After this course you'll be able to:

(1 hour to complete)

  • Define the key components of an effective safety plan

  • Understand the importance of asking good questions when developing safety plans with families

  • Explore how to measure a family’s progress on their safety plan

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 1: Introduction to Know Where You're Going

    • Have you taken the Academy Pre-Survey?

    • Welcome!

    • Opening Activity: What is an Effective Plan?

    • Case Plan 1:

    • Case Plan 2:

    • Discussion: Carmen's Plans
  • 2

    Chapter 2: What is an Effective Plan?

    • Safety Planning

    • Effective Safety Plans

    • A Safety Plan Is NOT...

    • Handout: What Makes for a Successful Plan?

    • Handout: Key Components of a Safety Plan

    • Quiz: What is an effective safety plan?
  • 3

    Chapter 3: Assessing Progress & Monitoring Safety Plans

    • Assessing Progress & Monitoring Safety Plans

    • Handout: Assessing and Monitoring Safety Plans

    • A Moment of Reflection

    • Measuring Progress Using Safety Scales

    • Practicing the Safety Plan

    • Activity: How did your family get involved in child welfare?

    • Activity: Connecting Safety Networks to Safety Plans

  • 4

    Chapter 4: Closing

    • Closing thoughts & Review

    • Reimagining Child Protection Work - It Takes a Village

    • Course Evaluation

Social Work Certificate in Child Protection Services

This course is a part of a certificate within the Child Welfare Academy

Learn more here

Instructor

Child Welfare Academy Coordinator

Cassandra Mendoza

Cassandra has multiple years of experience working with Black and Latinx families in urban settings, families with child welfare involvement, and children living in under-resourced communities. Cassandra has experience providing academic tutoring and socio-emotional counseling to public school students in Chicago, IL. Prior to joining The Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing, Cassandra was a bilingual, mental health therapist and crisis specialist providing services to families that have experienced violence and youth and caregivers involved in the child welfare system in Chicago, IL and Los Angeles County.