In-Person Child Welfare Academy: Abilene

701 South Pioneer Drive,Abilene TX 79605

08 August, 2022

Description

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. The Child Welfare Academy offers professional social work certificates from the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin. Learn more on our website. 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 differencesTrainings 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 CareDaring Greatly in Child Welfare WorkSocial Work Certificate in Child Protection ServicesReimagining Child Protection Work SeriesTraining Coordinator: Cassandra Mendoza, [email protected] Training in collaboration with Growing Edge CEUs Offered: 1 per course