National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) - National Child Welfare Workforce Institute

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[Webinar] Evidence-based Practices in Child Welfare: Opportunities & Challenges for the Workforce Feb 20, 2013

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Presenters from the California Evidence-based Clearinghouse (CEBC) for Child Welfare share an in-depth evidenced-based practices overview, how to implement EBP in child welfare, including the stages of organizational readiness, approaches to implementation, and factors that influence successful uptake.

[Learning Lab] Learning & Living the NCWWI Leadership Model Feb 20, 2013

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NCWWI Leadership Model is presente by NCWWI staff who are joined by the Washington State Dept. of Social & Health Services, Children’s Division, the Indiana Dept. of Child Services, and the Georgia Dept. of Human Services who discuss the real-world application by child welfare leaders

[Webinar] Learning & Living the NCWWI Leadership Model Feb 13, 2013

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[Learning Lab] Casework Teaming to Manage Workload, Enhance Effectiveness and Boost Morale Feb 06, 2013

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New York State Office of Children and Family Services staff discuss Casework Teaming which includes utilizing group supervision to make case decisions to better meet clients’ needs while reducing caseworker isolation and workload, improve workforce retention, and strengthen casework decision making and service delivery to children, youth and families.

[Webinar] Casework Teaming to Manage Workload, Enhance Effectiveness and Boost Morale Jan 30, 2013

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[Learning Lab] Design Teams & Learning Circles: Agency- & Unit-level Interventions for Improving Organizational Climate & Culture Dec 05, 2012

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Hear from the Western Workforce Project sites in Denver, CO and Casper, WY experiences with Design Teams & Learning Circles which are used to design action plans based on information gathered from organizational health assessments, and create new ways of addressing issues that are impacting the agency climate and culture, as well as its consumers.

[Webinar] Design Teams & Learning Circles: Agency- & Unit-level Interventions for Improving Organizational Climate & Culture Nov 28, 2012

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[Learning Lab] Coaching to Support Solution-based Casework in Child Welfare Oct 03, 2012

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Presenters from Washington State’s Department of Social and Health Services, Children’s Administration highlight the core elements of solution-based casework, and the practice model, workforce competencies, and coaching necessary to support this type of meaningful change on the frontlines and throughout the agency.

[Webinar] Coaching to Support Solution-based Casework in Child Welfare Sep 26, 2012

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[Learning Lab] Improving Supervision by Collaboration, Transparency & Accountability: The Impact of Missouri's Supervision Advisory Committee Mar 28, 2012

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Staff from the Missouri Department of Social Services’ Children’s Division share about their Supervision Advisory Committee (SAC), which uses a participatory design process to address supervisor recruitment, training and professional development; supervisor support; casework/clinical supervision; administrative/management supervision; and the supervisory role in the agency and community.