Popular Child Welfare News and Information from NCWWI – September 2015

Child Welfare News and Information  

Change Implementation 

• Review the drivers & stages of implementation to ensure your change initiative stays on track

• Success of a new tool almost always hinges on people & people simply hate change

 Cultural Responsiveness and Disproportionality

• CW360° Issue on Cultural Responsiveness

Data-Driven Decision Making and Continuous Quality Improvement

• Uncharted Waters: Data Analytics & Child Protection in LA

Evidence Based and Trauma-Informed Practice

• Great improvements made to the NCTSN learning center
• Podcast: Is it ADHD or Trauma symptoms?

Incentives and Work Conditions

• Do your staff need a pick me up? Schedule a professional development day with their needs in mind

• Simple steps to take when you feel overwhelmed

• Worker Safety & Honoring Lara Sobel

Leadership and Management

• 21 Short Videos Worth More Than an MBA

• How Millennials View Leadership

• Join Network for Social Work Manager’s Executive Circle to start meaningful leadership conversations

• Learn how to regulate the temperature so conflict is constructive
• Strategically Managing People With Engaging Strategic Thinking, Doing, Acting

• Video: What it takes to be a system leader & its importance when working on critical social issues

Mentoring and Coaching

• Designing & Sustaining a Mentor Network

Organizational Environment

• Desk Guide to Building a High-Performing Agency
• Using Design Teams to Improve Worker Satisfaction

Retention

• Retention/Turnover of Child Welfare Professionals

Workforce Development Planning Process

• New items added to our topical reference lists on MyNCWWI

 Child Welfare and Social Work Practice

• Entering the Digital World: Cybertechnology & Clinical Social Work Practice

• How Social Media Sparks Social Work Career Growth

• Mindfulness – an antidote to toxic stress?

• Rural social workers face own set of challenges

• Supporting Mothers Who Were Raised in Foster Care

• To Lower the Cost of Health Care, Invest In Social Services

• Webinar 9/29 being hosted by Pathways RTC: Family Support for Transition-Aged Youth