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Client engagement requires workers to effectively join with families and communities to establish meaningful relationships surrounding child safety, permanency and well-being. Partnering requires working in respectful and meaningful collaboration with families and communities to achieve shared goals. These training modules cover a variety of topics and offer learners an opportunity to strengthen engagement and partnership skills with their clients.

About CASCW 

The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) develops training in partnership with faculty and staff at the University of Minnesota’s School of Social Work as well as other partners across the University. Substantial funding for the Center continues to come from federal Title IV-E funds and support from the University of Minnesota, the College of Education and Human Development and the School of Social Work. All training modules are free of cost for learners. 

Training offerings include the latest practice-relevant, research-based child welfare information in a variety of formats that are accessible, efficient, and easy to use. Trainings consist of self-paced narrated presentations and are designed for child welfare (and child welfare adjacent) professionals, parents, advocates, and others interested in the topics. In addition to the video content, each presentation may contain related documents to explore along with a variety of media components, including video clips, website links, and other audio files. 

Please contact us at cascw@umn.edu with any questions.  

REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS

Training topics are listed on the right side of this page. Click the plus sign next to the course you wish to register for and click "add to cart" to continue the registration process. 

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

CASCW and the School of Social Work are BOSW-approved CE providers. These trainings are approved for CEUS and meet the Minnesota Board of Social Work (BOSW) CEU criteria where one CEU equals one contact hour of training (1:1, 1 clock hour = 60 minutes of learning). All CE activities must promote the standards of practice found in Minnesota Statutes sections 148E.195 to 148E.240, and contribute to the practice of social work as defined in Minnesota Statutes section 148E.010. 

For technical assistance, please contact: dorshelp@umn.edu (technical) or cascw@umn.edu (other). 

 

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Section Title
Engagement and Partnership in Child Welfare
Section Schedule
Date and Time TBA
Location
  • Online (US Central Time)
Course Fee(s)
Registration $0.00
CEUs
3 CEUs
Section Details

Moral injury refers to the lasting psychological, spiritual and social harm caused by one’s own or another’s actions in a critical or high stakes situation. The injury comes from the transgression of deeply held moral beliefs and expectations. Moral injury can occur when there is a troubling mismatch between one’s core, moral beliefs and morally troubling events. These events can lead to a “breakdown in global meaning”, or a “threat to the integrity of one’s internal moral schema”. If unaddressed, this loss of meaning and trust, feelings of guilt, shame, rage, depression, and sense of betrayal can persist for years. Although moral injury was initially applied to combat veterans, it clearly can also occur in other populations experiencing substantial conflicts in values. 

Participants in this course will learn more about: 

  • What moral injury is and the impact on various populations
  • Available literature and the implications for child welfare professionals
  • Moral injury among parents involved in the child protection system
  • Moral injury among child protection professionals
  • Moral injury among emerging adults (adolescents) in child welfare
  • Reflections from graduate students with histories in human service work 
Section Title
Engagement and Partnership in Child Welfare
Section Schedule
Date and Time TBA
Location
  • Online (US Central Time)
Course Fee(s)
Registration $0.00
CEUs
5.5 CEUs
Section Details

As practitioners in behavioral health, we often hear about the importance of building a collaborative relationship with our clients because it can greatly affect their treatment outcomes. However, rarely do we actually learn HOW to enhance the alliance. This course is designed to fill in that gap and help you learn practical skills and strategies to support a culturally responsive working alliance with your clients.

Developed by the Center for Practice Transformation at the University of Minnesota, this interactive course provides a framework you can begin using right away to enhance the therapeutic alliance with your clients. The framework includes: 1. stage-matched care to identify a person’s stage of recovery and stage of change and respond accordingly, 2. cultural humility to ground your relationship in diversity and recognize power differences, and 3. specific skills to build a sense of presence and nurture client motivation.

Throughout this 5.5 CE course, you will gain the knowledge necessary to develop a robust therapeutic, stage-matched, and culturally responsive alliance, and apply practical strategies to put this knowledge into practice.

Participants in this course will learn more about: 

  • Discuss the role of the alliance in client outcomes.
  • Describe and apply stage-matched care. 
  • Describe stages of recovery.
  • Define cultural competence, humility, and how the social location of the practitioner and client can influence the therapeutic alliance. 
  • Identify and describe the eight skills that enhance the alliance between practitioners and clients, including how and why they are important.
  • Apply the alliance-enhancing skills using stage-matched care and cultural humility.
  • Describe the barriers practitioners and clients may experience in building a mutually trusting working alliance.
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