To meet state licensing requirements and guarantee your preparedness for employment, it's essential to complete the trainings outlined below. 

New Employee Training

Please ensure you complete the digital checklist to track your progress. Note: If you've completed any of these trainings elsewhere, provide a copy of the current certificate for consideration of waiver.  In addition, complete the form below for all the trainings below with an asterisk(*).

Orientation - Prior to Job Duties
1. Overview of Minimum Standards - Schedule with Kristen Slomka

(IL ONLY): Illinois Mandated Reporter Training (dcfstraining.org) 

(NJ ONLY) NJ Minimum Standards: Link [complete training questionnaire for credit]

(NJ ONLY) Understanding How to Identify & Report Child Abuse & Neglect: Link

(NJ ONLY) Social Workers: Identifying and Responding to Victims of Human Trafficking in a Clinical Setting: Link

(PA ONLY) Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse: Mandated and Permissive Reporting in Pennsylvania Online Training: Link

(PA ONLY) Supporting Children and Families: Link


2. Philosophy Structure, Policies, Services, Programs
3. Needs/Characteristics of Children
Preservice - Within 90 Days

1. NCFA LMS - Best Practices in Home Study Assessment: Link
2. SAFE Home Studies Training: Link
3. Shadow 2 Home Studies
4. (NB Studies) Normalcy Training for Foster Parents: Link
5. (NB Studies) EBI (Pathways) - 8 hours Register
6. (NB Studies) Mandatory Reporting: A Community Response Guide: Link
7. CPR/First Aid
8. Cybersecurity Awareness Training Module 1 & Module 2:  [Complete this form for credit]
 
9. Suicide Prevention: Link  *
10. Hague Training 

11. Trauma (4 hours)

  • Trauma-Informed Care Training (2 hours): Link
  • Your choice for the remaining 2 hours:
    • Healing Attachment Wounds with EMDR (1.5 hours): Link
    • Managing Silent Symptoms of Secondary Trauma (1 hour): Link
    • Trauma Informed Care: Picky Eaters and Challenging Mealtime Behaviors (1 hour): Link
    • Trauma Informed Care: What Can We Do? (1.5 hours): Link
    • Trauma Informed Care: What is Trauma and How Does it Impact Us? (1.5 hours): Link

12. (NB Studies) Psychotropic Medication: Link
13. (NB Studies) Runaway Prevention Training: Link
14. (NB Studies) Preventing and Recognizing Youth Sexual Abuse: Link
15. (NB Studies) Medical Consent (DFPS): Link

Email Nancy Robbins for enrollment in next three trainings:  

16. (NB Studies) Communicable Diseases: Link

17. (NB Studies) Emergency Preparedness: Link

18. (NB Studies) Infant Care - Safe Sleep, Shaken Baby, Early Child Development: Link

19. Cultural Competency (3 hours)

  • Turning the Mirror Inward: Link (2.5 hours) *
  • Embracing the Heart, Mind, & Spirit of the Transracial Adoptee: Link (.75 hours) *
  • Building Confidence in your African American Child: Link (1 hour) *

20. Human Trafficking (2 hours)

Please ensure you upload a copy of your training certificates and completed exam responses in the Digital Checklist, Remember to click on Save after you enter your information in the checklist. Once you click on Submit, your training is submitted to training.hr@gladney.org

Thank you for your commitment to Gladney's standards and practices.