AdHoc Committee on PreService, Foundation, Advanced and Supervisory Staff Development

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AdHoc Committee on Pre-Service, Foundation,
Advanced and Supervisory Staff Development

• Membership includes staff from
• The 5 child welfare training partnerships
• BMCW
• DCFS
• The 5 DHFS regions (director, supervisor, worker
  from each)
• 2 DHFS regional offices
• WiSACWIS
• University BSW/MSW stipend programs

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Process

• The group created a list of what a new worker
  would need to know. (meeting 1)
• That list was organized around broad topics, and,
• Organized by 3 functions
• Intake
• Initial assessment
• On-going services
• The list was refined by the Committee (meeting 2)
• The Committee identified how they would get the
  list to their constituents for review in
  preparation for meeting 3.

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Process

• The Committee solicited feedback and reported
  that feedback to the Chair in preparation for
  meeting 3
• They finalized the list of what new workers need
  to know for each of the 3 functions (meeting 3)
• The Committee approved the basic process for
  continuing their work including
• Basic steps for the Committee as a whole
• Organization of work between AdHoc Committee
  meetings

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Product

• The Committee
• Agreed on a definition of good practice to use as
  a benchmark
• Agreed on definitions for the functions of
  intake, initial assessment, on-going services
• Agreed on content areas for pre-service for each
  function
• Agreed on basic assumptions about pre-service

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Product

• Assumptions
• Content will be covered in concise, tightly
  designed modules intended to help a new worker
  start safelyfor clients, worker and agency.
• Modules may be taught via interactive internet
  units, videos, supervisory meetings, where
  numbers are sufficient, workshops.
• New workers will be able to do work while they
  are doing pre-service, although they will not be
  able to formally carry a caseload.
• The modules will be planfully interspersed with
  shadowing, mentoring and actual work assignments.
• Exemptions for those with BSW/MSW degrees and
  past experience will be worked out.

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Product

• Assumptions
• Pre-service modules will replace much of what a
  supervisor is currently doing to orient new staff
• Supervisors will be essential to effective
  pre-service and therefore will be trained first
• A continuous flow of information and feedback
  from all affected by the implementation of
  pre-service is essential.

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