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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 … | Burnout, Work Conditions and Benefits, Worker Safety | Video | |
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. … | Burnout, Work Conditions and Benefits, Worker Safety | Video | |
The Critical Role of Child Welfare Workers | “Social workers are the unsung heroes…” This video highlights the critical role that child welfare workers play on the frontlines … | Turnover, Work Conditions and Benefits, Worker Safety, Workload | Video | |
Pivoting During the Pandemic | This video features workers, supervisors, and administrators discussing the challenges they faced during the Covid-19 pandemic and some of changes … | Supervision, Work Conditions and Benefits, Worker Safety, Workload | Video | |
Psychological Safety | An overview of psychological safety in the workplace, its value, what contributes to it and how it can be increased. | Leadership, Mentoring, Organizational Culture and Climate, Retention, Supervision, Work Conditions and Benefits, Worker Safety | Overview/Summary | 2020 |
Worker Safety Literature Review | This report is designed to review protocols and procedures for ensuring workplace safety in health and human service agencies. The … | Worker Safety | Report/Paper | 2016 |
Public Child Welfare Workers’ Safety Experiences: Predictors and Impact on Job Withdrawal Using Mixed-Methods Approach | This paper describes a qualitative study to understand both child welfare workers’ safety experiences during their home visits, and the … | Worker Safety | Report/Paper | 2011 |
NASW Guidelines for Social Worker Safety | These guidelines address safety within the context of social work practice and aim to inform social workers, policymakers, employers, and … | Worker Safety | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2013 |
The Child Welfare Worker Safety Guide | This document defines child welfare worker safety, identifies potential causes of child welfare worker safety risk, and provides recommendations for … | Worker Safety | Overview/Summary, Tool/Guide/Manual | 2017 |
Resilience After Violence: NCWWI 1-page Summary | This document summarizes an article that reviews the prevalence of workplace violence in child welfare, describes prevention strategies, suggests a … | Worker Safety | 1-Page-Summary, NCWWI-Product, Overview/Summary | 2018 |
Mind the Gap #10: Peer Mentoring, Crisis Response & Resilience-building – NJ DCF’s Worker2Worker | During this webinar, presenters deacribe the NJ Worker2Worker program, a confidential peer-counseling helpline and support approach for employees in the Department’s … | Worker Safety | NCWWI-Product, Webinar/Presentation | 2017 |
Worker Safety When There Is Domestic Violence | This webpage provides safety tips to child protection workers working with families struggling with domestic violence and face increased risk … | Worker Safety | Website | 2016 |
Social Worker Safety | This webpage provides resources from the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and other relevant links to materials on Social … | Worker Safety | Website | 2017 |
Staying Safe on the Job in Child Welfare | This brief provides new resources and explores topics such as guns in the home, safety around dogs, universal precautions, and … | Worker Safety | Overview/Summary | 2016 |
Personal Safety for the DCF Professional | This chart provides important safety tips for different professional settings. | Worker Safety | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2015 |
The Four A’s of Safety: Safety Awareness for the Child Welfare Professional | This chart provides examples of questions to ask related to the important elements of safety. | Worker Safety | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2015 |
Home Visitor Safety Guide (OR) | This guide establishes a basic set of standards that home visiting programs can use to ensure the safety of their … | Worker Safety | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2014 |
Safety Awareness For the Child Welfare Professional – Participant Guide (NJ) | This training is designed to provide participants with information to increase knowledge of safety-related issues in child welfare practice and … | Worker Safety | Curricula/Training Material | 2015 |
Child Welfare Education & Training Partnership New Worker Safety Trainer Manual (IN) | This curriculum provides new Family Case Managers information on risk management and safety awareness, teaches staff to recognize unsafe situations … | Worker Safety | Curricula/Training Material | 2014 |
Child Welfare Education & Training Partnership Experienced Worker Safety Trainer Manual (IN) | This curriculum provides experienced Family Case Managers a refresher on risk management and safety awareness, reminding workers to recognize unsafe … | Worker Safety | Curricula/Training Material | 2012 |
Child Welfare Information Gateway: Domestic Violence and Worker Safety | This webpage provides resources that describe the risk factors and special safety precautions child welfare workers may need to take … | Worker Safety | Website | 2012 |
Tips for Making Home Visits in Child Welfare | This article offers general tips for building rapport physical safety and ethical consideration for social workers to consider when making … | Worker Safety | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2011 |
Paying Attention to Worker Safety in Domestic Violence Cases | This is a blog post offers ways to minimize danger when dealing with perpetrators of domestic violence. | Worker Safety | Website | 2019 |
Workplace safety: Policy Recommendations | This webpage provided by NASW-MA Chapter, offers policy recommendations and resources to reduce risk to clients, direct service staff, management … | Worker Safety | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2014 |
Safety Tips for Home Visits from a Veteran NYC Social Worker | This webpage includes a list of safety tips for all social workers whose jobs include field work, but some are … | Worker Safety | Website | 2019 |
Safety and Security While in the Field | This video from a Community Police Officer provides safety and security tips while in the field and life in general. | Worker Safety | Video | 2012 |
Home Visitor Safety: General Safety Guidelines – PPT (OK) | This presentation aims to teach participants to identify and understand the importance of maintaining a safe environment for working in … | Worker Safety | Webinar/Presentation | 2019 |
Home Visitor Safety: General Safety Guidelines – video (OK) | This video aims to teach participants to identify and understand the importance of maintaining a safe environment for working in … | Worker Safety | Video, Webinar/Presentation | 2019 |
Personal Safety for Social Workers | This video focuses on personal safety issues that social workers face on a regular basis including how to deal with … | Worker Safety | Webinar/Presentation | 2010 |
Supervisor Checklist: Safety for Direct Services Staff (OH) | This document provides a list of Items to periodically review, at regular intervals or when a safety incident warrants immediate … | Worker Safety | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2015 |
Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Healthcare and Social Service Workers | The publication includes industry best practices and highlights the most effective ways to reduce the risk of violence in various … | Worker Safety | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2015 |
Field and Office Worker Safety Guidelines | This document has been developed to help assure the safety of Division of Public Health employees in the workplace. It … | Worker Safety | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2013 |
Assessing Client Dangerousness to Self and Others: Stratified Risk Management Approaches | This document provides guidance to students or practitioners regarding ethical standards, risk assessment, and response to prevent clients from harming … | Worker Safety | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2013 |
Resilience After Violence: NCWWI 1-page Summary | This document summarizes an article that reviews the prevalence of workplace violence in child welfare, describes prevention strategies, suggests a … | Organizational Culture and Climate, Worker Safety | 1-Page-Summary, NCWWI-Product | 2018 |
EveryDay Self Defense Personal Safety Tip Sheet | This tip sheet provides safety recommendations on how to stay safe including: the basics, in your client’s home, on the … | Worker Safety | Website | 2019 |