Adoptive Interstate Placements
This course is designed to help DPP staff refer and manage adoption cases moving through the Interstate Compact system.

Adult Protective Services: Case Planning
This training is intended for Protection & Permanency workers responsible for Adult Protective Services (APS). Utilizing the DCBS Standards of Practice, participants will be prepared to develop an ongoing case plan, prevention plan, adult personal development plan and evaluate an ongoing case using the APS Ongoing CQA/Case Plan Evaluation template. Participants will demonstrate solution- based casework techniques and assess underlying causes of maltreatment in developing their case plans.... (read more)

Adult Protective Services: Safety, Prevention, and Aftercare Plans
This training is intended for all Protection and Permanency workers responsible for Adult Protective Services cases. The purpose of this training is to discuss when and how to use the Safety, Prevention, and Aftercare planning tools to effectively work in partnership with vulnerable adults.... (read more)

Adult Services: Assessing Mental Capacity and Involuntary Services
This training is for P&P staff responsible for Adult Protective and General Adult Services and those that provide supervision accordingly. This training will address aspects of adult protective service investigations, involuntary services, including state guardianship and emergency protective services, and Court appointed Interdisciplinary Team Evaluations. Specific focus will be on the mini-mental status examination and functional assessments that can be used to help the social services worker assess decisional capacity with the adult client and testify in District Court.... (read more)

Advanced Practical Training Institute: Frontline Adult Protective Services-Part II
This is a two (2) day training designed for frontline Adult Protective Services (APS) staff. The first day of the Institute lays the groundwork for the participants’ knowledge about systems safety. The content provides a framework of system safety and is designed to engage participants with a comprehensive and holistic introduction to Human Factors and System Safety. Contrasting models and approaches are presented to give participants an increased command of relevant scientific literature. Concepts and learning objectives are presented in a way that enables participants to make information meaningful. Throughout the course, information is strategically and thoughtfully connected to their work. The second day of the Institute is directed toward teaching participants on how to integrate safety science concepts into investigations of abuse and neglect in a trauma informed manner that supports psychological safety for the adults and families they encounter. Attention is given to current roles, administrative rules, and legislative mandates so that concepts are able to be imbedded into everyday work that is compatible with these roles, rules and mandates.... (read more)

Advanced Resource Parent Curriculum Consultation: Using the New Hybrid Delivery Model
The UK Center on Trauma and Children (CTAC) is hosting a consultation session focused on implementing updates to the delivery of the Caring for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma: Resource Parent Curriculum. This will be a 1-hour session to provide an overview of the new hybrid format (the training is now to be delivered via a combination of teaching videos filmed by CTAC trainers and live discussions and application exercises facilitated by DCBS and PCC trainers). Trainees will also be provided information on how to deliver this training in person or via Zoom (or other virtual format). Consultation on implementation and strategies for overcoming barriers will be provided to all training participants.... (read more)

American Red Cross: Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED
The purpose of the American Red Cross training is to help participants recognize and respond appropriately to cardiac, breathing and first aid emergencies. The courses in this program teach skills that participants need to know to give immediate care to a suddenly injured or ill person until more advanced medical personnel arrive and take over. This could be a mixture of online and face-to-face learning.

This certification is valid for 2 years as of January 1, 2011.... (read more)

Americans with Disabilities Act
This web-based training includes the history of the ADA, who is and is not protected under the ADA, what is considered a disability, which types of businesses must comply with the ADA, and what is considered Reasonable Accommodation according to the ADA. A guided tour of the ADA website and a list of contacts and resource information for use on the job will be provided during the training.... (read more)

Assessment and Documentation Tool: Adult Protective Services Worksheet
This training introduces current Division of Protection and Permanency staff to the new assessment tool, specific to Adult Protective Services. Adult Protective Service workers who will complete assessments on vulnerable adults and DV Investigations should attend. Participants will gain insight into why and how this tool was developed, discuss the two outcomes of an investigation and practice identifying and using protective and risk factors to assess and help families plan toward safety.

This is a prerequisite to Assessment and Documentation Tool: Navigation which demonstrates the computer navigation of the new tool with practice entering cases.... (read more)

Behavioral Health Screener TWIST Navigation
This web-based training is designed for all P&P supervisors and frontline workers. This web-based training will walk participants through the process of entering the Behavioral Health Screener and required documentation to make a referral to the Mental Health Care Provider.... (read more)

Building Foundations for Successful Parenting: Training of Trainers
Participants attending this training will conduct the Building Foundations for Successful Parenting training. This is the new pre-service training for Foster/Adoptive Parents. In this training, participants will have the opportunity to practice and observe the new activities used to reach the learning objectives.... (read more)

Call Services for Case Workers
This web-based training is intended for FS Staff assigned to work in the functional area of Call Services. Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to successfully log into and navigate the Call Services system, answer phone calls, set their status, transfer calls and request assistance as necessary.... (read more)

CAPTA: Child Abuse Prevention Treatment Act Hearings
This web-based training will provide P&P staff with basic information concerning the appeal process that an individual and families can initiate when they do not agree with the actions of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Staff will be given the materials and information that need to be made available when CAPTA appeals have been filed by clients.

This training is a prerequisite for Specialized Referrals and Assessments in Day Cares, Schools and Other Out-of-Home Care Settings.... (read more)

Care Plus Parenting for Foster/Adoptive Parents: Training of Trainers
This TOT is intended for individuals who will be training foster/adoptive parents for the level of Care Plus. This training is not open to PCCs as they have therapeutic care and this is not a therapeutic model. Topics covered include SOPs related to this area as well as documentation, how to deal with behaviors and how to work with the birth parents of these children. Participants attending this training will be required to complete the Care Plus: Introduction web-based training.

Foster/Adoptive Parents attending to become trainers must be an approved care plus home.... (read more)

Caring for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma
The purpose of this training, in accordance with 922 KAR 1:495, is to develop a leadership base among R&C Workers, who are responsible for recruiting, training, and certifying foster/adoptive families.... (read more)

Caring for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma for Foster/Adoptive Parents: Training of Trainers
This training, conducted by the UK Center on Trauma and Children, is designed to be taught by a mental health/child welfare professional with foster/adoptive parents as co-facilitators. It includes nine case studies of representative foster children from the ages of 8 months to 15 years, as well as cases of secondary traumatic stress in foster/adoptive parents. For those regions that serve military families, adaptations have been made to allow for application of the material to the special circumstances faced by children of military families, or foster/adoptive parents who may be members of the military.

During the training, participants will demonstrate skills learned throughout the three day training by teaching a component of the curriculum.... (read more)

Caring for Children with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
This web-based training, intended for Foster/Adoptive and Private Child Care Parents, will guide participants through caring for a child with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). It can be used as a reference to help care for a child in the home with NAS. This training cannot be used as child-specific training.... (read more)

Case Management Part II: Out-of-Home Care
This training is designed for new Protection and Permanency workers who have successfully completed Social Work Principles, Intake Process Systems, CPS Assessment Skills and Policies, and Case Management Part 1 of Foundations in Child Family, and Adult Services. This training consists of asynchronous and synchronous learning components regarding Out of Home Care (OOHC) Case Planning including Individual and Family Level Objectives, Tasks and the Child and Youth Action Plan, Visitation, Reunification, Family First, OOHC Conferences, Mental Health, Substance Misuse, Trauma, Court, and Permanency Options.... (read more)

CHART: Cultural Humility Authentic Response Training
This interactive training will enhance supervisors and management staff's ability to coach and mentor staff to better engage and provide quality customer service delivery to an increasingly diverse clientele. In addition, the training fosters improved engagement with colleagues, customers and internal/external partners leading to stronger collaborations and improved agency outcomes.... (read more)

Child Care Assistance Program: DCC-94
This web-based training is intended to instruct Family Support workers on the DCC-94 Child Care Service Agreement and Certificate, including reviewing and explaining the form to clients, and completing the task when the form is returned. Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to interpret the information found on the DCC-94 and complete the pending child care enrollment on Worker Portal when a signed form is returned.

