State of Connecticut Executive Branch

In the Department of Children and Families this class is accountable for assisting in the direction of staff development and training and related program activities.

• Assists in directing staff and operations of Academy and training staff and related activities in regional offices;
• Evaluates effectiveness of trainers and relevance and quality of curricula;
• Monitors execution of training for statewide consistency, quality control and completion of planned activities; 
• Collects pertinent data from regional trainers and confers with regional administrators and superintendents; 
• Ensures regional training plans consistent with statewide plan and departmental goals; 
• Maintains close liaison with regional directors; 
• Oversees scheduling and coordination of training offered in academy and regional offices to fulfill stated goals of department annual training plan;
• Acts for director in their absence; 
• Conducts selected in-service training; 
• Participates in the recruitment and hiring of staff, including outreach, interview and selection; 
• Performs related duties as required.

• Considerable knowledge of
  • training methods and adult education principles and techniques;
• Knowledge of
  • and ability to apply management principles and practices;
  • national child welfare curricula; 
  • child welfare and mental health programs; 
• Considerable
  • interpersonal skills; 
  • oral and written communication skills;
• Ability to evaluate performance of training staff and content of curricula and syllabi;
• Organizational ability.

Possession of a Master's degree in social work or closely related field and four (4) years of experience in providing services in a human services agency and two (2) years of experience teaching in a school or department of social work, child welfare or human services or as a training instructor in a public or private social welfare agency.

One (1) year of the General Experience must have been in a supervisory capacity.

NOTE: For state employees this is interpreted at the level of a Social Work Supervisor or Curriculum Manager.

A Doctoral degree in education, public administration, social work or a closely related field may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.

NOTE: Closely related fields are: child welfare, applied sociology, social and/or human services, clinical psychology, child development, counseling, human development and family relations, human service, marriage and family therapy.