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[Webinar] Dismantling Racial Inequity #6: Sustaining Racial Equity Improvements in Child Welfare Sep 28, 2018

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This one-hour combined webinar and learning exchange focuses on Ramsey County’s collaborations with internal and external partners in their perseverance of sustainable change that positively impacts families and children. Ramsey County, Minnesota colleagues propose that continual and dedicated attention to racial disparities in child welfare must be at the core of any sustainability plan if child welfare agencies are to address, reduce, and ultimately eliminate race-based disparities in child welfare and their related systems.

[Webinar] Tools of the Trade #5: Leadership Training for Supervisors and Managers Aug 24, 2018

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This webinar, held August 23, 2018, is the fifth in a 5-part series of interactive and informational webinars where the NCWWI team helps participants explore NCWWI resources and efficiently locate just the right ones to make positive changes in your teams or organizations. During this session, NCWWI staff review the components of NCWWI's Leadership Academies for Supervisors and Middle Managers and provide implementation recommendations.

[Webinar] Tools of the Trade #4: Accessing Leadership Activities for Staff at all Levels Jul 30, 2018

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This webinar, held July 25, 2018, is the fourth in a 5-part series of interactive and informational webinars where the NCWWI team helps participants explore NCWWI resources and efficiently locate just the right ones to make positive changes in your teams or organizations. During this session, NCWWI staff demonstrate the Learning and Living Leadership Tool Kit.

[Podcast] Changing Supervision Lenses: Zooming in and zooming out Jul 23, 2018

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Effective supervisors must zoom in and out to get the full picture of any situation. Twan Stokes from Indiana Department of Child Services wanted to do something about the big issue of retention and she did it by zooming in and developing a mentor appreciation day. Listen to this seven minute story to learn more about her leadership journey and how it started when she participated in the Leadership Academy for Supervisors.

[Podcast] Weaving Together Agency Staff Around Organizational Change Jul 11, 2018

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Cherokee Nation Indian Child Welfare faced big challenges to move their agency forward. NCWWI signed on to assist and to do so had to change the way they operated, too. Hear how together they faced these challenges to make a difference for children and families.

[Podcast] Leading through Understanding the Role of Life Stories Jul 06, 2018

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Understanding the personal journey – or context - that leads people to a career in child welfare is an important part of being an effective leader. This story explores how the Director of Missouri’s Children’s Division has shaped his leadership style around understanding the life stories of workers.

[Podcast] Learning, Leading, and Changing Jun 28, 2018

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For decades, the approach to workforce issues in child welfare was crisis-driven. Workers were not sufficiently supported, and states struggled to meet outcomes. In 2008, this began to change when the Children’s Bureau funded the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI). By bringing together tribes, states, agencies, and universities in partnership, NCWWI has transformed the field by developing purposeful interventions that have the workforce at the forefront of sustainable change. Listen to learn how NCWWI has accomplished this in their purposeful approach.

[Webinar] Tools of the Trade #3: Facilitating a Workforce Development Planning and Assessment Process Jun 26, 2018

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This webinar, held June 26, 2018, is the third in a 5-part series of interactive and informational webinars where the NCWWI team helps participants explore NCWWI resources and efficiently locate just the right ones to make positive changes in your teams or organizations. During this session, NCWWI staff demonstrate the Workforce Development Planning and Assessment Tool Kit along with it's companion Facilitator's Guide.

A New Frontier for Child Welfare in Rural North Dakota Jun 21, 2018

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As an MSW student at the University of North Dakota, Skye Albert received a NCWWI traineeship that sent her to work in a rural part of the state that was facing a child welfare crisis. Skye not only tackled the unique challenges facing the county, but inspired her MSW program to re-think how they prepare students to work in the field.

[Podcast] Workforce Excellence in Missouri Jun 14, 2018

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The Missouri Children’s Division faced big challenges prior to 2014. Too many children were in out-of-home care, child welfare workers approached practice inconsistently, and the state was plagued by high staff turnover rates. This is the story of how the Division collaborated on a Workforce Excellence project to design and implement a new practice model to address these issues.

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