Mandatory Trainings

Upon Hire

Training Required by Policy, RCW, WAC or Directive	Course Title	Hours	Audience	Mandate
Regional Core Training (RCT)	Regional Core Training (RCT)	320	All Social Service Specialists	Policy 11.04
After Hours Core Training	All courses in this section must be completed to fulfill training requirement – Virtual 1.1 Child Safety: Defining Abuse, Neglect, and Child Safety 1.2 Child Safety: Identifying Present Danger 1.3 Child Safety: Protective Actions 2.1 Physical Abuse: Critical Community Partners 2.2 Physical Abuse: Sentinel Injuries 2.3 Physical Abuse: Serious Physical Abuse 3.1 Maltreatment and Placement: Overview 3.2 Maltreatment and Placement: Neglect and Sexual Abuse 3.3 Maltreatment and Placement: Trauma Informed Placements 4.1 Caring for Children: Car Seats, Worker Safety and ICWA4.2 Caring for Children: Trauma Informed Care and Following ICWA 4.3 Caring for Children: Worker Safety, Documentation, and Infants	26	Afterhours Workers	Policy 11.04
Child Abuse Interviewing and Assessment – CAIA (depending program/job requirements)	Child Abuse Interviewing and Assessment – CAIA	30	CPS Investigations/CPS FAR (anyone assigned S/A investigations)	RCW 74.14B.010 Policy 11.04

Program-Specific In-Service Training

Within first year of employment or position transfer

Training Required by Policy, RCW, WAC or Directive	Course Title	Hours	Audience	Mandate
Intake	All courses in this section must be completed to fulfill training requirement. (eLearnings) Intake-Session 1.1 Welcome to Intake Intake-Session 1.2 Screening in Intake and the Intake SDM Tool Intake-Session 1.3 Interviewing for Assessment in Intake Intake-Session 1.4 Disproportionality and Cultural Competence for Intake Intake-Session 1.5 Working with Law Enforcement and Collateral Contacts at Intake Intake-Session 1.6 Screening Provider Related Intakes Intake-Session 2.1 Special Circumstances in Intake-Substance Exposed Infants Intake-Session 2.2 Special Circumstances in Intake-Domestic Violence	7.75	Intake Workers	Policy 11.04
Intake	Next Steps for Intake Staff in Their First Year	7	Intake Workers	Policy 11.04
CPS Investigations or CPS Family Assessment Response (FAR)	Child Protective Services In-Service	18	CPS Investigations/CPS FAR	Policy 11.04
Family Voluntary Services (FVS)	Family Voluntary Services In-Service	12	FVS	Policy 11.04
Child and Family Welfare Services (CFWS)	CFWS In-Service Training	12	FVS	Policy 11.04
Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC)	Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC)(eLearning)	0.5	CFWS	Policy 11.04
Adoption	Adoption Track (Not offered by the Alliance)		Adoptions	Policy 11.04

In-Service Training

Within first year of employment

Training Required by Policy, RCW, WAC or Directive	Course Title	Hours	Audience	Mandate
Indian Child Welfare	Washington State ICW Training Coaching for Indian Child Welfare: Working with Tribes and Tribal Families	12.5	All Social Service Specialists Case Carrying Staff	Policy 11.04
Substance Abuse	Harm Reduction Planning with Substance Using Families – Virtual	6	All Social Service Specialists	Policy 11.04
Domestic Violence	Key Issues in Child Welfare in Child Welfare: Domestic Violence (eLearning)	0.45	All Social Service Specialists	Policy 11.04
Child Development Well-Being; Education, Health and Adolescence	Trauma Informed Engagement Youth Missing from Care (eLearning)	6 1.5	FVS/CFWS FRS/FVS/CFWS	Policy 11.04
Risk and Safety Assessment	Introduction to Chronic Neglect (eLearning) Understanding Chronic and Complex Neglect Coaching for Assessments Coaching for Child Safety Throughout the Life of the Case Infant Safety: Assessing the Infant’s Environment Infant Safety: Period of PURPLE Crying Structured Decision Making & Risk Assessment (SDM-RA) (eLearning) Assessing Safety Beyond Removal: Family Time and Conditions for Return Home	0.75 3 0.5 0.5 5 4 3.5 1 5	CPS Investigations/CPS FAR CPS Investigations/CPS FAR Case Carrying Staff Case Carrying Staff Case Carrying Staff Case Carrying Staff Case Carrying Staff CPS Investigations/CPS FAR FVS/CFWS	Policy 11.04
Worker Safety	Worker Safety Right Response Elements+ (Level 3)	6 11	All CW Staff All CW Staff	Policy 11.04 Policy 6150
Racial Disproportionality and Disparities	Understanding Bias and its Impact on Engagement Supporting LGBTQ+ Children, Youth and Families How to Work with Clients who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (eLearning)	6 3 1.5	All Social Service Specialists Case Carrying Staff All CW Staff	Polic 11.04 Policy 6.03
Commercially Sexually Exploited Children	Identifying and Supporting Commercially Sexually Exploited Children (CSEC)	10.5	Case Carrying Staff	July 20, 2017 Memo

