Experienced in Providing

• Training of staff, supervisors and administrators
• Curriculum development
• Training of trainers
• Agency policy development to support evidence based practice and laws
• Keynote presentations
• Workshop presentations at conferences
• Systemic and agency quality assurance reviews
• Training to respond to federal or agency reviews, corrective action plans, or systemic improvement programs

Types of Professionals Trained

• Social workers
• Case managers
• Directors/Administrators/Program Managers/Supervisors
• Judges
• Attorneys (agency and family attorneys)
• Visitation Center Staff
• Court Appointed Special Advocates/ Guardian at litems
• Foster Parents
• Relative caregivers
• Group home and intuitional staff
• Private foster care agency staff
• Supervisors and transporters of visits
• Self Sufficiency professionals
• Eligibility workers
• Caregivers of elderly and disabled adults
• Community based service professionals
• Child Welfare professionals
• Legislators

Content Areas

• Child protective services
• Child welfare
• Foster care
• Adoption
• Adult social services
• Employment services
• Adult protective services
• Training of trainers
• Supervision
• Outcome oriented services

Child Welfare & Protective Services

• Concurrent Planning
• Case Planning
• Outcome oriented casework
• Permanency Planning
• Foster Care Simulation
• Court work
• Visitation
• Foster Care
• Licensing
• Caseload Management
• Interviewing
• Diversity/Cross Cultural
• Supervision

Training

• Curriculum Development
• Presentation skills
• Competency based training
• How to develop simulation trainings
• Managing Training projects
• Contracting
• Federal regulations
• Using non-trainers as trainers
• Adult Learning Principles
• Learning Styles
• Team Based Learning
• Co-Training
• Technology Based training (using technology as a training tool and teaching staff to use technology)
• Transfer of Learning
• Computer Based Training and Teleconferencing
• Staff Development Planning (for individuals and agencies)
• Using agency committees to develop curriculum

Management/Supervision

• Skills and knowledge
• Team Building
• Creating Vision
• Management/supervision models development & training to a model
• Stress and Time Management
• Change Management
• Social Work Supervision
• Leadership
• Quality Management

Welfare Reform

• Casework Services
• Casework Management
• Supervision
• Interviewing
• Home and Field Visits
• Client-Worker Interaction
• Monitoring Case Plans
• Change Management
• The Changing Role of the eligibility worker
• Motivating Clients
• Job Search
• Understanding and working with the local job market
• Interpersonal Helping Skills
• Workload Management

Experience

• Thirty years in public and private social service agencies
• Twenty years training
• Masters in Public Administration
• Manager of computer based training development team
• Project Director of training programs, staff and contracts
• Knowledgeable of services provided in public and private agencies in multiple states
• Certified Myers-Briggs Type Indicator trainer
• Direct work experience as a social worker and supervisor in child welfare, child abuse, foster care, public welfare, adult social services and licensing