To begin this training, please go to: https://learn.trc.eku.edu/moodle/course/view.php?id=519... (read more)

Child Care Assistance Program: Refresher Pre-Test
This test is intended for Family Support employees who are enrolled in Child Care Assistance Program: Refresher training and will be used to measure knowledge before attending the virtual class on Teams.... (read more)

Child Development in Child Welfare
This web-based training, required for all new PCWCP new hires working in P&P, will assess the developmental level of children in a given scenario and plan services for areas of needs. Participants will have an opportunity to test or skill out of the training at the beginning. If a score of 90% or better is achieved on the test, the participant will receive a completion credit for the training. If less than 90% is scored, the participant will be required to complete the training content and then re-test until a score of 90% or better is achieved.... (read more)

Child Protection Services Track: Pre-Test
This web-based training is used to measure knowledge of Child Protection Services workers before attending the P&P Academy.

Child Protective Services Assessment Skills and Policies: Part II
This training is designed for new Protection and Permanency workers who have successfully completed Social Work Principles and Intake Process Systems of Foundations in Child, Family, and Adult Services. This training consists of asynchronous and synchronous learning components regarding Removal Decisions, Service Array, Court (Criminal and Family), Human Trafficking, Working with Supervisors, Engaging Families, Engaging Fathers, Intimate Partner Violence, and Family First.... (read more)

Children’s Review Program Portal: Qualified Residential Treatment Program Assessments
This web-based training is intended for the Children Review Program (CRP) staff. Participants will learn how to complete a Qualified Residential Treatment Program (QRTP) assessment for youth in congregate care. This training will also demonstrate how to assign levels and identify placements for youth in Out of Home Care.... (read more)

Clarifying Forms for Dependency, Neglect, and Abuse Cases
This session will review the purpose and requirements around dependency, neglect and abuse (DNA) forms, specifically the importance of completing DNA forms correctly for Title IV-E reimbursement. This session will offer clarification on common interpretation barriers when filling out DNA forms and issues related to DNA-9s when granting permanent custody. Finally, a review on reasonable efforts will be included as it relates to Title IV-E.... (read more)

Collaborating to Improve Outcomes for Kids and Families
This session focuses on clarifying policies and expectations around relative placements and defining who is considered fictive kin. This session also highlights barriers around transition age youth, the court’s role in engaging this population, and the benefits of recommitment. There is also need-to-know information about multiple placements and moving children from foster home to foster home.... (read more)

Collaborative Safety Leadership
This Collaborative Safety training is designed for P&P supervisors and leadership. This training combines the content from the staff training and adds content for supervisors and leadership. The training will explore the following: How Collaborative safety supports agencies to establish and maintain a safety culture, the importance of integrating Safety Science to human service agencies, the main values and components of old and new view thinking, language that is more consistent with new view of safety and how to use this language, what a "second story" is, how to facilitate discussions with staff on the "second story", how staff are held accountable in a Safety Culture when there are performance issues or when connected to a critical incident, dilemmas organizations face when there is too much focus on worker output metrics.... (read more)

Collaborative Safety: Orientation
This training is intended for Support Service Aides, Frontline Staff, Supervisors, and Community Partners and will introduce safety science concepts, old views and new views of safety and how the agency is going to conduct critical incident reviews in the new model. The training supports the agency’s commitment to engaging all staff in the safety culture of the organization and will serve as a substantial purpose in creating agency alignment and increasing staff engagement.... (read more)

Collaborative Services in Mental Health and Substance Abuse: Part II
This two-part training series is intended for tenured full-time P&P Staff to provide them with critical knowledge about substance abuse and mental health problems experienced by families. A variety of subjects related to substance use disorders and mental health problems is discussed such as screening, assessment, case management, and referral services.

Classroom based portions of the course focus on theoretical foundations, etiology/diagnosis of substance abuse and mental health problems, as well as screening, referral, and case management practices. Participants will be completing some assignments using the Blackboard system.... (read more)

Continuous Quality Improvement Overview
The purpose of this mandatory training, intended for all DCBS (P&P and Family Support) staff, is to learn how DCBS has maintained utilization of the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) process as a performance and quality assurance and /improvement mechanism. This training will inform the CQI Specialist's role and the CQI Redesign steps--including the CQI Academy, Self-Assessment, and the next steps to implement recommendations from these efforts. This training also includes a demonstration of the CQI process and flow. This is an overview of Kentucky’s Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) CQI process. The CQI process is a performance and quality improvement mechanism that is utilized throughout our agency. CQI is the avenue for achievement of sustainable improvement in meeting agency goals and outcomes in serving families and children.... (read more)

CORE TEEN: Developing and Sustaining Healthy and Supportive Relationships with Your Youth
In this training, parents will be able to: describe the impact of loss and grief on teens; describe two actions that parents can take to enhance attachment and strengthen their relationship with youth; and describe two ways that parents can deepen attunement with their youth or a youth they will parent. For all foster parents and staff.... (read more)

CORE TEEN: Nurturing Youth's Cultural Needs, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
In this training, parents will be able to: identify ways to incorporate the youth’s race, culture and ethnicity into family life; demonstrate two skills in communicating acceptance and support for youth who are questioning their sexuality or gender identify and/or identify as LGBTQ2S. For all parents and staff.... (read more)

CORE TEEN: Understanding and Managing Youth's Challenging Behaviors--Part I
In this training, parents will be able to: demonstrate two skills parents use in coping and managing their own emotions in the face of their youth’s challenging behaviors; demonstrate two ways that parents can effectively respond to their youth’s rejecting, testing and maladaptive behaviors; and describe at least two signs that their relationship with the youth is under stress. For all parents and staff.... (read more)

Court Etiquette and Judicial Expectations
This session focuses on best practices regarding professional etiquette in the courtroom, tips for successful testimony in dependency, neglect and abuse (DNA) cases and considerations for written reports. The session will also include judicial expectations for social workers, including how to prepare for court, general tips on what the court wants child welfare workers to know and how judicial and social worker relationships can be improved.... (read more)

Cultural Diversity: Training of Trainers
This training, intended for RTCs and Training Branch staff, will prepare participants to conduct the recently changed Exploring Cultural Diversity and Prejudice training. The newly revised training will include Implicit Bias, Cultural Humility and some data from TWIST regarding Racial Disproportionality.... (read more)

Domestic Violence: Basic
This web-based training is required for FS Staff and all P&P Staff who do not attend the P&P Academy. This training requirement includes management, supervisors, and support staff in direct service roles.

