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Description

Child welfare workers should understand policies that affect delivery of child welfare services and the mission, priorities and resource allocation that guide the development and implantation of policy in public and private non-profit social services. This includes a knowledge of personal and professional ethics. In addition, in strengthening advocacy skills, workers can better recognize  individual or group needs, providing intervention on behalf of a client or client. These training modules address policy, ethics, and advocacy issues related to child welfare. 

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 cohort 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
Policy, Advocacy, and Ethics in Child Welfare
Section Schedule
Date and Time TBA
Location
  • Online (US Central Time)
Course Fee(s)
Registration $0.00
CEUs
2 CEUs

Section Details

This course will educate social workers on the challenges and opportunities for just working conditions for social workers with special attention to child welfare workers. The degree to which social workers can engage their knowledge, skills, and professional ethics - their professional discretion - directly affects the public who receives their services. However, the consensus among social welfare scholars is that neoliberal managerialism limits the professional discretion of social workers. Yet, few social workers understand what managerialism is and how to challenge it. Furthermore, few understand the authority of a profession and how to leverage it for better service with clients. This course will outline the logic and features of neoliberalism and the logic and features of professionalism. It will also present the concept of professional resistance and showcase examples of Minnesota social workers. Minnesota is the only state to have conducted statewide research on this topic. Through the presentation of findings from the statewide worker survey and interviews, short lectures, and podcast conversations with social workers, principal investigator, Jessica Toft (PhD. MSW) facilitates students’ better understanding of their working conditions under neoliberalism and what they can do to challenge limits to their professional discretion.

This 2.0 CEU course educates social workers in child welfare and other settings about neoliberal managerialist pressures - required knowledge for understanding your working conditions and ability to use your informed judgement in contemporary practice.

Participants in this course will learn more about: 

  • What neoliberalism is and how it is evident in the relations of organizational management and direct-line workers.
  • What it is to be a professional who is dedicated to meeting the needs of the public, established through their education, training, and code of ethics.
  • State what resistance to neoliberal managerialism looks like from individual actions to collective ones.
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