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 DirectiveCourse TitleHoursAudienceMandate
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 AbuseHarm Reduction Planning with Substance Using Families – Virtual6All Social Service SpecialistsPolicy 11.04
Domestic ViolenceKey Issues in Child Welfare in Child Welfare: Domestic Violence (eLearning)0.45All Social Service SpecialistsPolicy 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 DirectiveCourse TitleHoursAudienceMandate
Domestic ViolenceDomestic Violence in Child Welfare16

Social Service Specialists

 

RCW 74.14B 010

Policy 11.04

Child Development Well-Being; Education, Health & AdolescenceExtended Foster Care (eLearning)1CFWSPolicy 11.04
Engagement and Partnership with CaregiversSupporting a Kinship-First Culture in a Workforce Environment4FVS/CFWSPolicy 11.04
Risk and Safety AssessmentInformed Decisions through Critical Thinking3Case Carrying StaffPolicy 11.04
Racial Disproportionality and DisparitiesStrategies for Interrupting Oppression3All Social Service SpecialistsPolicy 11.04

Mental Health

Impacts of Parental Mental Health on Child Safety

Supporting Children’s Mental Health in Child Welfare

6

8

Case Carrying StaffPolicy 11.04

Supervisor Training

Within 6 Months of Becoming a Supervisor
Training Required by Policy, RCW, WAC or DirectiveCourse TitleHoursAudienceMandate
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
Within 12 Months of Becoming a Supervisor
Training Required by Policy, RCW, WAC or DirectiveCourse TitleHoursAudienceMandate
 

Supervising for Safety: Decision Making Tools for Supervisors (eLearning

1

All Supervisors

Policy 11.04/PIP
 Coaching for Supervisors0.5All SupervisorsPolicy 11.04/PIP
 Guiding Engagement Through Conflict6All SupervisorsPolicy 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 DirectiveCourse TitleHoursAudienceMandate
 

Supervising Safety: Decision Making Tools for Supervisors (eLearning)

1

All AAs

Policy 11.04 PIP

 Coaching for Area Administrators0.5All AAsPolicy 11.04 PIP