DCBS plays a critical role in the coordinated response to domestic violence by enhancing safety of adult and child victims. This training meets the 1996 domestic violence mandatory "initial course" training requirement pursuant to KRS 194A.545. Specific focus will be on the following: nature and extent of domestic violence, "common ground" differences between domestic violence and child protection philosophies, psychological dynamics of battering, assessment and lethality/risk issues, service planning strategies, legal remedies for protection, model protocols for addressing domestic violence and community resources.... (read more)

Elder Abuse: Continuing Education
This web-based training will cover the dynamics, indicators, and effects of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, legal remedies for protection, lethality and risk issues, model protocols for addressing elder maltreatment, victim services and community resources, and mandatory reporting of elder maltreatment. This training is intended for all DCBS employees who directly provide services or who supervise the direct provision of services, whose job duties do not include elder maltreatment or adult protective services casework. These employees may encounter elder abuse, neglect, and/or maltreatment directly or indirectly while performing their assigned duties.... (read more)

Electronic Benefits Transfer: Card Security
This web-based training is intended for all FS Staff who are tasked with responsibilities for Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards received in the local office. Participants will receive instruction on Federally mandated levels of security that must be maintained for EBT cards according to Volume I, MS 0290.... (read more)

Eligibility Advisor Verification Service
This web-based training is intended for FS Staff who take applications for public assistance benefits or process cases. Upon completion, participants will be able to navigate the Eligibility Advisor to verify some or all of the following: income, employment history, real property and liquid assets.... (read more)

Equal Employment Opportunity
This web-based training is designed to help participants learn about and understand the Equal Employment Opportunity laws. How to prevent discrimination and what to do if you feel like you have been discriminated against will be covered. It is mandatory that all employees take this training every two years.... (read more)

Exploring Cultural Diversity and Prejudice for Private Child Care
This training is designed for all PCC/PCP staff to help create and awareness of different cultures and to help decrease prejudice and discrimination to help proved better services for the children and families they serve. This training helps staff evaluation their own cultural characteristics and discover where their attitudes and beliefs about other cultures originate. Open discussion around 9 cultural groups help participants grasp how both unintentional and intentional forms of discrimination affect others.... (read more)

Family First: Case Planning Process for Qualified Residential Treatment Program/Congregate Care
This training is intended for all P&P staff to understand the Family First requirements for Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTP) and placement in residential treatment. This training will also inform staff of federal and state judicial determinations and timelines and demonstrate how to integrate the QRTP assessment in i-twist.... (read more)

Family First: In-Home Case Planning Process
This training was designed to provide all DCBS staff with a review of SOP 3.4 and demonstrate how to enter an In-Home Case Plan when a family is referred to Prevention Services.
After this train training, participants will be able to develop an In-Home Case Plan in i-twist, which includes the referral to preventative services.... (read more)

Family First: Leveling and Placement
This training was designed to provide all DCBS staff with information around SOP 4.11.1 and the completion of the necessary documents for appropriate leveling of care and placements.
After this tthis training, participants will be able to complete and submit a new 886A and 106B (Initial Physical and Behavioral Health History) in i-twist.... (read more)

Family First: Supervisors
This training was designed to provide all DCBS supervisors with information regarding the change commitment process, specifically around Family First, and how to encourage court collaboration.
Afr />After this training, participants will be able to facilitate commitment to the change process regarding the Family First Act and encourage court collaboration.... (read more)

Family Support: Right to Apply
This web-based training is intended for new FS Staff who have not received any other programmatic training, such as SNAP, KTAP, Medicaid, etc. Upon completion of this training, participants will recognize the right of individuals to apply for any programs administered by the Division of Family Support.... (read more)

Family Team Meeting: Skill Building
Participants will gain knowledge around Family Team Meetings, Standard of Practice (SOP) and demonstrate the skills of engagement, facilitation and collaboration with families and /or community partners.... (read more)

Fidelity Information Systems: Navigating the Agency Portal for Electronic Benefits Transfer Inquiry
This web-based training is intended for FS Staff who work in the programs of SNAP or KTAP, or handle client or other inquiries regarding the EBT card or usage. Upon completion, participants will be able to inquire the Fidelity Information Systems ebtEDGE Agency Portal application in the Inquiry Role to view case, client and card information and transaction history for a card or case.... (read more)

Forensic Interviewing
This training, intended for P&P staff, focuses on techniques for effectively interviewing children in abuse cases. It focuses on the Forensic Interviewing Structure designed to elicit detailed information about a possible event(s) that the child may have experienced or witnessed. These techniques can also be applied while conducting an assessment with an adult. During the skill-building component, participants practice forensic interviewing skills through role-play with trainers. These structured interviews are facilitated in small groups with immediate coaching and feedback included for all participants.... (read more)

Foundations in Child, Family, and Adult Services: Adult Protective Services Part I
This training is required for Protection & Permanency workers responsible for Adult Protective Services (APS). This training will cover the following topics: Kentucky Revised Statutes, Standards of Practice, indicators of abuse, interviewing skills, working with community partners, and completing the assessment and documentation tool. This training will include web-based training and synchronous sessions.... (read more)

FPP: Medication Assisted Treatment
This training will include a brief overview of legal and illegal substance abuse and their effects on the family. It will also focus on opioids and the crisis in Kentucky. We will continue the day discussing Medication Assisted Treatment and pregnant women. Upon completion, participants will learn about drugs of abuse and their possible effects; what to look for when screening for abuse; how opioids affect the brain; what medications are available to treat opioid addiction; the pros and cons associated with each medication; and the risks and benefits of utilizing these medications during pregnancy.... (read more)

GPS: Child Sexual Abuse Series
This 12-part training series, prepares and supports experienced Foster Parents and Kinship Care Providers to develop specialized insights and skills for working with children and birth families where there has been sexual abuse. The program addresses the unique pressures of caring for children who have been sexually abused that can bring on families and marriage, while providing practical strategies for dealing with the difficult behaviors of the children. This training also fulfills the requirement for becoming an advanced resource home.

Each of the twelve parts is 3.0 hours of credit for a total of 36 hours of training credit for completion of the series. The first four parts are mandatory.... (read more)

HIPAA for Non-Medical Employers
Many organizations that fit the description of non-medical employers have employees, who by nature of their roles in Human Resources or benefits or health plan administration, have access to the personal and private health information of other employees. These organizations are legally obligated to protect this information as described by HIPAA's Privacy Rule. This course focuses on helping these employees learn how to identify protected health information (PHI), how to appropriately use, disclose or request PHI, and the importance of following their employer's internal privacy policies and procedures for handling the PHI they come into contact with as they do their job. This course was developed with subject matter support provided by the Labor & Employment Law Group of the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC. Please note, however, that the course materials and content are for informational purposes only and do not constitute legal advice. Nothing herein, or in the course materials, shall be construed as professional advice as to any particular situation or constitute a legal opinion with respect to compliance with any federal, state, or local laws. Transmission of the information is not intended to create, and receipt does not constitute, an attorney-client relationship. Readers should not act upon this information without seeking professional counsel. The information contained herein is provided only as general information that may or may not reflect the most current legal developments. This information is not provided in the course of an attorney-client relationship and is not intended to constitute legal advice or to substitute for obtaining legal advice from an attorney licensed in your state. Duration: 26... (read more)

How to Engage Families Using the DPP-115: Refresher
This training is designed for tenured staff and teams who are in need of additional instruction concerning the child protective 115 report process with DCBS. This training is commonly used for staff and/or teams moving to the CPS investigative function from another function. This training will cover topics such as timeframes for initiating the 115, filing juvenile petitions, the court process, obtaining placement for children entering OOHC, preparing cases for transfer to ongoing units, preparing for closure, legal issues surrounding the transportation of children in OOHC and medical consents, making referrals to community partners, and issues surrounding visitation between children and their families.... (read more)

i-TWIST for START Mentors
This web-based training will review the basic navigation of i-twist as START mentors have access to i-twist case information. This review will help to better serve clients when conducting a thorough case review and also assist when entering case documentation.... (read more)

i-TWIST: AOC Interface for Interested Party Review
This web-based training is designed for all CPS case managers to demonstrate how to complete an Interested Party Review (IPR).

