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ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
1 st and 2nd Quarter Reports: Achieved. The DFCS Professional Development Section (PDS) established a Social Service
Curriculum Advisory Committee to address the training needs of Social Services staff. Committee members include state and county
staff, and other community stakeholders. Completion Date: In November 2002 competencies were identified for New Worker
Training. The Advisory Committee reviewed the first draft of the revised curriculum based on CWLA competencies. Georgia is on
schedule to have the new curriculum completed by October 2003.
2 nd Quarter Federal Response: ACTION STEPS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN ORDER TO INDICATE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. What can the State give us to show this has been achieved?
3 rd Quarter Georgia Report: The state incorrectly reported this action step as achieved. A draft of the competencies were reviewed
and received input from the Advisory Committee in November 2002. The DFCS Professional Development Section in consultation
with an external consultation group combined the feedback from the Advisory Committee and providing their input developed the
Georgia specific competencies based upon the CWLA competencies. The final listing of Georgia specific competencies for new
worker curriculum was completed in the spring quarter 2003. The Professional Development Section currently has the Curriculum
Plan for Competency Based Core Curriculum for Child Welfare Case Managers. This Plan represents the content and the process for
the final curriculum. The current Curriculum Plan does not specify family centered practice. We will incorporate specific content
regarding involvement of fathers and older children.
DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED 3 RD Quarter: Please see the attached Competency Based Core Curriculum for Child Welfare
Case Managers Trainer's Manual I, II, III, and IV.
4 th Quarter Federal Response: The status of this action step is not clear. The State references an attachment related to competency
based curriculum. Does this mean that the curriculum has been completed and the action step completed? It appears the evaluation
piece of this action step has not been completed.
5 th Quarter Report: The State considers this action achieved. Yes, the training curriculum does include provisions that address child
and family involvement in case planning. The reference is week 4, day 3, Section 4 of the New Worker Training Curriculum. The first
round of QCRs indicates that of the 23 cases to which this indicator applied, 18 (78.26%) were rated as strengths. For more details
please see the attached QCR Report.
5 th Quarter DOCUMENTATION:
Social Services Quarterly Report, Qualitative Case Reviews, October 2003 -- December 2003
Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
November, 2004 Quarter 8 – Work Plan J Page 2