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Improving Lives
One Family at a Time.

Child welfare workers in public agencies serve some of the most vulnerable people in society: families and children in crisis. A consistently high-level of professional conduct in this work is essential for favorable outcomes. Yet public agencies face substantial challenges in hiring and retaining professionally trained child welfare workers and supervisors. The Northern California Training Academy brings to the region a training program designed to develop a uniformly high-level of competence in services for families and children.

 

Highlights

The Impact of Trauma on Child Development
This course addresses all aspects of trauma as it relates to child welfare. Social workers will explore and engage in experiential activities that will enhance their abilities to effectively address issues associated with trauma.
 
Secondary Traumatic Stress and the Child Welfare Professional
Offered in Sacramento, this workshop provides helpful information on the nature of traumatic stress and what child welfare professionals can do to prevent this in their work.
 
New Primer for Understanding the Child Welfare System in California
There is an updated version of the Understanding the Child Welfare System in California: A Primer for Service Providers and Policymakers. Click the link above to be taken to the CCRWF website to download the most current document.
 
Download the June thru December 2009 Course Catalog
Click here to download the latest course catalog from the Northern California Training Academy.
 
New Registration Site for Academy Classes
Please click on the link above to download directions to use our new registration site.
 
Reaching Out: Current Issues for Child Welfare Practice in Rural Communities, Spring/Summer 2009
This issue of Reaching Out looks at concurrent planning, the practice of simultaneously pursuing more than one option for permanency for children placed by child welfare in out-of-home care.
 
HR6893: New Help for Children Raised by Grandparents and Other Relatives
Questions and Answers About the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
 
Literature Reviews
Here's what a literature review can tell you: What has worked with populations similar to yours; What elements or features have been included in programs/practices; Which features have been linked with successful outcomes; What barriers to success have been encountered and how they can be avoided/dealt with; What areas of program content are controversial or have not yet been shown to be successful. Please click on the link above to take a look at the Literature Reviews we have to offer.
 

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