i-TWIST: Basic Navigation, Inquiry and Reports for Office Support Assistants
This web-based training is intended for Office Support Assistants (OSA). Participants will learn to recognize the basic anatomy of the i-twist program. They will also learn how to navigate to appropriate menus to conduct prior history (Inquiry), locate and print automated reports such as the 115, the Assessment Summary (ADT) and the Case Plan. The DPP -115 notification in the i-twist program will also be reviewed.... (read more)

i-TWIST: Case Planning Navigation--In-Home
This web-based training is designed for all APS and CPS staff, supervisors, specialists and associates in P&P who complete the Case Planning: In-Home process. DCBS has finalized recent TWIST changes to streamline the documentation.... (read more)

i-TWIST: Court Information
This web-based training is designed for all CPS staff, supervisors, specialists and associates in P&P who document court information. DCBS has finalized recent i-twist changes to streamline the documentation.... (read more)

i-TWIST: Documentation of Individual Information and Contact Screens
This web-based training is designed for all CPS staff, supervisors, specialists and associates in P&P who complete document contacts using the TWIST System. DCBS has finalized recent TWIST changes to streamline the documentation of the Intake process.... (read more)

i-TWIST: Inquiry and Intake
This web-based training, intended for new P&P Staff attending the P&P Academy, will provide participants with a working knowledge of basic anatomy and functionality of the i-twist program. Participants will learn how to document referrals utilizing the i-twist system. All documentation relating to casework during intake per SOP mandates will be covered.... (read more)

i-TWIST: Kentucky Health Information Data Sharing
This web-based training is designed for all CPS case managers to demonstrate how to view health information in the Kentucky Health Information Exchange (KHIE) system for youth in Out of Home Care (OOHC).... (read more)

i-TWIST: Medical and Disability Navigation
This web-based training is designed for all CPS staff, supervisors, specialists and associates in P&P who complete the Medical and Disability Navigation process. DCBS has finalized recent TWIST changes to streamline the documentation.... (read more)

i-TWIST: Offline Application--Part II
This web-based training is for P&P staff and contains information on utilizing the i-TWIST Offline Application for completing contacts offline, completing fields in an ADT Investigation narrative offline, and completing visit verifications with electronic signatures.... (read more)

i-TWIST: Offline Application--Part IV
This web-based training, intended for P&P staff, contains information on utilizing the i-TWIST Offline Application for completing a Safety Check and Review (DPP-1277) in the offline application.

i-TWIST: Placement Screen for Relative and Fictive Kin
This web-based training is intended for P&P frontline staff. Participants will learn how to complete the Child Placement information panel in an Assessment, complete a Safety Check and Review intake for an ongoing case, create a new resource in the Resource Directory, and complete the In-Home Placement screen.... (read more)

i-TWIST: Presentation Summary
This web-based training is designed for workers that will be entering Presentation Summaries in the i-TWIST system. This training will details the steps involved.

i-TWIST: Provide In-Progress
This web-based training is designed for workers and supervisors that work with certification and recommendation of potential foster/adoptive parents. The i-twist system offers a stream-lined approach for the user to upload required documents while gathering information prior to making an initial recommendation for the home.... (read more)

i-TWIST: Provide Ongoing
This web-based training will train participants on how to receive and update basic information for individuals that are approved Foster/Adoptive homes. The information is entered in the i-twist system for tracking and documentation purposes.... (read more)

i-TWIST: Safety Check and Review for Centralized Intake Staff
This web-based training is intended for Centralized Intake staff. Participants will learn how to enter a Safety Check and Review, complete the approval process and how to locate and complete an existing Safety Check and Review generated from an ongoing case.... (read more)

i-TWIST: Using the Staff Directory
This web-based training is designed for Administrators to add, update and/or view information in the Staff Directory.

Identifying Burnout and Assessing for Trauma in Child Welfare Supervisors
This training, intended for P&P Supervisors, which focuses on allowing participants to gain knowledge on identifying Work Related Stress, Trauma and Burnout that they can experience as a Child Welfare Professional. Participants will be able to identify the different types of stressors and trauma that are common to Child Welfare Professionals. Supervisors will also receive knowledge, not only on the affects that Trauma from front-line work can have on themselves, but how the increased responsibility of being a Child Welfare supervisor can intensify stress and burnout. Supervisors will also understand how the stress, trauma and burnout affect employees under the direct supervision. Participants will be provided with skills and strategies to become self-aware of Trauma and Burnout and their effects, but through practice and instruction, will gain an understanding of how to manage their emotions and how to practice positive self-care. Instruction will allow P&P Supervisors to not only practice positive self-care themselves, but also give them the skills and understanding to educate their team on how to become self-aware and practice meaningful and positive self-care.... (read more)

Indian Child Welfare Act
This Web-Based Training is required for all new Protection and Permanency Workers. This course includes the history and purpose of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) legislation and the job duties and functions of the Protection and Permanency staff.... (read more)

Intake Process Systems
This training is designed for new Protection and Permanency workers who have successfully completed Social Work Principles of Foundations in Child, Family, and Adult Services. This training consists of asynchronous and synchronous learning components regarding Central Intake, Acceptance Criteria, SOP, Child Fatality Determinations, Structured Decision Making, Medical Indicators, Time Management, Cultural Humility, Intimate Partner Violence, Interviewing Skills, Self-Care, and Collaboration with Colleagues and Supervisors.... (read more)

Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children: Overview
This course is designed to give DPP staff an overview of how to make case referrals to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) system, provide services to families from other states, and close ICPC cases. This includes topics of what is ICPC, why we must have a system, who must use this system, how to request, receive and manage ICPC cases through case closure. Each form is described along with several completed examples.... (read more)

Introduction to Community Based Services
Participants will learn the training development needed to become a DCBS Human Services Professional, including the Kentucky Human Resource Center Information System (KHRIS) and EKU Training Resource Center’s Training Records Information System (TRIS), and e-Learning (Moodle) systems. Participants will become familiar with DCBS processing of time and attendance, DCBS polices/laws/regulations, safekeeping of confidential information and the appropriate use of CHFS computer equipment, internet and email systems. Participants will be instructed in the proper way to provide quality client service, the DCBS Mission and Vision for new employees and the various types of poverty, causes of poverty and responses. A review of the various programs offered by DCBS, their purpose and the population they serve will also be provided in this training. Participants will learn the Workplace Violence Policy, Emergency alert systems and Critical Incident reporting procedures.... (read more)

Introduction to kynect Health Coverage
This training is intended for Family Support employees who are enrolled in the kynect Health Coverage series and provides an overview of the Medicaid program, which Medicaid programs are included in the training series, and private insurance coverage offered through the State Based Marketplace.... (read more)

Juvenile Code
This training covers recognition and completion of court documentation, terminology, and roles of individuals in the juvenile court system. Scenarios will be presented, during group activities, allowing participants an opportunity to familiarize themselves with appropriate documentation to be submitted and to identify various court processes, such as arraignment and adjudication.... (read more)

Kentucky Adoption Profile Exchange
This training is intended for Protection and Permanency frontline staff, specialists, R&C staff, WWK specialists, and Supervisors. This training will provide an overview of KAPE, including the criteria to submit a KAPE referral, and the roles of KAPE and WWK Specialists.... (read more)

Kentucky Safety Model: Case Consultation, Safety, Prevention, and Aftercare Plans
This training is intended for all Protection and Permanency workers responsible for Child Protective Services cases. The purpose of this training is to discuss Case Consultation and when and how to use the Safety, Prevention, and Aftercare planning tools to effectively work in partnership with children and families.... (read more)

Kentucky Works Program
This training is designed for FS Case Managers only. Topics include: OTIS navigation; core, non-core, and allowable components; referrals and placements; transportation payments and creating PA-33s; reports and tracking on OTIS; supportive services; conciliation; good cause and sanction processes; and OTIS History/Inquiry.... (read more)

Kentucky Works Program: Post-Test
The web-based training will be taken by participants enrolled in the Kentucky Works Program (KWP) classroom training and will be used to measure program knowledge after being trained.

