Common Core for Social Workers
This program component is responsible for delivering competency-based curricula to
new staff in public child welfare services. Activities are designed to ensure that
new workers receive the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for their jobs,
and to ensure that managers and supervisors reinforce, monitor, and promote what is
learned in the classroom to the work site. The training consists of 23.5 days of
training for the new worker and one day of Transfer of Learning training for his/her
supervisor. This training meets the Statewide requirements for the California Common
Core for social workers.
Central California Training AcademyCore Training Outline
| Course Section | Course Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| C-1 | Framework for Child Welfare Practice in California | 1 day |
| C-2 | Child Welfare Practice in a Multi-Cultural Environment: | .5 day |
| C-2 | Indian Child Welfare Act | .5 day |
| C-2 | Values & Ethics | .5 day |
| C-2 | Supporting Educational Rights & Achievement | .5 day |
| C-1 | Child & YouthDevelopment in a Child Welfare Context | 2 days |
| C-1 | Child Maltreatment Identification Part I: Neglect, Physical, & Emotional Abuse | 1.5 days |
| C-2 | Child Maltreatment Identification Part II: Sexual Abuse & Exploitation | 1.5 days |
| C-2 | Basic Interviewing | 1 day |
| C-2 | Domestic Violence | 1 day |
| C-2 | Caregiver Substance Abuse & Child Welfare Practice | 1 day |
| C-2 | Mental Health Issues in Child Welfare | 1 day |
| C-2 | Self Care: Worker Safety in Child Welfare Practice | .5 day |
| C-2 | Self Care: Time Mgmt, & Stress Mgmt in Child Welfare Practice | .5 day |
| C-2 | Court Procedures | 1 day |
| C-2 | CWS Documentation for Use in the Legal System | 1 day |
| C-1 | Family Engagement in Case Planning & Case Management | 2 days |
| C-1 | CWS/CMS Component - (Automated CW Information System) | .5 day |
| C-1 | Placement & Permanency | 2 days |
| C-1 | Case Planning - CWS/CMS Component | .5 day |
| C-2 | Multi-Ethnic Placement Act (MEPA) / Interethnic Adoptions Provisions | .5 day |
| C-2 | Health Care Needs of Children & Youth in the CW System | .5 day |
| C-1 | Critical Thinking and SDM in CW Assessment: Safety, Risk, & Protective Capacity | 2 days |
| C-2 | CWS/CMS: Health & Education Passport | .5 Day |
| TOTAL CCTA CORE TRAINING DAYS: (24 Courses Total) | 23.5 days 147 hrs. |