June 12, 2009

Workplace Management and Child Welfare Policy, Planning and Administration

The Workplace Management and Child Welfare Policy, Planning, and Administration curriculum, created and discussed by Sharon Gilson, Bari Cornet, and Catharine Ralph, University of California, Berkeley, is a standardized workplace management program for training entry-level social workers in child welfare agencies in California. The curriculum is composed of nine modules that may be used as separate classes or together. The modules are constructed to be suitable for three groups of users: baccalaureate students, graduate students, and child welfare agency supervisors and program managers. Students can study from these sections during their matriculation, while agency employees might be exposed to them via departmental training opportunities, a local child welfare training academy, university extension or concurrent enrollment programs, or continuing education providers.