Kinship Care for KTAP Case Managers
This web-based training is intended for KTAP Case Managers who will be processing Kinship Care cases. Participants will receive instruction on Kinship Care eligibility requirements, FS worker responsibilities, caretaker responsibilities, and special procedures for recertifying a Kinship Care case.... (read more)

Kinship Care: Navigator--Introduction
The following Modules will give you an overview of the information on Kinship Care and the Service Array that is available.

KORE: Child Welfare and Opioid Use Disorder/Substance Use Disorder--Regional Kick-Off
As part of Kentucky’s Opioid Response Effort (KORE), DCBS will conduct ½ day kick-off events in each region to provide information on the latest research, evidence-based practices, and the critical role DCBS staff have in addressing the opioid use disorder/substance use disorder epidemic in Kentucky. The trainings will include presentations from medical professionals, behavioral health and child welfare experts, as well as persons in recovery and will introduce new training initiatives soon to be available to DCBS staff. DCBS Protection and Permanency leadership (Central Office and Regional), P&P Supervisors, Frontline Staff and Foster/Adoptive Parents are encouraged to attend. Participants will gain knowledge on adverse childhood experiences and substance use disorders, stigma’s around substance use disorders, treatment and recovery, and risk/safety assessment of substance use disorders and will be equipped to serve as Champions of the KORE Child Welfare and OUD/SUD Training Project scheduled to roll out in Fall 2019.... (read more)

KTAP for Worker Portal: Part II
This training includes instruction on two-parent households including Incapacity and Unemployed parent cases, Deprivation of Single Parent Adoption and additional practice on income and resources. Additional topics are FAD, relocation assistance, WIN, payee only cases and Kinship care. Review of policy on case changes, supplementals and special circumstance payments is also part of the content. Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to work in the functional area of Eligibility and Enrollment. Participants will not be able to work in the functional area of Support Services for Case Management until they have completed the third course in this series (KWP).... (read more)

KTAP for Worker Portal: Pre-Test
This web-based training will be taken by participants enrolled in KTAP for Worker Portal classroom training and will be used to measure knowledge before being trained.

KTAP: Resources
This web-based training is intended for new or tenured Family Support workers who complete KTAP cases. This training includes instruction on consideration of resources for Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program. Participants will be able to determine resource eligibility for KTAP cases.

To begin this training, please go to: https://learn.trc.eku.edu/moodle/course/view.php?id=533... (read more)

kynect Appointment Scheduling: General Awareness Webinar for DCBS Staff
This webinar provides DCBS Staff with an overview of the changes coming to kynect benefits and Worker Portal systems with the kynect Appointments Module, the benefits for DCBS Staff and Residents, a system demonstrations of both systems, and information on the help resources available for DCBS Staff and Residents.... (read more)

kynect Appointment Scheduling: kynect ability Webinar Phase II
This webinar provides DCBS Staff with the E&T Worker Role (Case Managers) with an overview and walkthrough of the new video appointment functionality coming to the kynect ability system for E&T Providers and E&T Supervisors as part of Phase 2 of the kynect Appointments Module. This webinar also provides an overview of the Phase 2 system changes coming to kynect benefits for E&T Participants as they schedule E&T appointments, and the help resources available for E&T Providers and E&T Participants.... (read more)

kynect Appointment Scheduling: Webinar for DCBS Management Phase II
This webinar provides DCBS Management with an overview and walkthrough of the new appointment scheduling and appointment location setup functionality in Worker Portal. This webinar also covers the joining video appointments and video appointment best practices for DCBS Staff and Management, the updates coming to kynect benefits and kynect ability, and the help resources available for DCBS Management, Staff, and Residents.... (read more)

kynect Benefits Awareness 2021
This training will provide participants an overview of the kynect benefits system, benefits of using the system, a system demonstration, and information on help resources available to Residents. This is the 2021 update to the training. This will be required for all DCBS employees.... (read more)

kynect Health Coverage: Managed Care Organization Enrollment and Copays
This training is intended for Family Support employees who are enrolled in the kynect Health Coverage series and currently attending Part I of the series. This micro-session will be completed during Part I virtual class and provides an overview of Managed Care Organizations (MCO) and Copays for Medicaid. Participants will be able to outline steps for the Enrollment Module on Worker Portal for MCOs.... (read more)

kynect Health Coverage: Part I
This classroom training is intended for Family Support workers who have completed SNAP and Child Care series but have not previously attended Medicaid training. This training includes instruction and practice on completing QHP, APTC, CSR, and MAGI Medicaid cases. Participants will receive instruction on policy, procedures, and system entry on Worker Portal. Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to interview clients and enter applications and renewals in the Eligibility and Enrollment Family Support function, and complete other Dashboard tasks for these types of cases.... (read more)

kynect Health Coverage: Part II
This classroom training is intended for Family Support workers who have completed SNAP and Child Care series but have not previously attended Medicaid training. This training includes instruction and practice on completing Medicare Savings Program cases for individuals and couples, and resource consideration for Non-MAGI cases. Participants will receive instruction on policy, procedures, and system entry on Worker Portal. Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to interview and complete applications for Medicare Savings Program cases.... (read more)

kynect Health Coverage: Part III
This classroom training is intended for Family Support workers who have completed SNAP and Child Care series but have not previously attended Medicaid training. This training includes instruction and practice on completing Pass Through cases and Non-MAGI Spend Downs, including couples and MRT referrals. Participants will receive instruction on policy, procedures, and system entry on Worker Portal. Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to interview and complete applications for Spend Downs and Pass Through cases.... (read more)

kynect Health Coverage: Qualified Health Plan Shopping
This training is intended for Family Support employees who are enrolled in the kynect Health Coverage series and currently attending Part I of the series. This micro-session will be completed during Part I virtual class and outlines Shopping procedures for Qualified Health Plans at Open Enrollment and for Qualifying Life Events. Participants will be able to navigate the shopping screens for Qualified Health Plans (QHP).... (read more)

kynect Health Coverage: Resources Review
This training is intended for Family Support employees who are enrolled in the kynect Health Coverage series, preparing to attend Part III, and can also be completed by tenured employees as a refresher. This course reviews resources for Non-MAGI Medicaid, including types of life insurance, prepaid funeral contracts, and real property. Participants will practice application of policy through scenarios, including verification sources and system entry.... (read more)

LGBTQ+ Mental Health: The Trauma of Coming Out
This course will assist foster parents and staff understand the trauma of a youth coming out or considering coming out.

