AdHoc Committee on Preservice, Foundation, Inservice and Supervisory Staff Development

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AdHoc Committee on Preservice, Foundation,
Inservice and Supervisory Staff Development

• WELCOME!

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Introductions

• Please introduce yourself including
• Name
• Title
• Agency/Organization

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Agenda

• Review Organization of Content into Modules
• Description of Next Steps in Development of
  Preservice Content
• Recommendations for Content of Administrative
  Code
• Preservice
• CORE
• On-going Worker
• Supervisors
• Next Meeting

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Organizing Content

• Committee members
• Jamie Sorenson, Manager, Eau Claire Co.
• Donald Gjesfjeld, WWP
• Paula Stansbury, Supervisor, Buffalo Co.
• Phil Wicktor, Director, Pepin Co.
• Liz Janke, Supervisor, Barron Co.
• Susan Rusboldt, Western Regional Office 
• Jennifer Borup, WWP
• Chris Sieck, State Training Coordinator

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Next Steps

• Individual experts are pulling together content
  for each unit
• Workgroups will then finalize content and make
  recommendations for how content will be delivered
• Drafts of units will be placed on AdHoc Committee
  website so you can provide feedback
• When drafts of all modules are completed, the
  whole package will be reviewed. Only when seen
  as a whole can we make judgments about whether
  all units need to be included, if any missing,
  etc.
• Decision Does this group want to be the group
  that does the review with the addition of a few
  other persons?

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Recommendations for Administrative Code

• We dont want to get too caught up in worrying
  about the exact language. There are legislative
  staff who will do that. We need to be clear
  about what we want to recommend. We dont have
  time to word craft.

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Preservice

• WI PEP A statewide pre-service training
  program will be developed to ensure staff receive
  basic training prior to taking child welfare
  cases.
• Decision What does prior to taking child
  welfare cases mean?
• Suggestion Child welfare workers will complete
  preservice before they make independent decisions
  about the specific work that is to be done on any
  given case and prior to making an independent
  decision about any action that is to be taken on
  any given case. Independent action means action
  without supervisory consultation or consultation
  with someone designated by the supervisor to
  provide that consultation.

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Preservice Exceptions

• Decision Are there going to be exceptions for
  completing some units?
• At your table, discuss the following suggestion.
  Any changes needed?
• Suggestion There are exceptions, approved by
  DCFS, to the requirement for specific preservice
  content for those applicants with a BSW and/or
  MSW degree from a Social Work Department that has
  agreed to meet requirements for the Preservice
  Training Exception Certificate.

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Preservice Exceptions

• At your table, discuss the following suggestion.
  What changes are needed?
• Suggestion New hires who have already
  completed Wisconsin preservice do not have to
  repeat it. Those new employees who have at least
  2 years of experience within the last 5 years,
  may carry case responsibility immediately on
  being hired, but must complete pre-service within
  the first 4 months of employment. All others
  will complete preservice per (number).

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Foundation (CORE)

• WI PEP states Statewide requirements will be
  established for caseworker training, including
  foundation training for core practice skills.
• Present CORE will change some when preservice is
  finishedbut we dont know what those changes
  will be until preservice is completed.
  Eventually, CORE will be more in-depth, more
  skilled based as workers come with more
  knowledge.

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Worker CORE

• Decision What is CORE?
• Are we in agreement that the Training
  Partnership Worker CORE is going to be the only
  possibility for meeting this requirement?

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Worker CORE Timeframe

• Decision Within what timeframe should CORE be
  completed?
• The typical requirement is one year. Do we
  agree with that timeframe? If not, what should
  it be?

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Worker CORE Exceptions?

• Decision Who must take CORE? Are there going
  to be exceptions?
• Suggestion There are exceptions, approved by
  DCFS, to the requirement for specific CORE
  content for those students with BSW and/or MSW
  degrees from programs that have agreed to meet
  requirements for CORE Training Exception
  Certification Program.
• New employees who come with at least 2 years of
  public child welfare experience within the last 8
  years are exempted from the requirement to take
  Worker CORE.

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Inservice Worker Training

• PEP Statewide requirements will be established
  for caseworker training, . . . on-going, advanced
  skills training for caseworkers.
• Decision What requirements should be written
  for inservice training of workers?

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Worker Inservice Training

• Unless the Training Partnerships are going to be
  the only providers of inservice training that
  meet this requirement, we need to define
• Content of training that makes it eligible
• Who can provide the training
• Methods by which training can be provided.
• Number of hours each year (or every 2 years)
• You will be divided into 4 small groups
• with each group taking only 1 of these
• issues. Well report out to the whole group
• for a final decision.

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Supervisors Training

• PEP Statewide requirements will be established
  including. . . foundation and skills training for
  supervisors.
• Decision What training for supervisors will
  meet the requirement for foundation.
• Should supervisors have to take Supervisory CORE
  or could the requirement be that they take so
  many credits from a series we call Foundation?
• Within what kind of timeframe?

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Supervisory Inservice

• How many hours of training should be required
  each year for supervisors?
• Can we use the same guidelines for this as we
  did for workers? If not, what changes need to be
  made?

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Next Meeting

• We have to make recommendations on all weve
  done so far to the July 28th Training Council.
  Do we need to meet again before then?