Through a contract with the Maryland Department of Health, the Institute for Innovation and Implementation at the UMB, School of Social Work oversees the implementation and maintenance of the online RCYCP Certification Training Program and Standards Examination for Maryland Residential Child and Youth Care Practitioners. The purpose of the 7-module online training program is to ensure that all RCYCPs acquire foundational working knowledge of direct responsibilities related to caring for children and youth in residential childcare programs. Topic areas covered in the training include the following: (1) the Residential Child and Youth Care Practitioner, (2) Child and Adolescent Development, (3) Communication Skills, (4) Life Skills Development, (5) Trauma, (6) Legal and Ethical Issues in Residential Care and 7) Standards of Health and Safety. Following successful training completion, the RCYCP will be required to take and pass a Standards Examination.
More information about the RCYCP Training Program can be found here:
https://health.maryland.gov/crccp/Pages/rcycinfo.aspx
For approved users, the training modules can be accessed here:
https://theinstitutecf.umaryland.edu/training/onlinetraining.cfm