Medicaid for Worker Portal: Introduction to Long Term Care
This web-based training is intended for new or tenured workers. Participants will receive instruction on the difference between Facility and Waiver care, review the various types of care received with the Long Term Care program, and what difference the Living Arrangement has on vendor payment cases.... (read more)

Medicaid Works
This web-based training introduces participants to basic policies for the Medicaid Works program. Upon completion, participants will be able to complete applications for and processing of Medicaid Works cases.... (read more)

Medicaid: Medicare
This web-based training is intended for workers who are enrolled in the Medicaid series and is a prerequisite to attending Medicaid: Non-MAGI training. Participants will be able to identify and define all parts of Medicare with policy and procedures relevant to Non-MAGI Medicaid cases.... (read more)

Medicaid: Resources
This web-based training is intended for FS workers who are enrolled in the Medicaid Series and is a prerequisite to attending Medicaid: Medicare Savings and Health Benefits classroom training. This training introduces participants to basic policies and resource definitions for Medicaid for Aged, Blind and Disabled individuals.... (read more)

Medicaid: Vendor Payment
This virtual training is intended for FS workers who have completed the kynect Health Coverage (or other Medicaid series), and will be working with Medicaid Vendor Payment cases. This training includes instruction and practice on completing vendor payment cases, including Nursing Facilities, Hospice, Waiver including Home and Community Based Services (HCBS), Supports for Community Living (SCL) and other institutional/waiver programs for single individuals, couples and children. Participants will receive instruction on policy, procedures and system entry on Worker Portal. Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to interview and complete applications for vendor payment cases.... (read more)

Medicaid: Vendor Payment Pre-Test
This web-based training is intended for FS Staff who are enrolled in Medicaid: Vendor Payment training and will be used to measure knowledge before attending the classroom training.

Medical Indicators
The purpose of Medical Indicators training is for newly hired DCBS case workers to learn the indicators of child abuse and neglect. Although this training does not cover every potential form of child maltreatment, the most common indicators are addressed in the training. Every case of child abuse and neglect contains a medical component; therefore, this interactive day of training is vital to the foundation of basic case investigation. This training is engaging and allows the opportunity for workers to ask questions as well as receive answers in real time. With DCBS Medical Support Nurse Service Administrators providing the training, it is the beginning of a working relationship between field staff and Central Office Medical Support. The teaching material is supplemented by the presenter’s examples as they relate to the topics discussed. Attendees are challenged throughout the training to process case investigative work when presented with medical issues requiring field staff decision.... (read more)

Medically Complex: Annual
This conference-style training event will provide DCBS and PCC Medically Complex Foster/Adoptive Parents the opportunity to obtain 12 hours of the ongoing training needed for recertification. Participants will choose from a variety of training topics to allow them the opportunity to attend the training sessions most relevant to the needs of the child in their care. General training sessions will also be held and are conducted through the meals. Therefore, attendance at meals is required to receive full training credit. All 12 hours of training must be completed.

Foster/Adoptive Parents must be an approved Medically Complex Resource Home in order to attend.... (read more)

Medically Complex: Join Hands Together
This training is for DCBS and Private Agency Foster Parents who have been approved by their R&C Supervisor and/or agency to attend. This is the initial training that all Foster Parents must complete before they can be approved as a Medically Complex Foster Home. This training is comprised of 5.25 hours of prerequisite web-based trainings and 6.75 hours of classroom training for 12 total training hours.

Prior to attending this training, participants must complete a series of web-based trainings. These trainings are: Medically Complex: Orientation, Medically Complex: Nutrition, Medically Complex: Standards of Practice, and Medically Complex: Growth and Development web-based trainings. All of these trainings should be completed no later than one-week prior to the start of the Join Hands Together training or participants may be cancelled. Training credit will not be issued for completion of any of these web-based trainings until the entire classroom portion of Join Hands Together is completed. If these prerequisites are completed more than six months prior to attending the Join Hands Together classroom training, they must completed again to ensure participants are equipped with the knowledge and information provided through these web-based trainings.... (read more)

Medically Complex: Orientation
This web-based training is intended for any Foster/Adoptive Parent, Kinship Care Provider, PCC's, or workers who are interested in the Medically Complex Program. Information such as diseases and conditions of the medically complex child, documentation for approval of the resource home and ongoing training requirements will be discussed.... (read more)

Medication Administration
In this web-based training, Foster/Adoptive Parents will receive information on basic medication administration and documentation. The training will include information of the six rights of medication administration, how the body utilizes medications, side effects, adverse effects, considerations for administering medications and DCBS forms related to medication administration.... (read more)

National Adoption Competency Mental Health Initiative for P&P Supervisors
This training is available for all Protection and Permanency Supervisors. The training focuses on casework practices for staff across the child welfare continuum to promote child well-being and family stability. It also seeks to improve collaboration between child welfare and mental health service systems. An additional 3 hours of training and a Supervisor Coaching and Activity Guide to support their staff to transfer learning to daily practice will also be included.

The competencies on which the curriculum modules are based include: Understanding Children’s Mental Health Needs; Supporting and Strengthening Attachment; Understanding the Impact of Race, Culture, and Diversity on Adoptive & Guardianship Families; Supporting Loss and Grief; Understanding the Impact of Trauma on Brain Development and Behavior; Supporting Positive Identity Formation and Promoting Family Stability Post Placement.... (read more)

New Employee Orientation for Private Childcare Staff
This is a training for new PCC/PCP agencies that are just beginning or would like a refresher on what the agencies are responsible for as far as forms, trainings and a clear explanation of the PCC/PCP agreement that they have with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. There is open discussion about process and timeframes for required documentation... (read more)

Non-Fatal Strangulation Education for Child Protective Services Employees
Identify the signs and symptoms consistent with strangulation and apply evidence-based practices, while utilizing a trauma-informed approach. Recognize the risk and predictive nature associated with intimate partner strangulation. Articulate the importance of creating a regional non-fatal strangulation protocol and galvanizing a coordinated community response. Apply knowledge gained through non-fatal strangulation training to the application of care and investigations involving children.... (read more)

Orientation for Private Child Care
This is a training for new PCC/PCP agencies that are just beginning or would like a refresher on what the agencies are responsible for as far as forms, trainings and a clear explanation of the PCC/PCP agreement that they have with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. There is open discussion about process and timeframes for required documentation.

Objectives: Understand the different agency roles utilized with PCC/PCP; understanding of PCC Tracking system; forms for completion for DCBS, TRIS, CRP, and other agencies; understanding of training requirements for PCP parents either therapeutically elveled or medically complex; understand the method for leveling a child using CRP forms; understanding the ongoing monitoring of children and how each agency has a role in this process.... (read more)

Parental Regulation
The purpose of this web-based learning opportunity is to enhance the participants understanding of parental regulation. This training is designed for foster and adoptive parents/caregivers. Parental Regulation is the set of skills and abilities that help participants manage feelings and behaviors so that they can then use the right skills, interventions and supports at the right time.... (read more)

PCWCP: Social Work Principles-Part II
This course is designed to integrate PCWCP students for working with families through knowledge and skills on a variety of topics. Those topics include: family strengths, resistance, interviewing skills, and court. Students will have an opportunity to practice and demonstrate new skills learned throughout the training.... (read more)

Personnel Management
This training was designed to give new managers and supervisors a practical knowledge of personnel management issues necessary to handle day-to-day personnel situations with governing policies and procedures. The first day of training will include hiring and selection process and performance planning. The final day continues with the performance planning, job/task criteria and evaluation and coaching practices. The training will wrap up with the topics of corrective action and progressive discipline.... (read more)

Practicing Self-Care
This web-based training is intended for Family Support workers. Participants will receive information about the importance of self-care and ways to practice self-care in their work environment. Topics include self-care for physical, emotional and professional realms among others to restore and reduce unnecessary stress, burnout and compassion fatigue. Participants will be able to engage in a self-care assessment, and to make an individualized self-care plan. Upon completion of this training, participants will have the tools to incorporate self-care into their daily routines.

