Rethinking Child Welfare Recruitment
This brief discusses the current workforce crisis and provides recommendations on ways child welfare programs can enhance their recruitment efforts.
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Using a Culturally Responsive Leadership Framework: NCWWI 1-page Summary
The authors developed a culturally responsive leadership framework (CRLF) to address context, distributive leadership, and cultural responsiveness. Examining these elements strengthens an organization’s ability to meet the changing needs of employees and communities and helps leaders create inclusive environments for diverse stakeholders.
Students Experiences of an Anishinaabe-Centered Social Work Education Program
This article, which is the second in a series of three, examines the social work education program at the Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare at University of Minnesota, Duluth, and its effect on the 8 students who were interviewed.
Centering Child Welfare Worker Well-being
This infographic describes how child welfare organizations can center child welfare worker well-being to better support children and families.
Safe and Sound: Creating and Nurturing a Culture of Safety
This flyer provides an overview of the New Jersey Safe and Sound Culture, including definitions of the Five Rs of Safe and Sound.
Holding Retention Reviews: NCWWI 1-page Summary
This product summarizes how leaders can use retention reviews to collect ideas on how to improve employees’ work experiences and recognize their efforts.
How Hope and Resilience Can Lower Burnout Among Child Welfare Workers: NCWWI 1-page Summary
Burnout is a significant concern among child welfare professionals, leading to high turnover and reducing service quality. This document summarizes a study that examines how hope and resilience can reduce burnout and turnover in the child welfare workforce.
How Peer Support Can Reduce Burnout and Improve Worker Well-being
This infographic describes how peer support can reduce burnout and improve worker well-being, including how organizations can champion peer support and what peers can do.
Narrative Change: A Working Definition (and Some Related Terms)
This brief provides a list of definitions of terms related to narrative change.
Storytelling as a Catalyst for Systems Change
This brief provides a high-level overview of how storytelling can move systems change.