Child welfare social workers have a significant ability, and responsibility, to consciously minimize trauma to children and families wherever possible throughout the life of a child welfare case. This one-day course provides an overview of trauma-informed practices that can be implemented in daily practice during each stage of a child welfare case, from family reunification through permanency planning, with the goal of improving outcomes for children, youth and families.
After completing this training, participants will be able to:
- Define and describe trauma and its effects on children
- Describe how to identify and address birth parent trauma
- Identify at least three trauma-informed strategies that can be utilized with children and families during the ongoing and permanency planning phases of child welfare
- Identify three ways in which this work integrates with existing practices, including Safety Organized Practice and Child and Family Teams
- Identify at lease three ways that staff and organizations can be supported around secondary traumatic stress
The training will be highly experiential in nature and will include application activities to apply the identified strategies to a specific case scenario.
Course Code
505503