Emergency Response Fundamentals (Virtual Training)

This two-day training will offer participants an overview of the fundamental roles, responsibilities, and practice areas of the emergency response (ER) social worker.  This includes exploring the critical roles the ER social worker plays in both supporting prevention efforts and assessing and facilitating child safety, as well as how to be able to do so through the use of effective family collaboration and engagement.  The primary goal is for participants to understand both the roles of the ER social worker and the steps to conducting a rigorous and balanced investigation and assessment. 

After attending this training, participants will be able to:

• Identify and categorize information that is critical to seek and gather to conduct a rigorous and balanced assessment that supports decision making, including the tools and resources used to guide what information is needed.
• Construct a solution focused, culturally responsive, and trauma informed engagement strategy with a family
• Recall legal requirements that fall under the responsibility of the ER social worker
• Examine appropriate use of safety planning and its connection to the SDM Safety Assessment.
• Examine opportunities to provide reasonable efforts to prevent removal, given a referral vignette. 
• Uphold kin-first culture as a prevention strategy and to reduce trauma and increase the likelihood of positive outcomes when removal is necessary.