Intake in Child Welfare Services
Intake in Child Welfare
Services is a two-day, competency-based curriculum designed to
prepare social workers to receive reports of child maltreatment,
to assess whether those reports meet the criteria for child abuse,
neglect, or dependency in North Carolina, and to participate in
the decision as to how the agency will respond. Much of the
learning involves participant interaction, and participants are
expected to engage in skill practice through experiential and
group activities. Topics include:
- Reporting child
maltreatment,
- Relating to the caller,
- Educating the public,
- Intake interviews,
- Screening,
- Consultation,
- Documentation,
- Biological clock issues,
- Triage, and
- Safety issues.
To view this curriculum's
table of contents and a list of the competencies it addresses,
click here.
Intake in Child Welfare Services
is currently offered free of charge to social workers from North
Carolina departments of social services. To learn more about class
times and registration for this course go to ncswLearn.org, a site where North Carolina's human services professionals can discover and engage in the learning opportunities provided by the NC Division of Social Services.
If you work in child welfare outside
of North Carolina and you are interested in learning more about
this curriculum, please contact the Resource Program's training
coordinator, Amy Ramirez (t: 919/962-4365; e: aramirez@email.unc.edu).
