| Title (Click for details) |
Abstract |
Type |
| CFSR training package: Strategic planning |
These training materials are designed to help State agencies build capacity for strategic thinking and prepare for the onsite CFSR review. |
Article/Newsletter |
| DFCS training for new county directors, workshop #1: Leadership (Trainer's guide) |
This workshop for new County Directors defines leadership; explains the distinction between management and leadership; lists the traits and characteristics of leaders; identifies the characteristics of principle-centered leaders; discuss different types of leadership styles and theories; describe types of power; discusses the importance of integrity and ethics in the workplace; lists strategies for establishing credibility; describes the factors to consider when transitioning into a leadership position; explains a process and guidelines for immediate/important decisions; discusses guidelines for appropriate, effective delegation; identifies strategies for promoting teamwork; lists three principal ways to positively and ethically influence people; discusses "leading by example" and specific desirable leadership behaviors; and identifies strategies for building relationships and collaborating with community partners to help children. |
Curriculum/Training Material |
| DFCS training for new county directors, workshop #3: Personnel management (Trainer's guide) |
This training provides new County Directors with an understanding of personnel management tools such as coaching, motivation, diversity, the disciplinary process, hiring, managing conflict and retention, as well as a positive approach to personnel management that focuses on building strengths and retaining staff |
Curriculum/Training Material |
| Effective Meeting Management & Facilitation |
Chart of e-resources |
Reference List/Annotated Bibliography |
| Focus Area III - Strengthening child welfare supervision as a key practice change strategy, Unit 2: Preparing to redesign child welfare supervision |
As part of the CFSR Training Package, this curriculum is designed to explain the importance of supervisors in the practice change process; describe leadership's vision of the supervisory role and responsibilities in achieving agency mission; generate strategies to improve supervisory use and understanding of data, improve supervisors' use of clinical supervision, and help supervisors motivate staff to change practice; and learn how to carry out leadership change to the planning structure and how to implement the steps of the strategic planning process. |
Article/Newsletter |
| Focus Area III - Strengthening child welfare supervision as a key practice change strategy, Unit I: Helping child welfare leaders reconceptualize supervision (Facilitator's guide) |
As part of the CFSR Training Package, this curriculum is designed to assist child welfare leaders understand the importance of supervisors in the practice change process and what supervisors should do in their role as practice change agents; develop a new vision for supervision; identify the supports supervisors need from leadership and what needs to change in the agency for supervisors to assume this new role.
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Article/Newsletter |
| Leadership & Management |
Chart of e-resources |
Reference List/Annotated Bibliography |
| Staff retention in child and family services: The role of leaders (Workbook 1) |
This workbook provides information, tools, and methods for leaders to use to support supervisors in creating and sustaining a positive culture for staff retention, and includes: the role of leaders in staff retention; challenges facing leaders in retaining staff; a leadership model for staff retention; culture for staff retention; mission and direction; relationships and leaders; capacity building through leadership teams; anticipating change and developing resources; developing a professional organization; policies and practices for addressing salaries and benefits, recruiting and selecting the right staff for the team, workloads and caseloads, emotional and physical safety in the workplace, and creating balance in the workplace. |
Tool/Toolkit |
| Staff retention in child and family services: Working with differences (Workbook 3) |
This workbook addresses how supervisors can work with different types of individuals, and provides understanding, methods, and tools for tailoring supervision to the diverse characteristics, learning and behavioral styles, and professional development needs of staff. |
Tool/Toolkit |
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