CALIFORNIAS 6 COMMON CORE COURSES

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CALIFORNIAS 6COMMON CORE COURSES

• Framework for Child Welfare Practice in
  California
• Human Development
• Child Maltreatment Identification, Part I
• Critical Thinking in Child Welfare Assessment
• Family Engagement in Case Planning Case
  Management
• Placement Permanency
• Other Core Courses to Follow

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THEMES IN THE COMMON CORE COURSES

• Accountability Outcomes
• Evidence-Based Promising Practices
• Fairness Equity
• Strength-Based Practices
• Family Youth Engagement

( woven throughout the standardized core
curriculum)
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THE VISION

• Every child living in a safe, stable, permanent
  home, nurtured by healthy families and strong
  communities.

From the California Stakeholders Report
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THE GOAL OF CHILD WELFARE IS TO ACHIEVE
SAFETY PERMANENCY WELL-BEING
for all children and families
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ALIGNING SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS
Children and Family Services Review (CFSR)
Program Improvement Plan (PIP)
OUTCOMES Safety Permanency Child Family
Well-Being
CWS Improvement
California Child and Family Services
Review (C-CFSR)/(AB 636)
System Improvement Plan (SIP)
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THE VISION
All children and families will achieve similar
benefits and achieve equally positive outcomes.
(Fairness and Equity)
From the California Stakeholders Report
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2003 CALIFORNIA Ethnicity and the Path
Through the Child Welfare System
1.2
3.5
1.3
100
0.9
1.0
2.1
0.7
4.0
3.9
3.4
Other
9.7
80
37.4
Native American
44.5
46.1
47.3
46.0
60
Asian
27.4
40
32.4
Hispanic
33.0
32.4
32.9
20
32.0
White
18.4
16.2
15.3
7.3
0
Population
Referrals
Substantiated
Entries
In Care
Black
Source Barbara Needell, PowerPoint
presentation Ethnicity and the Path through the
Child Welfare System, Center for Social Services
Research, University of California, Berkeley.
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THE VISION
Better Outcomes are achieved for children when
safety is balanced with restoring family capacity
and maintaining family ties. Stakeholders
Summary Report