Within second year of employment

Training Required by Policy, RCW, WAC or Directive	Course Title	Hours	Audience	Mandate
Domestic Violence	Domestic Violence in Child Welfare	16	Social Service Specialists	RCW 74.14B 010 Policy 11.04
Child Development Well-Being; Education, Health & Adolescence	Extended Foster Care (eLearning)	1	CFWS	Policy 11.04
Engagement and Partnership with Caregivers	Supporting a Kinship-First Culture in a Workforce Environment	4	FVS/CFWS	Policy 11.04
Risk and Safety Assessment	Informed Decisions through Critical Thinking	3	Case Carrying Staff	Policy 11.04
Racial Disproportionality and Disparities	Strategies for Interrupting Oppression	3	All Social Service Specialists	Policy 11.04
Mental Health	Impacts of Parental Mental Health on Child Safety Supporting Children’s Mental Health in Child Welfare	6 8	Case Carrying Staff	Policy 11.04

Supervisor Training

Within 6 Months of Becoming a Supervisor

Training Required by Policy, RCW, WAC or Directive	Course Title	Hours	Audience	Mandate
Supervisor Training	Supervisor Core Training (SCT). All parts of SCT must be completed to fulfill training requirements. Supervisor Core Training 1.1 (eLearnings) Supervisor Core Training 2.0 Supervisor Core Training 3.0 (Coaching session)	7 91 0.5	All Supervisors	Policy 11.04

Training Required by Policy, RCW, WAC or Directive

Course Title

Hours

Audience

Mandate

Supervisor Training

Supervisor Core Training (SCT). All parts of SCT must be completed to fulfill training requirements.

Supervisor Core Training 1.1 (eLearnings)

Supervisor Core Training 2.0

Supervisor Core Training 3.0 (Coaching session)

0.5

All Supervisors

Policy 11.04

Within 12 Months of Becoming a Supervisor

Course Title	Hours	Audience	Mandate
Supervising for Safety: Decision Making Tools for Supervisors (eLearning	1	All Supervisors	Policy 11.04/PIP
Coaching for Supervisors	0.5	All Supervisors	Policy 11.04/PIP
Guiding Engagement Through Conflict	6	All Supervisors	Policy 11.04

Area Administrator (AA) Training

Within 6 Months of Becoming an AA

Training Required by Policy, RCW, WAC or Directive	Course Title	Hours	Audience	Mandate
Area Administrator Training	Area Administrator Core Training Foundations for Managers in Child Welfare Effective Relationships as a Manager Strategies for Effective Organizational Communication Growing and Sustaining Effective Internal and External Teams Essentials for Resource Management Strategic Thinking and Planning Tools for the Manager	36	All AAs	Policy 11.04

Within 12 Months of Becoming an AA

Training Required by Policy, RCW, WAC or Directive	Course Title	Hours	Audience	Mandate
	Supervising Safety: Decision Making Tools for Supervisors (eLearning)	1	All AAs	Policy 11.04 PIP
	Coaching for Area Administrators	0.5	All AAs	Policy 11.04 PIP