Related Training
Here are some additional trainings that may be useful to you in your work as a child welfare professional.
The Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Mandated Reporter Training Program (SCAN-MRT)
was developed by the Child Protection Center at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.
This state outreach program was funded by the Argosy Foundation, with additional
support provided by: US Cellular, the Wisconsin Department of Justice Children's
Justice Act and the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families.
This section provides agencies with an updated curriculum and materials for use in
training mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect.
The Department of Workforce Development, in cooperation with the Division of Children
and Families of the Department of Health and Family Services, has developed an online
training module, Introduction to Wisconsin Works, which provides an overview of
the mission, goals and key policies of the Wisconsin Works program (a companion
course, Introduction to Child Welfare, was also developed for W-2 workers).
The course takes approximately 30 minutes. All child welfare supervisors and line
staff are encouraged to take this cross-system training course to increase their
knowledge of the W-2 program and enhance their ability to collaborate with their
W-2 program colleagues. As part of their training requirements, W-2 workers complete
the "Bridges to Collaboration" or the Child Welfare Overview in the "Introduction
to Collaboration" to improve collaboration on behalf of children and families involved
in both the child welfare and W-2 systems.
Working in public child welfare requires you to gather information about family members' physical and mental health, personal histories and other sensitive, private topics. As you learned in your online preservice, keeping families' information confidential is a requirement of ethical practice because it preserves the basic right to privacy that we all enjoy.
Safeguarding confidentiality is also a legal requirement. Both federal and state law establish strict rules about collecting, sharing and storing confidential information. These rules are intended to protect families' privacy while still allowing them to receive help.
This online presentation will introduce you to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule (federal law) as well as state confidentiality laws that you must follow at all times.