2014/15 GENERAL AUTHORITY TRAINING CALENDAR FOR STAFF AND FOSTER PARENTS

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1 2014/15 GENERAL AUTHORITY TRAINING CALENDAR FOR STAFF AND FOSTER PARENTS JANUARY 2015 MARCH 2015 G.A. TRAINING CALENDAR IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON-LINE AT: (click on Staff Training )

2 Welcome to the General Authority (GA) Training Calendar! Please find outlined below the registration process for GA staff, foster parents and volunteers training (which are registered through Careen Simoes, unless otherwise specified). Please refer to the specific registration process within each training descriptive. There are brief descriptives of the various training sessions outlined at the end of the calendar. Following the calendar/descriptive is the registration form for all GA staff, foster parents and volunteers. It is to be used for all training requests. Each registration form MUST have a supervisor s signature. Below is a brief outline of the registration process: Complete training registration form for each participant and fax to Careen Please ensure that this is the appropriate registration contact as these may vary. A supervisor s signature must be on all registration forms. Once training request is received and you have been registered, you will receive a confirmation of your request Please note: You will also receive notification if the session is full and you may be advised of other training dates, should any be available. Sessions fill up quickly, so it is important for you to submit your request as early as possible. There will a sign-in sheet at all training sessions it is important to ensure that you have signed this sheet, so that you can be recognized for attending the training. It also assists with the certificates process (where applicable). GA Training registration forms must be completed for all GA training regardless if registering through other process, and sent in to Careen Simoes. For CORE, First Aid/CPR, CFSIS/Intake, OSD, Child & Youth Care Worker training programs the registration process is at the end of this calendar. Travel expenses are generally the responsibility of each individual agency. Thank you. Lisa Schmidt Careen Simoes (careen.simoes@gov.mb.ca) Leading Practice Specialist /Education and Training Coordinator Training Admin Support General Authority

3 January 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Supervisor s Summit - Closed FASD within CFS: Diagnosis and Strategies Wpg Child Abuse Investigations - Wpg Child Abuse Investigations - Wpg Tattered Teddies - Wpg 21 FASD within CFS: Diagnosis and Strategies Selkirk Parents with FASD: The Challenge for Case Planning with CFS

4 February 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Sounds Through the Wall Wpg 4 Sounds Through the Wall Wpg 5 Attachment Training Wpg 6 Attachment Training Wpg 7 Domestic Violence Wpg Domestic Violence Wpg STAT 17 Brief Intervention Addictions Wpg 18 Brief Intervention Addictions Wpg Sexual Exploitations & Absent/Missing Children Standards - Brandon

5 March 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 Team Abuse Investigations - The Pas 3 Team Abuse Investigations - The Pas 4 Team Abuse Investigations - The Pas 5 Team Abuse Investigations - The Pas 6 Team Abuse Investigations - The Pas FASD within CFS: Diagnosis and Strategies Wpg Making Sense of Trauma Foster Parents - Wpg Making Sense of Trauma - Wpg The Biology of Loss: Trauma and Loss to Foster Resiliency and Intergenerational Healing - Wpg Child Abuse Investigations - Wpg 25 Child Abuse Investigations - Wpg

6 TRAINING DESCRIPTIONS ATTACHMENT TRAINING FOR SOCIAL WORKERS & FOSTER PARENTS This two-day training provides principles and strategies on attachment difficulties with children and youth. This workshop will describe attachment and why it is important; explore the four basic Attachment styles and the Internal Working Model of Disorganized Attachment. Participants will be introduced to the Circle of Security and corresponding attachment styles and will discuss interventions when the attachment relationship has been disrupted. Social Workers, Supervisors, Foster Parents February 5 & 6, 2015 /9:00-4:00 p.m. both days/ GA Training Centre, King Street, Winnipeg MB Tracey Miller BRIEF INTERVENTION ADDICTIONS TRAINING Brief intervention is a practice that provides screening tools and appropriate intervention options for working/talking with youth with substance use issues in an open and supportive way. This two day brief intervention training will increase your comfort and ability to respond effectively to youth at risk of harmful involvement with substances. Topics covered will include: * Brief Intervention theory & practice; * Adolescent development & substance use; * Screening and assessment skills and tools; * Motivational interviewing; * Addictions services and referral processes. Open to all February 17 & 18, 2015/9:00-4:00 p.m. / GA Training Centre, King Street, Winnipeg MB Various

