Workforce Development and Training

A workforce and training component plan ensures Title IV-E agency staff (child welfare, probation, and tribes with a Title IV-E agreement with the State), community-based organization (CBO) staff, direct service providers and tribes can deliver measurable, impactful, and sustainable primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention services.

The training, recruitment, retention, strategies, and coaching must breed a workforce with the ability to meet State requirements. Assistance will be provided by way of the State curriculum and support services.

Is Workforce Development and Training a required component of the Comprehensive Prevention Plan? YES.

ACL 22-23 (March 10, 2022) , page 19, assurance, and plans for meeting the workforce and training requirements established under the state plan. Title IV-E agencies will follow the statewide curriculum to ensure that caseworkers within both the community and child welfare pathway are trained on all foundational requirements including the understanding of how the tribal pathway intersects with community based and child welfare pathway services.

Resources

Caltrin
Our mission is to deliver science-based, professional development and extended learning to staff of Family Resource Centers (FRCs), Child Abuse Prevention Councils (CAPCs), and child welfare agencies in the state of California.

How To Build A Robust Workforce Development Program
Penn Foster, provides current information as well as resources on the future of work, innovative partnerships, and trends in workforce development.

Key Considerations for Prevention Planning: Workforce Training and Development
This document reflects responses gathered from the [State, child welfare leadership staff, other Family First work groups, readiness assessment, stakeholder engagement], to inform planning and decision-making for STATE’s implementation of the prevention provision of the Family First Prevention Services Act.

Guiding Questions

1. These guiding questions are provided to assist in the development of the comprehensive prevention plan.
2. Which training partners have been identified to assist in building a workforce to deliver primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies, services, and programs?
3. What training will be required for Title IV-E Agency caseworkers review and determine candidacy?
4. It is anticipated that parent partners and others with lived experience will be able to advocate and support the implementation of prevention services;
5. what training elements should be included in a curriculum for parent partners and others with lived experience to ensure they have a basic understanding and knowledge of the components of the CPP?
6. What will be the foundational principles included in the curriculum for caseworkers and providers in regards to the FFPSA/FFPS Program and CPP?
7. What will curriculum include to ensure caseworkers and providers are aware of processes and procedures to oversee and monitor the safety of children and youth served by the community pathway?
8. How will the agency ensure caseworkers and providers are provided continued education within the scope of prevention services?
9. Describe the supervision process of local Title IV-E agency staff, including assignment of FFPS caseload, the process of candidacy determination and supervisor review, the process by which information will be shared with CBOs, and the system of oversight for the above by supervisors and managers.