How are child protection agencies navigating and addressing workforce challenges?
Learn how several jurisdictions are implementing strategies to recruit and retain a strong child welfare workforce.
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Why Coaching is Worth Your Investment
This infographic describes why it is important for child welfare programs to invest in coaching to support employees and their leadership development. Screen reader version: https://ncwwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/NCWWI_Infographic_Why-Coaching-is-Worth-Your-Investment_SCREEN-READER1.docx
Thriving Families Safer Children Equitable Compensation Taskforce Report
The Thriving Families Safer Children (TFSC) movement includes 22 sites nationwide as well as lived expert leaders and five national partner organizations. Inconsistent practices across sites and partner organizations in how lived expert partners are compensated have been observed (also referred to in this report as lived experience partners, individuals with lived experience, or LEX). …
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State Roundtable Reports on Caseworker Retention
The State Roundtable establishes workgroups to research and address statewide areas of concern for the PA Dependency System. Workgroup membership includes judges, child welfare professionals and other key stakeholders based on the topic. Each year, Workgroups prepare State Roundtable Reports outlining the progress of the group, research conducted and recommendations to address the areas of …
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HHS Could Play a Greater Role in Helping Child Welfare Agencies Recruit and Retain Staff
This report identifies (1) the challenges child welfare agencies face in recruiting and retaining child welfare workers and supervisors, (2) how recruitment and retention challenges have affected the safety and permanency outcomes of children in foster care, and (3) workforce practices that public and private child welfare agencies have implemented to successfully confront recruitment and …
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Caseload and Workload Management
Large caseloads and excessive workloads in many jurisdictions can make it difficult for child welfare caseworkers to serve families effectively, and reducing and managing caseloads and workloads are not simple tasks for child welfare administrators. Nevertheless, agencies are addressing these challenges and successfully implementing a variety of strategies to make caseloads and workloads more manageable. …
Supporting Quality Contacts Through Supervisor-Worker Coaching
Explore coaching steps and tips supervisors can use to help workers strengthen skills and meet goals. Offers one-on-one coaching techniques aimed at enhancing the quality of caseworker contacts with children, youth, and families. This tip sheet presents coaching steps and tips that supervisors can use to help workers strengthen their skills, build confidence, and make …
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Coaching in Child Welfare
Understand the role of coaching in supporting workers, including coaching functions, effectiveness, models, and strategies.
State-Tribal Partnerships: Coaching to ICWA Compliance
Provides resources for state and tribal cofacilitators to conduct a three-day in-person training designed to build collective understanding of tribal experiences. Facilitators will model and cultivate collaborative relationships between state and tribal participants to promote sustainable partnerships and increase Indian Child Welfare Act compliance through collective action planning. This learning experience provides training guidelines, a …
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Leadership Academy Coaching Materials
NCWWI has found that coaching leads to higher competency gains and supports the application of leadership skills in the workplace. We use a development coaching model (not performance coaching) that focuses on raising awareness of thoughts, assumptions, values, beliefs, mindset, and emotions that drive actions and behaviors. Access our current leadership academy coaching materials to …