Course Description
The goal of this one day training is to provide HIV Case Managers a foundation for a more comprehensive understanding of the NYS Child Welfare System.  This includes an overview of the legal mandates, a review of mandated reporting guidelines and the Child Welfare Systems’ Family Assessment Service Plan (FASP).  This training will provide HIV Case Managers with the tools necessary to better provide services for the HIV infected child welfare involved client, including identifying resources for navigating solutions to service barriers and interdisciplinary case conferencing for service integration; including working with the Child Welfare system in supporting families and the best interests of the child, whenever possible, in possibly keeping the families intact and/or reunited.

Audience
Case Management staff including: Supervisors and Program Directors.

Prerequisites
This is an advanced course and it is strongly recommended that participants have taken “Serving Families: From Assessments to Service Plans”.

Course Objectives
As a result of this training participants will be able to:

• Describe the impact of Child Welfare laws on clients.
• Identify the case manager’s role in mandated reporting.
• Identify the similarities and differences in HIV Case Management and Child Welfare services.
• Describe approaches to improve effectiveness when working with families in transition.
• Demonstrate strategies for effective case conferencing with the child welfare system.

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