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Seventy-five new workers were trained per month for January, February and march. Attached is a description of course content.
6 th Quarter DOCUMENTATION: (1) Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program 2004 Safe Families Symposium. (2) DFCS
Training Course Overview, Foundations of Child Welfare (10 1/2 days)
6 th Quarter Federal Response: State should continue to measure the improvement of this action step in the next subsequent
quarterly reports.
8 th Quarter Report: Achieved: Instead of using the QCR to determine the case manager’s ability to adequately assess underlying
family needs, the new worker pre-test and post-test was used. Pre and post-test were administered to staff completing Core Training
beginning August 04. The assessments used prior to that time were developed to: 1) determine the level of knowledge individuals had
in the subject matter that was to be taught, and 2) to measure how well the workers absorbed the training information received. It was
expected that the scores on the pre-assessments, would be lower on the post-assessments. The results confirmed that assumption. The
post-assessment scores were higher than the pre-assessment scores. The difference in scores ranged from five to forty additional
points higher post-assessment.
There were 225 new Social Services staff who received training in the 6 th PIP reporting quarter on the Foundations of Child Welfare.
Training curriculum included modules on Family Centered Child Welfare Practice, Cultural Responsiveness, Child Growth and
Development, Interviewing Techniques, and Maltreatment Identification. Three modules specifically geared toward improved
assessment, case management, and intervention skills include: Building Skills and Strategies for Effective Interviewing, and Family
Assessment and Risk Assessment. There are 373 new Social Services staff who received training during the 8 th PIP reporting quarter.
Effective July 04 a revised training sequence and curriculum were initiated. This new training for beginning case managers is a
combination of training modalities: On-line policy training, Field Practice activities, and classroom instruction. Safety and risk
assessment are covered in several ways: basic CPS policy and practice are covered in on-line training; this policy is reinforced with
Field Practice activities and in the classroom training. Finally, trainees practice application of policy and good practice, safety and
risk, as well as assessment of underlying factors contributing to maltreatment in a CPS Application course. In the Application course,
trainees work a sample case and document the process including safety assessment, safety plans, strength and needs assessment and
case and service planning.
8 th Quarter DOCUMENTATION: Georgia Division of Family and Children Services Core Training Test
Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
November, 2004 Quarter 8 – Work Plan Q Page 9