Supervising for Quality Child Welfare Practice

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Children s Bureau/ACYF/ | Email: | FOR PROFESSIONALSApril 2015Supervising for Quality Child Welfare PracticeWHAT S INSIDEUnderstanding the importance of effective supervisionThe role of supervisors in Practice improvement Clinical supervisionSupporting and growing Child Welfare supervisors State and local examples of promising practicesResources and tools for enhanced supervision ConclusionReferencesSupervisors play a critical role in the delivery of effective Child Welfare services. They are responsible for ensuring that frontline workers have the requisite knowledge, attitudes, and skills to engage children and families; assess safety concerns as well as Child and family needs, strengths, and resources; make sound casework decisions; and develop and implement effective service plans.

The Oklahoma Department of Human Services developed the Safety Through Supervision Framework as a detailed ... 2015). Reflective supervision improves self-regulation so that providers have access to their own higher-level thinking and wisdom, and it promotes the ability to make critical judgments. The process also offers

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