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FAW CORE TRAINING

Basic Details:

  • 4 days
  • For new hires or people new to the FAW position
  • This is a Healthy Families America Training with some special adaptations for New York

Main Topics:

  • What is Primary Prevention?
  • What is HFA?
  • Why is HFA needed?
  • Why are services home-based?
  • Overview of the HFA model of service delivery
  • Overview of the NYS multi-site system
  • Creative Outreach
  • The role of the Family Assessment Worker
  • Initiating Program Services
  • Conducting the Kempe Assessment
  • Documenting and Scoring Kempe
  • Handling Special Situations
  • Expectations of FAW Supervision
  • Continuous Quality Improvement
  • Safety
  • Boundaries

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