Case Planning and Management in Child Welfare Services

Case Planning and Management in Child Welfare Services is a four-day, competency-based curriculum focusing on the skills and knowledge needed to achieve successful outcomes with families and children. This training is interactive and will include numerous opportunities for skill practice. Topics addressed by this course include:

• Relationships as a foundation for practice,
• Definition of the role of case manager,
• Preparation to work with a family,
• Utilizing risk assessment,
• Objective setting,
• Family group decision making,
• Completing the family services case plan,
• Case documentation,
• Monitoring the case,
• Testifying in court,
• Termination/transition, and
• Professional development.
  

To view this curriculum's table of contents and a list of the competencies it addresses, click here.

Case Planning and Management in Child Welfare Services is currently offered free of charge to social workers from North Carolina departments of social services. To learn more about class times and registration for this course go to ncswLearn.org, a site where North Carolina's human services professionals can discover and engage in the learning opportunities provided by the NC Division of Social Services.

If you work in child welfare outside of North Carolina and you are interested in learning more about this curriculum, please contact the Resource Program's training coordinator, Amy Ramirez (t: 919/962-4365; e: aramirez@email.unc.edu).