Course Details

Interviewing in Child Welfare

Hoiday Inn Campus-Eau Claire

Eau Claire WI

Start Dates/Time	End Dates/Time
11/2/2009 9:00:00 AM	11/2/2009 4:00:00 PM
11/3/2009 9:00:00 AM	11/3/2009 4:00:00 PM
11/4/2009 9:00:00 AM	11/4/2009 4:00:00 PM

Registration Starts:

Member Cost: $51.00 Non-Member Cost: $270.00

Description:

Participants in this training will build on the engagement skills learned in the "building trusting relationships" workshop. This training focuses on developing the interviewing skills needed to complete assessments. The interviewing in child welfare approach is a comprehensive, strength, needs, and team based approach. This training will focus on how to interview children and families after a trusting relationship has been developed. The participants will have the opportunity to learn how to use ecomaps, timelines, genograms, and ethnographic interviewing to enhance their ability to interview, gather information, analyze information, and develop family- driven case plans. This training will offer participants the opportunity to learn how to interview families in a culturally competent manner.

Presenters:

Brent Ruehlow

Brent Ruehlow is a trainer and curriculum specialist with the Wisconsin Child Welfare Training System. Brent has been employed by a number of community non-profit agencies performing delinquency, child welfare, and wrap around services. Brent was employed in Jefferson County for 10 years and supervised access, initial assessment and ongoing child protective services. He has served on a the WCHSA children, youth and families advisory committee, pre-service ad hoc committee as well as the child welfare Case process committee that developed the safety intervention, initial assessment and ongoing CPS standards. Brent has trained a variety of curriculums throughout all the regions, to include the Wisconsin Model, Goal Writing and Case Planning, Engagement, Interviewing, and Teaming in child welfare.

Nancy Pohlman

Nancy started her career in Social Work in 1985 as a volunteer and an advocate for women survivors of sexual abuse. She received her Bachelor's of Science degree in Social Work from UW La Cross in 1989. Her first official paid work position started in 1990 when she was hired by La Crosse County. Nancy worked for nine years as an ongoing case manager with children, youth, and families referred due to abuse, neglect or juvenile delinquency. In mid 1995 she took an academic leave of absence to pursue her MSSW at UW Madison, graduating in 1996. She is currently a Family Services Unit Supervisor at LaCrosse County DHS. Nancy supervises CPS intake and ongoing social workers as well as access staff repsonsible for taking the initial phone referrals. Nancy has supervised a number of social work interns and was a past member of NASW. She has taught as an adjunct faculty in Social Work and Child Welfare at Winona State University and Viterbo University since 2001. She has trained approximately 500 participants in the areas of Foster/Adoptive/Kinship Caregivers Pre-Service Training, the Adoption Safe Families Act for supervisors and the sexual abuse series.

To register for this session contact the following:
Web Site: http://www.uwrf.edu/wwpartnership
Email: wwp@uwrf.edu

Prerequisites:

Engaging to Build Trusting Relationships