Idaho Child Welfare Partnership

• Resource/Foster Family Training Program

• Recruitment Peer Mentoring Program

• PRIDE Pre-Service Training

• Post-licensure Training for Experienced Foster Parents

• Training for Experienced Foster Parents

• Resource Family Links and Resources

• Community Orientation of PRIDE

• PRIDE Contacts and Regional Map

• Family Resource Reports

• PRIDE/RPM Employee Information

• Child Welfare Standards

• Child Welfare Scholars Stipend Program

• Apply Online

• Contact your Faculty Field Coordinator

• Academy and In-Service Training Program

• Training Calendar - Online Registration

• Child Welfare Standards

• Children's Mental Health Standards

• Academy Accomplishments

• Concurrent Planning Training Set for March 2010

• Practice Development Program

• Older Youth

• Independent Living

Academy and In-Service Training Program

Prior to the development of Academy, the child welfare program in Idaho was found by Federal reviewers to be out of compliance with national training standards. A Performance Improvement Plan was developed to address the training needs for new child welfare workers and their supervisors.

Academy was developed to ensure that all new CFS social worker and clinician employees receive consistent standardized training to prepare them to fulfill their new job responsibilities; to provide ongoing training to seasoned social workers and clinicians to assist them with their professional development, and; to provide training for supervisors that will prepare them specifically for supervision of a child welfare workforce.

In the interest of best practices, the Department has established standards of practice in Child Welfare and Children's Mental Health. These standards were reviewed and updated in the fall of 2006.

This section of the Idaho Child Welfare Partnership site provides tools for Academy participants and their supervisors.

Academy Training, Topics, Resources, and Links:

New Worker Competency-Based Learning Contract

Idaho Child Welfare Partnership Training Calendar

Academy Schedule & Trainer Assignments

My Successes

"Knowing Who You Are" Casey Family Programs e-Learning Course

Academy Topics:

Supervisor Academy and In-Service Training, Resources, and Links:
Idaho Child Welfare Partnership Training Calendar

Competency-Based Learning Contract for Supervisors

Supervisor Academy Topics:

Child Welfare CQI Reviewer Training

Competency-Based Learning Contract for Supervisors Training

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED - Concurrent Planning Training Set for March 2010
Concurrent Planning Training for Child Welfare staff to be held in Coeur d�Alene, Pocatello, Caldwell, Boise and Twin Falls in March 2010. On-line Registration opens Friday, January 29, 2010. For further training information, event sites, and registration click the HEADLINE above.

Knowing Who You Are
A journey to help youth in care develop their racial and ethnic identity. Knowing Who You Are is a three-part curriculum for social workers and other adults and professionals in the child welfare system. Created with the direct collaboration of alumni of foster care, youth still in care, birth parents, and resource families, the curriculum helps child welfare professionals explore race and ethnicity, preparing them to support the healthy development of their constituent�s racial and ethnic identity.

Income-Based Repayment and Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Are you interested in more affordable student loan payments, or loan forgiveness for public service? Income-Based Repayment (IBR) is a new way to make your federal student loan payments more manageable, starting July 2009. Also, if you work in government or nonprofit organizations for 10 years (starting October 2007), you may qualify for a new type of public service loan forgiveness.

News Archive

Partnership Training Calendar - Online Registration

Idaho Child Welfare Partnership Training Calendar - online registration

Standards

Online Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) course

Supervisor Resources

Substance Abuse Training

Children's Mental Health Resources

Children's Mental Health Practice Manual

Academy Board:

Charter- Rev. 4/07

Board Minutes