To begin this training, please go to: https://learn.trc.eku.edu/moodle/course/view.php?id=617... (read more)

Presentation Skills: Part II
This training is intended for DCBS trainers, volunteer trainers, supervisors, R&C staff, and anyone else that facilitates or conducts presentations. Prior to attending this classroom session, participants must have completed Presentation Skills: Part I on Moodle. In this training, all of the components from the Part I will be debriefed, and there will be additional topics, including: Introductions, Debriefing Methods, Visual Aids, Difficult Participants, and Commanding the Room. Participants will apply this content by conducting mini-presentations which include checking for understanding, introductions and group facilitations.... (read more)

Professional Documentation
This web-based training is intended for DCBS Staff working in P&P. A major responsibility for P&P staff is casework documentation. This training will raise awareness of the need for professionalism in documenting services to families. Guidelines for organizing your writing, checking for common grammatical errors and avoiding pitfalls that are often found in professional social work documentation will be covered.... (read more)

Protection and Permanency Leadership Training Series: Core A
This series of trainings is designed for Family Services Office Supervisors of Protection and Permanency. These trainings will provide supervisors with leadership skills and tools that can support them as they carry out their diverse activities. Supervisors are presented with an integrated framework consisting of three functions: Administrative, Educational and Supportive functions and will practice strategies to ensure strength-based approaches are systemically applied for both employees and families. Topics include trauma informed practice, self-care and secondary traumatic stress, racial equity, ethical decision making, cultural humility, coaching and mentoring strategies, learning styles and team building.... (read more)

Protection and Permanency Leadership Training Series: Core C
This series of trainings is designed for Family Services Office Supervisors of Protection and Permanency. These trainings will provide supervisors with leadership skills and tools that can support them as they carry out their diverse activities. Supervisors are presented with an integrated framework consisting of three functions: Administrative, Educational and Supportive functions and will practice strategies to ensure strength-based approaches are systemically applied for both employees and families. Topics include trauma informed practice, self-care and secondary traumatic stress, racial equity, ethical decision making, cultural humility, coaching and mentoring strategies, learning styles and team building.... (read more)

Protection and Permanency Leadership Training Series: Core E
This series of trainings is designed for Family Services Office Supervisors of Protection and Permanency. These trainings will provide supervisors with leadership skills and tools that can support them as they carry out their diverse activities. Supervisors are presented with an integrated framework consisting of three functions: Administrative, Educational and Supportive functions and will practice strategies to ensure strength-based approaches are systemically applied for both employees and families. Topics include trauma informed practice, self-care and secondary traumatic stress, racial equity, ethical decision making, cultural humility, coaching and mentoring strategies, learning styles and team building.... (read more)

Psychotropic Medication Use in Out-of-Home Care
This web-based training is intended for all DCBS Staff and will provide an overview of psychotropic medications, their common classes, how they relate to common diagnoses of children in care, and how assessment of their appropriateness fits with trauma-informed care and the screening, assessment and treatment of children in out-of-home care. Participants will also be provided with information on the behavioral health needs of children in care, alternatives to use of psychotropic medications, weighing risks and benefits, the worker’s role in informed consent, and questions for medical providers which may assist workers in determining appropriate treatment and whether to provide consent for use of psychotropic medications.... (read more)

Quality Engagement for Successful Partnership
The purpose of this training, intended for P&P Regional Staff, Supervisors and Workers, is to enhance staff and supervisors' skills in effective engagement with families and to demonstrate its importance.... (read more)

Random Moment Sampling
This course is required as part of New Employee Orientation for DCBS Staff in FS and P&P. In this web-based training, participants will be reviewing tools used by DCBS that determine cost distribution to various family support and protection and permanency programs and services. The primary purpose of this training is to inform you of the overall Random Moment Sampling (RMS) process and create awareness of the types of information that you will provide in a RMS such as the activity being performed by the worker at a particular moment. Random moment is a point in time selected at random and moment is a specific minute during work hours. In this training, there is a section that tells us who the observers are and how RMS works.... (read more)

Reasonable and Prudent Parenting Standards for Private Child Care Staff
This training is intended for private child care staff. Trainer must have previously attended RPPS:TOT. This training will provide information regarding the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standards as it pertains to the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act of 2014. This training will define RPPS and how it applies to all staff and foster parent roles, youth rights and responsibilities, and DCBS policies. Protecting Children and Youth at Risk of Sex Trafficking and the Planning and Transition for a Successful Adulthood will also be Reviewed.... (read more)

Recovery Champions: Harm Reduction
This training is available for all DCBS staff as well as both DCBS and PCP Foster Parents to understand the definition of both abstinence-based models and harm reduction models in addressing SUD. Participants will identify the most common harm reduction services related to the opioid crisis and learn how to separate myth from fact regarding common ideas about harm reduction. For DCBS Foster Parents only, this training meets policy for ongoing Care Plus training.

This training has been funded by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services through the Kentucky Opioid Response Effort (KORE), a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant.... (read more)

Recovery Champions: Medication-Assisted Treatment
This training is available for all DCBS Staff as well as both DCBS and PCP Foster Parents to understand the comprehensive model of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and the evidence to support MAT. Participants will become familiar with the FDA approved medications and understand how to communicate with others about effective use of MAT. The corresponding activity will allow participants to explore the myths versus facts of MAT. For DCBS Foster Parents only, this training meets policy for ongoing Care Plus training.

This training has been funded by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services through the Kentucky Opioid Response Effort (KORE), a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant.... (read more)

Recovery Champions: Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC)
This training is available for all DCBS staff as well as both DCBS and PCP Foster Parents to understand recovery-oriented systems of care (ROSC) and identify areas your organization can focus on to move ROSC forward.

This training has been funded by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services through the Kentucky Opioid Response Effort (KORE), a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant.... (read more)

Recovery Champions: Stigma
This training is available for all DCBS Staff as well as both DCBS and PCP Foster Parents to understand the definition of stigma as related to addiction and the potential impact of stigma on individuals with SUD. The corresponding activity will allow participants to identify stigmatizing words or phrases and learn how to replace them with non-stigmatizing language. For DCBS Foster Parents only, this training meets policy for ongoing Care Plus training.

This training has been funded by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services through the Kentucky Opioid Response Effort (KORE), a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant.... (read more)

Recovery Champions: Treatment
This training is available for all DCBS Staff as well as both DCBS and PCP Foster Parents to understand the current structures of treatment and how people benefit from these professional services. Participants will understand how clinical services operate at different levels to support recovery and identify markers of effective treatment. This training will explore the concept of a continuum of care and identify ways medication-assisted treatment (MAT) can work across levels of care and the best practices in the treatment of SUD, opioid use disorders, and co-occurring mental health disorders. The corresponding activity will demonstrate the effectiveness of using an individualized, collaborative, strengths-based, non-punitive approach to build on a client’s resilience rather than focus on failures. For DCBS Foster Parents only, this training meets policy for ongoing Care Plus training.

