Child Welfare Duty to Report Course Online: 3.5 Social Work CPD Hours
Child Welfare and the Duty to Report is a practical, self-paced CPD course for social workers and social service workers across Canada. The legal frame for reporting in every province, recognizing abuse and neglect, Indigenous child welfare, risk, court and working with families. It has nine narrated lessons and a 36-question final exam. Built to align with Canadian social work regulators’ CPD requirements for self-directed learning. Every course gives you what you submit for your CPD record: a certificate with your name, the provider, course title, completion date and CPD hours, plus the course outline, learning outcomes and your exam result.
Child Welfare and the Duty to Report at a glance
| Detail | Summary |
|---|---|
| Credit | 3.5 instructional hours. Not accredited or approved by any regulator. |
| Format | Online, self-paced: nine narrated lessons (about 215 minutes), exercises, workbook |
| Completion | Pass the 36-question final exam at 80 percent |
| Documentation | Certificate with course title, completion date and 3.5 hours |
| Focus areas | Child Protection; Law and Policy; Ethics |
| Level | Professional: registered social workers, social service workers, students and new graduates |
| Price | $39 CAD, or the complete pack of 18 courses for $299 |
What you will learn in this child welfare duty to report course
- Explain how child protection law is organized in Canada.
- Describe categories of maltreatment and common indicators.
- Decide whether you have reasonable grounds and when to consult.
- Describe the over representation of Indigenous children in care and its causes.
- Distinguish safety, risk and protective capacity.
- Describe how exposure to violence affects children.
- Describe the options from voluntary services to court orders.
- Engage families honestly while holding authority.
- Apply the duty to report and assessment skills to mixed cases.
Child Welfare Duty to Report course curriculum: nine lessons built around real situations
Short narrated lessons with worked examples and practice pauses, each closing with a knowledge check. Slides and a transcript are included for every lesson.
Lesson 1: Who must report, and why
Lesson 2: What you may see, hear and be told
Lesson 3: Doing it well
Lesson 4: Changing the system
Lesson 5: Looking at the whole picture
Lesson 6: Protecting children and the parent who is harmed
Lesson 7: When the state steps in
Lesson 8: The relationship is the intervention
Lesson 9: Making it real
Child Welfare Duty to Report course: 3.5 online CPD hours for Canadian social workers
The course counts as 3.5 instructional hours. Complete every lesson, pass the final exam, download your certificate, and enter the activity in your regulator’s CPD record yourself. Keep the certificate and your notes as evidence.
Built to align with Canadian social work regulators’ CPD requirements for self-directed learning. Every course gives you what you submit for your CPD record: a certificate with your name, the provider, course title, completion date and CPD hours, plus the course outline, learning outcomes and your exam result.
The complete pack gives you all 18 courses and 54 CPD hours with a certificate for each, for $299 CAD. Bought one at a time they would cost $702.
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Child Welfare Duty to Report course: common questions
Curriculum
- 10 Sections
- 9 Lessons
- Lifetime
- Lesson 1: Who must report, and why2 Items
- Lesson 2: What you may see, hear and be told2 Items
- Lesson 3: Doing it well2 Items
- Lesson 4: Changing the system2 Items
- Lesson 5: Looking at the whole picture2 Items
- Lesson 6: Protecting children and the parent who is harmed2 Items
- Lesson 7: When the state steps in2 Items
- Lesson 8: The relationship is the intervention2 Items
- Lesson 9: Making it real2 Items
- Final Exam and Certificate1 Item
