Target Audience: New hotline workers ONLY


If you are a new hotline worker, start here to register for Hotline and RED Team.

If you are a new caseworker who needs to take all courses in the New Caseworker Academy, please follow the link to Register for the New Caseworker Academy.


Target Audience: New caseworkers

Welcome to the New Caseworker Academy!

Start here to register for a cohort of the Fundamentals of Colorado Child Welfare Casework Practice.

  1. Welcome to Colorado Child Welfare WBT 
  2. Hotline and RED Team: Where Assessment With Families Begins
  3. Safety Through Engagement
  4. Working Toward Closure: Decision Making and Documentation
  5. Legal Preparation for Caseworkers
  6. The Fundamentals Practice Simulation
  7. Choose Your Own Trail: Documentation and Practice

Target audience: caseworkers

Please contact your Regional Learning Coordinator if you are already certified and wish to enroll in this course.

As the initial course in the Fundamentals of Colorado Child Welfare Casework Practice series, this interactive, self-guided online training is designed to give learners a basic understanding of the Colorado child welfare system.