Self-Care: Improve our Relationships, Daily Interactions, and Reactions to Trauma
This infographic describes how mindfulness can improve well-being and provides examples on how to use mindfulness for self-care.
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Most Popular Self-Care Resources of 2022
A list of self-care resources to support individuals in creating a self-care plan.
QIC-WD Workforce Interventions
This video describes common challenges and the important role workers had in selecting a workforce intervention to test as part of the QIC-WD project. It also summarizes the interventions selected to address a variety of workforce strategies.
Nebraska Is Building a Resilient Workforce
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services’ Children and Family Services (CFS) partnered with the QIC-WD to strengthen its child welfare workforce. The team created CFS Strong to address secondary traumatic stress (STS). This video features CFS staff discussing how STS impacts their job and how CFS Strong is designed to address it. The …
Washington State is Using Telework to Strengthen the Child Welfare Workforce
The Washington Department of Children, Youth and Families is implementing telework to strengthen their child welfare workforce. This video highlights their early experience with implementation from the perspective of workers, supervisors, and administrators.
What we know about Pandemics and the Stress they Cause
This blog post explains what a pandemic is and the stress that it causes. To learn more, watch this 25-minute excerpt from a recent QIC-WD webinar.
Managing Stress while Working from Home during the Pandemic: Strategies for Self-Care
Stress is often driven by feeling a lack of control over things you once had control over. This lack of control can create feelings of anxiety, depression, and even anger. This blog post highlights some elements of self-care that can help you stay present and regain a sense of control where you can.
Managing Your Personal Life During COVID-19
Work and personal relationships are essential to your well-being during this pandemic. During a pandemic your relationships may be challenged. This blog post highlights some strategies to help you maintain various elements of your personal life – from self-care, to effectively communicating with your partner and talking with your children. To learn more, watch this …
Louisiana: Redesigning the Child Welfare Worker Job
The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services redesigned the child welfare worker job to strengthen their workforce and reduce worker turnover. DCFS worked with the QIC-WD to create a new job, the Child Welfare Team Specialist, and reorganize workers into Permanency and Prevention teams. This video discusses the challenges DCFS faced related to turnover …
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Impact of Secondary Traumatic Stress on the Child Welfare Workforce
This video features child welfare workers and supervisors discussing how work-related secondary traumatic stress (STS) impacts them personally and professionally.