7 CHILD ABUSE INVESTIGATIONS - LIMITED SPACE DAY 1 Overview of Legislation Investigation Steps Interviewing (victims, witnesses, potential victims, and alleged offenders) Importance of Analysis of the Data Memory and trauma DAY 2 Review of what we learned in day one Offending Behaviour Offender interviews Assessing Credibility Indicators of Deception or Editing Assessing risk from a child protection and mandate perspective Documentation of the abuse investigation Opportunity for questions and a wrap-up Social Workers January 13 & 14, 2015 / 9:00 4:00 p.m. / Southern Authority, 2 nd Floor 630 Kernaghan Avenue, Winnipeg MB - FULL March 24 & 25, 2015 / 9:00 4:00 p.m. / Southern Authority, 2 nd Floor 630 Kernaghan Avenue, Winnipeg MB Lorna Hanson Child Protection Branch DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND IMPACT ON CHILDREN FULL Issues for front line workers surrounding domestic violence are explored including: Understanding Partner Abuse; Impact of Family Violence on Children; The Role of Child Welfare; Stages of Change; Broaching the Subject; Assessment; Protection Planning; Legal Strategies to Support Protection Planning; Community Resources; Applying Your Training; Issues and Dilemmas in Child Welfare; Myths and Facts and training videos shown. This is a cross-authority initiative with limited spaces. Social Workers, Supervisors February 5 & 6, 2015/ 9:00 4:00 p.m. /Southern Authority Office, 2 nd Floor, 630 Kernaghan, Winnipeg MB - FULL Dr. Linda Burnside

8 FASD within CFS: Diagnosis and Strategies This one day training replaces the previous FASD Generalist Training with updated current information on diagnosis of FASD as well as hands on strategies for: foster parents caring for children and youth with FASD workers within child welfare Participants are provided with up to date research and diagnostic terms as well as hands on tools and best practice strategies to work effectively with individuals with FASD. Working with families around FASD prevention is explored as it relates to the child welfare caseload. Resources available in the community and referrals to programming will also be discussed Open to all January 14, 2015 / 9:00 4:00 p.m. / General Authority, King Street, Winnipeg MB January 21, 2015 / 9:00 4:00 p.m. / Selkirk Inn & Conference Centre, Selkirk MB March 11, 2015 / 9:00 4:00 p.m. / General Authority, King Street, Winnipeg MB Cathe Umlah MAKING SENSE OF TRAUMA: PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR RESPONDING TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH LIMITED SPACE Making Sense of Trauma is a one day workshop, which has been developed specifically for Child & Family Services. Participants will learn how to use a Trauma-Informed perspective to better understand the relational, neurobiological and developmental impact of trauma on children, youths and their families. Participants will learn practical tools to respond more effectively to children and youth who have experienced trauma. This is a cross-authority initiative. Supervisors, Social Workers and Foster Parents (see below) March 12, 2015 / 9:15 a.m. -3:30 p.m. / Best Western Airport Plus, 1715 Wellington Avenue, Winnipeg, MB - Foster Parents, Support Workers March 13, 2015 /9:15 a.m. -3:30 p.m. / Best Western Airport Plus, 1715 Wellington Avenue, Winnipeg, MB - Social Workers/Supervisors New Directions

9 PARENTS WITH FASD: THE CHALLENGE FOR CASE PLANNING WITHIN CFS This one day workshop will address challenges for CFS workers who are dealing with parents on their caseload who themselves are affected by FASD. This workshop will include a profile of adults with FASD, how this can affect parenting capacity and what strategies or resources can be helpful in case planning with parents with FASD. A speaker will also be joining us from Visions and Voices who herself has FASD and is parenting her three children. Social Workers, Supervisors January 27, 2015 / 9:00 4:00 p.m. / General Authority, King Street, Winnipeg MB Cathe Umlah SEXUAL EXPLOITATION & ABSENT/MISSING CHILDREN S STANDARDS This training will train staff on standards pertaining to sexual exploitation and missing children. Managers, Social Workers February 18, 2015/9:00-4:00 p.m. / Victoria Inn, 3550 Victoria Avenue, Brandon MB To register: Complete GA Training registration form and fax/ to: Careen Simoes, Rebecca Cook and Jackie Anderson (CPB) SOUNDS THROUGH THE WALL: A RESOURCE FOR NEW CANADIANS ABOUT THE CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES SYSTEM CLOSED This two day workshop will equip Child and Family Services staff, newcomer service providers, settlement workers and cultural community members to use the video, Sounds through the Wall: A Resource for New Canadians about the Child and Family Services System, to encourage dialogue and awareness about the work of Child and Family Services with cultural communities. We hope it will also be an opportunity to build stronger relationships with each other to enhance our ability to consult and collaborate on behalf of newcomer families. Invited guests only February 3 & 4, 2015/9:00 4:00 p.m. / King Street, Winnipeg MB To register: Complete GA Training registration form and fax to: Careen Simoes, Various

