Training Requirements for New Gladney Home Staff, Interns, and Volunteers

Welcome to Gladney!

To comply with state licensing guidelines and ensure your readiness to work with residents in the Gladney Home, there are required trainings for you to complete. The trainings must be completed before you have direct client access.

If you've completed any of these trainings elsewhere, provide a copy of the current certificate for consideration of waiver.  

Please email Nancy Robbins, Education Manager, if you have any issues or concerns with the trainings.  

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New Employee Training

Your First Set of Trainings

You might be prompted to create an account on an external website for some of these courses. Read carefully how you receive a Certificate of Completion. Some might be emailed to you and others will show on your computer screen for you to print. Either way, you are responsible for uploading the Certificate of Completion into your account on GU's LMS. 

Must be completed before direct client contact
  • Trauma Informed Care
  • Normalcy
  • Psychotropic Meds
  • Medical Consenter
Disaster and Emergency Response Plan (DERP) for the Gladney Home
  • Read the plan
  • Sign the acknowledgement
  • Upload the signed acknowledgement
DFPS Learning Hub website
  • Mandatory Reporting: A Community Response Guide for Reporting and Supporting Youth and Families
DFPS Caregiver Training Hub
  • Preventing and Recognizing Youth Sexual Abuse and Victimization of Youth in Foster Care
human trafficking
  • Be The One
  • Tragedy to Triumph
runaway prevention training (dfps required)
  • Runaway Prevention
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Your Second Set of Trainings

You Did It!

Congratulations on a job well done! Thank you for your commitment to provide the finest adoption experience to our clients and to your co-workers.
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can I receive Continuing Education credit for these courses?

Read the description on each course to learn whether you can receive CEs. 

Do I get a certificate for these online courses?

You will get a certificate for the completion of an online course created by Gladney University as soon as you have marked all course units as completed and you have passed the online course exams.

If the training is offered by someone other than GU, they may or may not offer a certificate. Make sure you read the instructions on each training to know what to do with your certificate at the end of the course. 

What if I have more questions that are not answered here? 

Please, send your questions to Nancy Robbins and we will respond as soon as possible.
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