SOP Module: Interviewing for Safety and Danger and Three Questions to Organize Your Practice

Level: Advanced Practice

Credits: 3

Intended Audience: This course is intended for child welfare social workers, supervisors and managers

Description of Course: This module will provide a review and introduction to Safety Organized Practice (SOP), review the value of and strategies for how to conduct a balanced and rigorous assessment and review how to use the Three Questions to shape your conversations with families.

Intended Objectives:

• Understand the foundational theories and tools on which SOP is based
• Develop a shared language for child welfare concepts
• Receive an overview of the SOP series
• Review and be able to describe the importance of conducting a balanced, rigorous assessment that looks at both safety and danger
• Review the use of the Three Questions to shape your conversations with families

Topics Include:

• SOP introduction
• SOP overview
• Balanced, rigorous assessment
• Three Question