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Check out these opportunities to work for the Minnesota Child Welfare Training Academy!

Community Trainers: Supervisor Coaching

These trainers are critical members of the Training and Delivery Team and will be training child welfare supervisors, using the developed State coaching curriculum. A new training curriculum has been designed to support supervisors in cultivating a coaching mentality, enabling them to consistently apply coaching principles throughout their daily work, aligned with Kadushin’s supervisory framework.

Job ID is 370231. Open until filled. Applicants need to indicate in their cover letter that they are applying to be a Supervisor Coaching community trainer. Learn more and apply here.

Community Trainers: Qualified Individual (QI)

Trainers are needed to deliver a 2-day virtual Qualified Individual (QI) training to support and sustain a diverse and qualified pool of QIs across the state. Trainings will be offered up to six times per year. Qualified Individuals (QIs) determine whether or not a child’s/youth’s needs can be met within their family or family foster home with community services rather than being placed in a Qualified Residential Treatment Program (QRTP) with the aim of reducing the number of children in childcare institutions.

Job ID is 363872. Open until filled. Applicants need to indicate in their cover letter that they are applying to be a QI community trainer. Learn more and apply here.


These Community Trainer positions (Temp/Casual, 0001) are University of Minnesota employees positioned in the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) at the School of Social Work. These non-benefits eligible positions will work a variety of hours (typically a few days each month) over the course of the year and will fill out timesheets for the hours worked. Classes are currently being held in-person and over Zoom, using your personal technology. Typically training schedules are set six months in advance.