10 SUPERVISOR S SUMMIT CLOSED ENROLMENT CLOSED ENROLMENT Managers, Supervisors January 8, 2015/ 8:30 4:30 p.m. / Best Western Plus Airport, 1715 Wellington Avenue, Winnipeg MB Phil Decter TATTERED TEDDIES ½ DAY Suicide behavior in children age 12 or younger is a subject of growing concern for those who work with children. Suicidal thoughts and attempts in children have sometimes been overlooked, denied or ignored. This workshop provides information and offers practical approaches for those working with children who may be at risk of suicide. Intervention approaches build on the skills taught in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) as it applies to children. Open to all January 20, 2015/10:00-3:00 p.m. / King Street, Winnipeg MB (PLEASE NOTE START TIME IS AT 10:00 SHARP) To register: Complete GA Training registration form and fax to: Careen Simoes, Andrea Carlucci TEAM ABUSE INVESTIGATION TRAINING Team abuse investigations training tailored for CFS social workers. Please note that your birth date is required for this training for security clearance. To register: Social Workers March 2-6, 2015 / 8:30 4:30 p.m. / Kikiwak Inn, 10 Highway, Consol (Carrot Valley) The Pas MB Contact Maria Loughery at maria.loughery@gov.mb.ca RCMP and CFS

11 THE BIOLOGY OF LOSS: UNDERSTANDING TRAUMA AND LOSS TO FOSTER RESILIENCY AND INTERGENERATIONAL HEALING LIMITED SPACE Topics covered include: 1. The basis of healthy child development: the attachment with parents, teachers and other adults; 2. How the human brain develops in interaction with the social/psychological environment; 3. The stresses in our culture that have undermined the necessary conditions for healthy development and their consequences in childhood and adolescent disorders; 4. How to recognize intra-family stresses and how to deal with then to create a safe nurturing environment for children; 5. Understanding resilience and its promotion as a function of attachment. For further information, visit Social Workers, Supervisors March 19, 2015/9:00-4:30 p.m. / Victoria Inn, 1808 Wellington Avenue, Winnipeg MB To register: Complete GA Training registration form and fax/ to: Careen Simoes, Dr. Gabor Mate, Dr. Linda Burnside, Elder Mary Courchene & Ken Courchene

12 OSD Training CFSIS Training Competency Based Training (CBT)(Core Training) Child and Youth Care Worker Training Program Organization & Staff Development offers skill building workshops on a variety of topics that are designed to help individuals and groups enhance their effectiveness. Please register directly through their website - Courses Offered and Registration Process: Log onto CFSIS, Click on Forms, Scroll down to bottom on page for CFSIS Training Schedule and Registration Form or CFSATraining@gov.mb.ca Courses Offered and Registration Process: Maria.loughery@gov.mb.ca for calendar and registration. Fees will not be covered by GA. Courses Offered and Registration Process: Debfast@mts.net for calendar and registration or phone First Aid Training Centre To register call Please identify yourself as staff/foster parent with the General Authority so that the First Aid Centre can invoice us directly. You will be required to fill in a registration form once you attend your session. If this form is not fully filled in, your registrations fees may not be covered. This is for those who have never taken First Aid/CPR or are past three years without re-certification.

13 GA Training Coordinator King Street Winnipeg, MB R3B 3G8 Ph: Fax: REGISTRATION FORM (CLEARLY PRINT) First & Last name: Title/Role: Social Worker Social Work Student Check one only Supervisor/Manager Support/Respite Worker Foster Parent Adoptive Parent Administrative Support EPR Volunteer Agency: Agency Address: Home Address: (Foster/respite/adoptive/volunteer) Phone number: address: Foster Care Worker Name: TRAINING: DATE: LOCATION: TIME: Foster Parent Signature (if available): Foster Care Social Worker signature: Employee/Volunteer signature: Supervisor Name (PLEASE PRINT): Supervisor Signature Required: Date: Send completed registration form to: Careen Simoes Fax: