Description

The consortium seeks to provide quality child welfare services to the families in the state of Alabama through continued and enhanced educational and training opportunities for both prospective social work students and existing child welfare workers. These services can be provided by the following three pronged approach;

1. To recruit and enroll qualified undergraduate and graduate students in Council on Social Work Education accredited social work programs in Alabama that support a child welfare emphasis in program curriculum,
2. To recruit existing child welfare workers in Alabama who currently provide direct services, supervise staff or administer programs for the Department of Human Resources. The focus would be to advance their skills through additional professional education. An emphasis would be placed on those individuals at the master’s level choosing Children Youth and Families as a concentration,
3. To ensure that on-going training needs of existing child welfare workers are addressed through training institutes provided by qualified individuals with a strong commitment to strengths based child welfare practice.