Supporting child welfare supervisors to improve worker retention.
Recent child welfare research has identified supervisors as key to retaining qualified and committed workers. This paper describes implementation of a federally funded child welfare training initiative designed to improve worker retention largely through developing, implementing, and evaluating a statewide supervisor training program in a Midwestern state. Unique to this collaborative effort was involving all child welfare supervisors in identifying needed content components, developing competencies, and conducting self-assessments.
Landsman
Miriam
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University of Iowa School of Social Work, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.
D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000193:education*; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D010558:Personnel Loyalty