How does turnover in the child welfare workforce impact children and families?
Learn about child welfare workforce turnover, its challenges to child protection agencies, and the impact it has on children and families.
Turnover
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.
The Unseen Costs of Foster Care: A Social Return on Investment Study
This report shares some of what we have heard from those on the inside of foster care and child welfare. The voices in this report speak powerfully to the challenges that confront the nation as we seek to protect and nurture vulnerable children.
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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Unacknowledged Protectors: Consequences and Costs of Turnover in the Child Welfare Workforce
This article discusses some of the reasons for turnover in the child welfare workforce. It also discusses the costs to families, the system, and the state. The article ends with suggestions towards solutions.
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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Building Resilience for Child Welfare Professionals
Review this webinar to hear about ways to build resilience for child welfare professionals. Learn more about tools and resources available to help yourself and your clients respond with resilience in the face of challenges. Attendees will engage in practical approaches for coping with personal and workplace stress. Access handouts on the NCWWI website: ncwwi.org/ncwwi-webinars/
Workforce Well-being—Centering Yourself to Better Support Others
Dr. Amelia Franck Meyer presents practical tips and tools for us to integrate well-being into our lives, our work, and our organizations to allow us to support those we serve in sustainable ways.
Why Addressing STS in the Workforce is Important
Discusses the importance of organizations making space for staff discussion, well-being, and working at the organizational level to address Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) at scale.
The Impact of Turnover on Families Involved in Child Welfare
This brief consists of thirty resources divided into three sections (Impact, Community Voice, and Systems Transformation) that examine the impact of turnover and highlight the importance of studying and developing strategies to address this topic.