---
title: NTI Child Welfare Professionals’ Competencies
description: "**Summary: **This resource outlines the knowledge, values, and skills a child welfare professional will gain in each NTI module.   **Application:** These competencies can provide an important list to guide capacity building of the workforce to ensure that they are responsive…"
url: "https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/hub/adoption-competence/nti-child-welfare-professionals-competencies/"
updated: "2026-07-31"
category: Adoption Competent Mental Health
tags:
  - Audience
  - Child welfare professionals
  - TA sites
---

# NTI Child Welfare Professionals’ Competencies

**Summary: **This resource outlines the knowledge, values, and skills a child welfare professional will gain in each NTI module.

 

**Application:** These competencies can provide an important list to guide capacity building of the workforce to ensure that they are responsive to the mental health needs of children.

 

**Source: **National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative (NTI)

 

 

 

 

[Read More](https://adoptionsupport.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Child-Welfare-Professional-Core-Competencies-Final-9.15.15.pdf)

 

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