National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI)

Listen in on the September 15, 2020 Child Welfare Worker Recognition Event to get reconnected to the heart work and hear Robin Leake, Jerry Milner, Victor Sims, Courtney Canova, and Dr. Lakeya Cherry express their appreciation for how you've adjusted your practice to serve families and children under such unprecedented and challenging conditions. Thank you for all you do!

Listen in on the September 15, 2020 Child Welfare Worker Recognition Event to get reconnected to the heart work and hear Robin Leake, Jerry Milner, Victor Sims, Courtney Canova, and Dr. Lakeya Cherry express their appreciation for how you've adjusted your practice to serve families and children under such unprecedented and challenging conditions. Thank you for all you do!

During the COVID-19 crisis, child welfare workers are using technology to communicate with families, and foster parents are using technology to connect youth in their care to services and maintain connection between youth and their biological families. This webinar offers considerations and best practices to support child welfare workers as they use technology with the families they serve.

During the COVID-19 crisis, child welfare workers are using technology to communicate with families, and foster parents are using technology to connect youth in their care to services and maintain connection between youth and their biological families. This webinar offers considerations and best practices to support child welfare workers as they use technology with the families they serve.

Coaching in the child welfare workforce often happens face-to-face or in context of daily work activities. With our shift to virtual work, face-to-face contact may have been curtailed but connecting and supporting growth does not need to stop. This session explores what stays the same and what adjustments must be made when coaching remotely.

Coaching in the child welfare workforce often happens face-to-face or in context of daily work activities. With our shift to virtual work, face-to-face contact may have been curtailed but connecting and supporting growth does not need to stop. This session explores what stays the same and what adjustments must be made when coaching remotely.

Much of child welfare professional development, especially foundational training for new workers, takes place in-person. Because of the current situation, training needs to be available online in order to continue to meet the needs of our workforce. This webinar provides information on converting in-person experiences to virtual learning platforms, as almost anything that can be taught in the classroom can also go online (really!). Learn tips, tricks, and ways to overcome barriers.

Much of child welfare professional development, especially foundational training for new workers, takes place in-person. Because of the current situation, training needs to be available online in order to continue to meet the needs of our workforce. This webinar provides information on converting in-person experiences to virtual learning platforms, as almost anything that can be taught in the classroom can also go online (really!). Learn tips, tricks, and ways to overcome barriers.

During the COVID-19 crisis, child welfare workers provide critical services to their communities. As essential public servants, it is important that they have systems in place to ensure their safety during home visits and working in the field. This session explores how child welfare programs are innovating to protect their frontline workers' physical, emotional, and psychological safety.

During the COVID-19 crisis, child welfare workers provide critical services to their communities. As essential public servants, it is important that they have systems in place to ensure their safety during home visits and working in the field. This session explores how child welfare programs are innovating to protect their frontline workers’ physical, emotional, and psychological safety.

In these uncertain times, we are all presented with new concerns about ourselves, our teams, and those we love. With the unprecedented global crisis, our national child welfare workforce and leaders also find themselves facing new challenges and stressors as everything about the old “normal” is changing. In this session, Dr. Amelia Franck Meyer provides hopeful perspectives, concrete action steps and tools, and words of comfort and support for our workforce to help them manage through this crisis. Participants receive ideas to cope and prepare to be in the best position and condition possible as we begin to rebuild together.

In these uncertain times, we are all presented with new concerns about ourselves, our teams, and those we love. With the unprecedented global crisis, our national child welfare workforce and leaders also find themselves facing new challenges and stressors as everything about the old “normal” is changing. In this session, Dr. Amelia Franck Meyer provides hopeful perspectives, concrete action steps and tools, and words of comfort and support for our workforce to help them manage through this crisis. Participants receive ideas to cope and prepare to be in the best position and condition possible as we begin to rebuild together.

With the child welfare workforce currently working from home, supervision is more important than ever to ensure continued quality service provision and to keep children safe and families together. Listen to this recording to hear how supervision is changing to respond to this new virtual world and what adjustments are being made in this environment.

With the child welfare workforce currently working from home, supervision is more important than ever to ensure continued quality service provision and to keep children safe and families together. Listen to this recording to hear how supervision is changing to respond to this new virtual world and what adjustments are being made in this environment.

