In-Person Child Welfare Academy: Houston

4950 Memorial Drive,Houston TX 77007

20 June, 2022

Description

The Child Welfare Academy is providing a free 2-day training to professionals in the child welfare and child protective services field. The Child Welfare Academy is providing a free 2-day training to professionals in the child welfare and child protective services that will address root causes of barriers that prevent timely and positive permanency and wellbeing outcomes for children. The Academy seeks to mitigate the racial and class bias that is inherent in the child welfare system; and improve the value that the child welfare system places on family engagement. Trainings on Day 1 will include: Structural Racism Part 1: Structural Racism in the Child Protection System -The History and TodayStructural Racism Part 2: The Impact of Systemic Structural Racism on Families in the Child Protection SystemThe 5 Principles of Socially Just Child Welfare PracticeStructural Racism Part 3: Challenging structural racism in your day to day work and interviewing families to reach across differencesSocial Work Ethics and Practice StandardsTrainings on Day 2 include: Social Work Certificate in Child Welfare ServicesDevelopmental Trauma among Children and their Parents: Interacting with Clients with Understanding and EmpathyConnections for a Lifetime: Creating and Maintaining Relationships for Children in Foster CareLiving Your Values to Improve your Skills in Child Welfare Work (Values, Shame, and Shame Resilience)Social Work Certificate in Child Protection ServicesReimagining Child Protection Work: From Paternalism to PartnershipReimagining Child Protection Work: If You Want to Go Far, Go TogetherReimagining Child Protection Work: What If the Question Is the AnswerReimagining Child Protection Work: It Takes a VillageReimagining Child Protection Work: If You Don’t Know Where You’re Going, You’ll End Up Someplace ElseTraining Coordinator: Cassandra Mendoza, [email protected] Training in collaboration with Growing Edge CEUs Offered: 1 per course