{"id":19136,"date":"2011-01-04T08:33:31","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T13:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=19136"},"modified":"2019-06-10T10:50:29","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T14:50:29","slug":"ucf-trains-child-abuse-investigators-in-central-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-trains-child-abuse-investigators-in-central-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Trains Child Abuse Investigators in Central Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UCF\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cohpa.ucf.edu\/social\/\"><strong>School of Social Work<\/strong> <\/a>landed a four-year $1.3 million contract from the Florida Department of Children and Families to develop materials and train its new child protective investigators and supervisors. UCF staff members also will help current investigators get recertified, which is required every three years. At least 200 people will receive the training.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no more important job than helping ensure our families are healthy and our children stay safe,\u201d said <strong>Professor John Ronnau<\/strong>, the director of the School of Social Work at UCF who is leading the project. \u201cChild Protective Investigators serve our most vulnerable population. This is an opportunity for UCF to help these dedicated people do their jobs by providing the best training and resources possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UCF-designed program combines classroom instruction, computer laboratory sessions, supervised field training activities, personal observation, on-line distance learning, direct feedback and one-on-one consultation. It meets all DCF requirements for material that must be covered to get an investigator ready for the job.<\/p>\n<p>All people involved with the development of the program will go through an extensive background check and will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement because they will be involved with sensitive the private documents regarding minors.<\/p>\n<p>Training of new investigators begins Jan. 4 at the UCF Cocoa campus. Other sessions will be offered on the UCF South Orlando campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UCF\u2019s School of Social Work landed a four-year $1.3 million contract from the Florida Department of Children and Families to develop materials and train its new child protective investigators and supervisors. UCF staff members also will help current investigators get recertified, which is required every three years. 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