This webinar, held on September 26, 2019, highlights the workforce development efforts of the Indiana Department of Child Services

This webinar, held on September 26, 2019, highlights the workforce development efforts of the Indiana Department of Child Services

Jennifer Gerber thought it was impossible to complete a master's degree while juggling the demands of a child welfare career. In this podcast episode hear how support from a traineeship program through the University of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire Department of Children, Youth, and Families helped her achieve her goals.

Jennifer Gerber thought it was impossible to complete a master’s degree while juggling the demands of a child welfare career. In this podcast episode hear how support from a traineeship program through the University of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire Department of Children, Youth, and Families helped her achieve her goals.

Within the world of child welfare, we have been given the task of empowering children, youth, and families who are faced with a variety of life challenges and obstacles. No matter how difficult the situation, when we focus on the mission and serve from the heart lives are positively impacted and transformed. This highly informative, inspirational and purpose-driven message addresses how every person within the child welfare system has the power to be a difference maker when their heart is emotionally connected to the jobs they perform. Furthermore, participants will be taught a variety of skills designed to enhance their professional abilities in the areas of building relationships, valuing others, exhibiting leadership and mastering service excellence. Individuals will leave this session motivated, recharged and with a renewed sense of purpose.

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.

Within the world of child welfare, we have been given the task of empowering children, youth, and families who are faced with a variety of life challenges and obstacles. No matter how difficult the situation, when we focus on the mission and serve from the heart lives are positively impacted and transformed. This highly informative, inspirational and purpose-driven message addresses how every person within the child welfare system has the power to be a difference maker when their heart is emotionally connected to the jobs they perform. Furthermore, participants will be taught a variety of skills designed to enhance their professional abilities in the areas of building relationships, valuing others, exhibiting leadership and mastering service excellence. Individuals will leave this session motivated, recharged and with a renewed sense of purpose.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Learn about New York State's work with local counties, in collaboration with the University at Albany, on race equity and cultural responsiveness and how their partnership with local colleges and universities is part of a promising strategy to address, reduce, and ultimately eliminate race-based disparities in child welfare and other systems. Handouts are available here: http://bit.ly/REquity5Archive

Learn about New York State’s work with local counties, in collaboration with the University at Albany, on race equity and cultural responsiveness and how their partnership with local colleges and universities is part of a promising strategy to address, reduce, and ultimately eliminate race-based disparities in child welfare and other systems. Handouts are available here: http://bit.ly/REquity5Archive

This episode of Tools of the Trade explores the use of NCWWI Microlearnings

This episode of Tools of the Trade explores the use of NCWWI Microlearnings

The decision to embrace a system-wide workforce development approach may come from agency leaders, but sometimes the best ideas to deliver and sustain change can come from staff directly serving on the frontlines of child welfare. In this podcast episode, hear how frontline child welfare professionals were empowered to design solutions that improved office culture, partnerships, and outcomes for the children and families they serve.

The decision to embrace a system-wide workforce development approach may come from agency leaders, but sometimes the best ideas to deliver and sustain change can come from staff directly serving on the frontlines of child welfare. In this podcast episode, hear how frontline child welfare professionals were empowered to design solutions that improved office culture, partnerships, and outcomes for the children and families they serve.

This episode of Tools of the Trade explores the MyNCWWI resource portal.

This episode of Tools of the Trade explores the MyNCWWI resource portal.

This is the story of 3 graduate students from the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare who were able to connect their research to practice through their NCWWI traineeships. After their research uncovered areas for improving local practice, they presented their findings to a group of managers from the field, who were compelled to act on what the students had found.

Anne Graham, a child welfare middle manager from New Hampshire, developed a much needed change initiative during her participation in the LAMM. Although her project addressed a serious gap in worker pre-service training, it took several years until she was able influence and enact change. This story explains how her preparation met the opportunity to be realized.

This is the story of 3 graduate students from the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare who were able to connect their research to practice through their NCWWI traineeships. After their research uncovered areas for improving local practice, they presented their findings to a group of managers from the field, who were compelled to act on what the students had found.