This training has been funded by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services through the Kentucky Opioid Response Effort (KORE), a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant.... (read more)

Relative and Fictive Kin Service Array Micro
This micro training is intended for DCBS P&P workers to overview the relative and fictive kin service array. Participants will differentiate between the two service array options and know which forms to complete for each option.... (read more)

Resource Parent Curriculum Trainers: Effective Implementation
The UK Center on Trauma and Children (CTAC) is hosting a session focused on overcoming implementation challenges associated with Caring for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma: Resource Parent Curriculum. This will be a 1 hour session to discuss challenges and strategies for overcoming barriers to effective implementation. This session is intended for those who have already completed the initial three day train the trainer event with CTAC.... (read more)

Right Time Training: Accessing Service and Support
This web-based training is designed for PCP and DCBS foster and adoptive parents as well as PCP and R&C workers. In this training participants will: Learn to normalize the need to ask for services and the importance of being a life-long learner, recognize the need to become an advocate for children to ensure they get the services they need; recognize the importance of developing a support network (school, community supports, friends, medical), understand the types of services available including counseling for trauma and loss; understand the importance of medical/developmental screening and counseling; understand the value of support groups and peer-to-peer programs.... (read more)

Right Time Training: Building Parental Resilience
This web-based training is designed for PCP and DCBS foster and adoptive parents as well as PCP and R&C workers. In this training participants will: Understand what parental resiliency is and the importance of resiliency for those parents who are fostering or adopting; recognize the kinds of parenting challenges that are likely to occur when fostering or adopting children who have experienced trauma, separation and loss; understand the four building blocks of parental resiliency; recognize friends and family may not understand the complexity of the children’s needs or the need to provide support to the family; understand the importance of self-care and the steps necessary to build and maintain self-care.... (read more)

Right Time Training: Education
This web-based training is designed for PCP and DCBS foster and adoptive parents as well as PCP and R&C workers. In this training participants will: Understand educational considerations that may need to be put in place for children who have experienced loss, separation or other traumatic experiences; know how to advocate for children in the school settings; aware of challenges children may encounter in school; understand IEP and 504 plans; aware of strategies to partner with teachers and schools for academic success; know how to plan for higher education and/or vocations.... (read more)

Right Time Training: Life Story
This web-based training is designed for PCP and DCBS foster and adoptive parents as well as PCP and R&C workers. In this training participants will: Understand when and how to tell children their adoption/birth story based on age and developmental level; recognize the importance of making this an on-going conversation with children in an inclusive, open fashion; willing to honor strengths while also acknowledging challenges.... (read more)

Right Time Training: Preparing and Managing Visitations
This web-based training is designed for PCP and DCBS foster and adoptive parents as well as PCP and R&C workers. In this training participants will: Understand how to check in and address children’s concerns, questions and emotions before and after visits with their families; able to name and validate the range of feelings associated with visits from children and their parents; understand how to prepare the children for visitations; recognize the importance of visits even if children exhibit behaviors before or after the visits; understand role of the parent who is fostering or adopting in the visit and need to keep the children free to enjoy the visits; aware of language to use with children when visits are missed or cancelled.... (read more)

Right Time Training: Responding to Children in Crisis
This web-based training is designed for PCP and DCBS foster and adoptive parents as well as PCP and R&C workers. In this training participants will: Become aware of strategies to help children become regulated while de-escalating crises; aware of strategies to help children return to a calm state and keep children who are dysregulated safe while also keeping family members safe; become aware of strategies to help children and families feel physically and psychologically safe; understand the importance of partnering with other professionals and entities around a crisis.... (read more)

Right Time Training: Sexual Identity and Development
This web-based training is designed for PCP and DCBS foster and adoptive parents as well as PCP and R&C workers. In training participants will: Understand healthy sexual development; aware of definitions and language (familiar with the differences between sex and gender, gender expression and gender identity, and sexual orientation and gender); know how to help children and teenagers develop strategies to handle bias and discrimination; open to non-binary gender identities; aware of how to help teenagers understand healthy sexual relationships.... (read more)

Risk Factors and the Assessment of Child Protective Service Referrals
This training is designed for child protective service teams to strengthen their skill development in assessing and identifying protective and risk factors. Instructional content will guide participants into discussion on specific risk factors which have been identified as critical through the Continuous Quality Assessment. The training focuses on and explores the impact of substance abuse, domestic violence and mental health issues with the family to help determine safety for family members, including assessing for out-of-home care placement if necessary. Information and materials are presented on each of these risk factors and protective factors by a panel of Specialists. The training also has guided practice in assessing a case scenario and making safety determinations on the case scenario including final determination of placement options.... (read more)

Safeguarding Confidential Social Security Administration and IRS Information
This web-based training is intended for DCBS employees who have access to confidential information provided by Social Security Administration (SSA) or the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). This training will familiarize staff on steps to take when handling confidential information, identify Federal Tax Information (FTI) and agencies that have existing Memorandums Of Understanding (MOUs).... (read more)

SAFESPACE for Champions
This training is designed for a select group of P&P team members in selected regions. This training will discuss the roles of the Champions in rolling out the new SAFESPACE procedures and training as well as provide practice in administering the new Behavioral Health Screening tools and how to incorporate the results of the Functional Assessment into the Case Plan.... (read more)

Safety: Preventing and Reporting Dog Attacks During Home Visits
This web-based training is intended and mandated yearly for all frontline Protection and Permanency staff. The purpose of this training is to educate staff on how to remain safe in the presence of dogs during a home visit. Participants will also learn how to report a critical incident in the event of a dog bite or attack.... (read more)

Self-Care for Child Welfare and Family Support Professionals
The purpose of this training, intended for both P&P and FS Staff, is to build self-care competency. Working with children and families can be challenging. Evidence suggests that child welfare and family support workers are increasingly faced with daunting caseloads, compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic stress and professional burnout among other challenges. Those employed in public sectors may be disproportionately impacted by bureaucratic processes and community resource restrictions. Given these factors, it is imperative that child welfare and family support professionals engage in self-care.

Upon completion, participants will gain an understanding and familiarity with a variety of definitions of self-care; design a self-care plan utilizing provided guidelines/templates; identify strategies for implementing a self-care plan; identify tools for evaluating self-care and sustaining good self-care practices.... (read more)

Sibling Connections in Out-of-Home Care
This training, intended for Foster/Adoptive Parents and DCBS Staff, will look at background, placement decision making, supporting sibling relationships, application to case practice and connecting to resources when dealing with siblings in out-of-home care.... (read more)

SNAP and Child Care: Applicant Explanations
This micro-learning web-based training is intended for Family Support workers who are enrolled and currently participating in SNAP and Child Care series. Instruction includes elements that must be discussed with applicants for SNAP and CCAP. Participants will devise ways to explain these elements during this course and will practice these explanations when they rejoin their virtual class.... (read more)

SNAP and Child Care: Eligibility and Enrollment
Participants will receive instruction and practice for the following topics: interviewing and explanations to clients; authorized representatives; separate household status; expedited services; application/recertification timeframes and 30/60 policy; motor voter; forms; immigrants; students; teen parents policy for CCAP; homeless households; medical expenses; hearings; claims; disqualifications. Participants will enter and process applications and case changes. FS 103s will be completed on all cases. Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to work in the functional areas of Support Services and Eligibility and Enrollment.... (read more)

SNAP and Child Care: FS-2 SNAP Reviews
This web-based training is part of the SNAP and Child Care training series, to be completed prior to attending Eligibility and Enrollment. Upon completion, participants will be able to review FS-2 forms, determine if they are complete or incomplete, acknowledge the form on Worker Portal and complete any necessary changes.... (read more)