Supervising for Quality Child Welfare Practice

Children s Bureau/ACYF/ | Email: | FOR PROFESSIONALSA pril 2015 Supervising for Quality Child Welfare PracticeWHAT S INSIDEU nderstanding 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. Supervisors are key to translating agency policies and procedures for staff and ensuring that they are adhered to, in training and coaching staff and supporting their professional growth, and in helping workers to address the challenges of ensuring safety for children while strengthening and supporting their families.

and guiding child welfare practice (Bostock et al., 2019). It helps caseworkers turn their knowledge and skills into effective practice with families. There is an extensive body of research in the child welfare field linking effective supervisory practices to positive outcomes for staff, agencies, and children and families. For example, high ...

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