General Information

• About Us
• About Our Trainers
• --Important Notice--
• Training Eligibility
• Registration Forms
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Classes Offered

• All SETU Classes
• For DHHS Supervisors & Managers
• For All Supervisors & Managers
• Listed Alphabetically
• Listed by Location
• Available by Request
• Child Welfare Training Institute Classes

Directions

• DHHS Office Locations
• Augusta, 442 Civic Ctr. Dr
• Augusta, Commerce Ctr.
• Maine Principal Assoc.
• Riverview Psych. Ctr.
• Dorothea Dix Psych. Ctr.
• Univ. Maine Presque Isle
• Maple Hill Farm
• Spectacular Events Ctr.
• University College

The Child Welfare Training Institute (CWTI) is a cooperative project between the Department of Health & Human Services' (DHHS) Office of Child & Family Services - Child Welfare Services, and the Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine.

Established in 1989, the mission of CWTI is to enhance the professional development and organizational effectiveness of state and community child welfare providers and caregivers in order to improve the quality of services delivered to the children and families of Maine.

Activities include a wide range of training and educational outreach programs, organizational development activities, policy analysis and development, strategic planning, and the creation of customized training and informational systems.

Our programs are offered to OFCS-CWS (Office of Child and Family Services - Child Welfare Services) child welfare staff, all foster and adoptive parents, and OFCS-CWS contracted agencies.

Child Welfare Training Institute
295 Water Street Augusta, Maine 04330
(207) 626-5200 ∙ 866-354-0084 (toll-free)
(207) 626-5282 (TTY) ∙ (207) 626-5088 (Fax)
www.cwti.org

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Important Information

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District Allocation Process, Authorization Form, Worksheet

Core Trainings

The Child Welfare Training Institute's Core Training  Program seeks to train OCFS staff and foster parents in some of the most critical issues facing families involved in the Child Welfare system.  Information delivered through training will allow caseworkers and other Child Welfare Professionals to accurately assess and intervene in difficult client families.  These training sessions are mandatory for all casework staff within their first two years of completing CWTI Pre-service training and are open to all staff and foster parents.  Priority is given to caseworkers who have recently completed CWTI's Pre-Service training and have not yet had formal training in these subjects.  Historically seven courses have been offered: Losses, Moves and Attachment; Batterer's Intervention and Domestic Violence; Dynamics of Sexual Abuse; Dynamics of Substance Abuse; Medical Indicators of Child Abuse and Neglect; Trauma and Childhood; and Documentation and Writing Skills. Other courses are added to or replace the original seven as OCFS and CWTI identify emerging critical issues; Current Best Practices in Mental Health and Adverse Childhood Experience are two such programs. The CWTI Core Training Programs for the coming year are: