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College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Center for Family and Community Engagement

Permanency Planning in Child Welfare Services

Permanency Planning in Child Welfare Services is a four-day specialized curriculum designed to help child welfare workers become more knowledgeable about their job.

This curriculum provides participants with information about child placement philosophy, child and family preparation for placement, making appropriate placements, and gives opportunities for development through skills practice.

It focuses on strategies to minimize trauma to the child, reunification and permanence, preserving family connections and forming collaborative partnerships between birth parents and substitute caregivers. Participants will use a case study to complete structured decision making tools and service agreements to make determinations for timely reunification and permanence.

Prerequisite: Child Welfare in North Carolina or completion of other required pre-service training based on date of employment and functional responsibilities (For NC DSS Child Welfare Staff).

Open to: This course is open to child welfare social workers and supervisors employed in a NC County Department of Social Services in the areas of CPS Intake, CPS Assessments, CPS Occasional On-Call, CPS In-Home Services and Permanency Planning including Independent Living (LINKS), Foster Home Licensing or Adoptions.

Required For:

  • New child welfare social workers and supervisors hired to perform or supervise Permanency Planning services in a County DSS.
    • Course should be taken within the first year of employment.
  • DSS child welfare workers and supervisors who assume the new function of Permanency Planning within their agency or a new agency.
    • Course should be taken within 3 months of assuming the new responsibility.

Contact Hours: 24 contact hours. This training can be credited toward the required 18/39 hours of additional training within the first year or the 24 hour continuing education requirement.

If you have questions about the appropriateness of this course in relation to your job
responsibilities, please contact NC DSS Child Welfare Services, Staff Development Team

  • Address: 820 S. Boylan Avenue, MSC 2412, Raleigh, NC 27699-2412
  • Phone: 919-527-6360