Home > IV-E Toolbox
What is the IV-E Toolbox?
As a new Family service Worker Trainee, you will most likely be asked to assist with certain agency / case management activities while you are in training, and possibly before your FSW training even begins. The IV-E Toolbox was developed as an online tool for new workers to access any time they need it! In conjunction with supervision and field instruction, the IV-E toolbox offers information, resources and links that the new worker will find useful and specific to their role as a FSW.
Court Information
> Court Flow Chart
> Juvinile Court Hearings
Documentation
Documentation do’s and don’ts and how to document contacts.> Documenting the Visit
Getting Started
Activities most commonly requested of new workers.> New Worker Learning Activities
> Transporting Clients
> Supervision Checklist
Links
> Resource for Area IV workers
> Center for Effective Parenting
> United Way of Northwest Arkansas
> National Resource Center for Foster Care and Permanency Planning
> Social Work Today
> Arkansas General Assembly
> National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
Miscellaneous
Tidbits that make life as an FSW interesting! Time management, closing a case, etc.> 15 Leading Time Wasters
> Steps for Closing a Case
In The Field
Information on home visit safety, maltreatment checklists and prioritizing cases.> Home Visit Safety Tips
> Getting the Most Out of a Home Visit
> A Guide to Being on Call
> Child Maltreatment Assessment Checklist 1
> Child Maltreatment Assessment Checklist 2
> Child Maltreatment Assessment Checklist 3
> Prioritizing DCFS Cases
Resources
Hotline numbers, service and library links.> Substance Abuse, Domestic Violence & Mental Illness
> State Child Abuse Hotline Numbers
> Important Arkansas Phone Numbers
> DCFS Resource Library
> Domestic Violence Shelters Link
> Domestic Violence Shelters
Case Plans
The FSW should begin “developing” the case plan during the FIRST interaction with the client.> Case Plans