.wisc.edu/TrainingDetails.aspx?lnk=2&tsID=1304
Email: trainings@southernpartnership.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-7291

Prerequisites:

Safety Foundation, Engaging to Build Trusting Relationships and Interviewing in Child Welfare

Other Information:

FOR KENOSHA COUNTY STAFF AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES!!