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Peer Supervision
Recent efforts to provide new child welfare workers with peer support, supervision, or mentoring by seasoned workers are described in the following resources, including State and local examples.
Clinical Consultation for Child Welfare Supervisors: Final Report
Strand & Badger (2003)
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Describes the activities and outcomes of a federally funded project designed to provide clinical consultation to New York City child welfare supervisors in order to strengthen their ability to function in the role of mentor, coach, and educator with casework staff.
A Clinical Consultation Model for Child Welfare Supervisors
Strand & Badger
Child Welfare, 86(1), 2007
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Presents findings from a consultation project conducted by faculty from 6 schools of social work with approximately 150 child welfare supervisors over a 2-year period.
CPS Supervision: What Does the Present Suggest for the Future?
Action for Child Protection (2003)
Discusses the lack of supervisors who coach and mentor their child welfare staff and stresses the need for supervisors to train their staff.
Four Areas of Support for Child and Youth Care Workers
Krueger
Families in Society, 88(2), 2007
Discusses how care of self, participation, mentoring, and atmosphere contribute to successful daily interactions. The purpose is to encourage discourse, continued discussion, and action.
Making a Difference: Mentoring Programs in Child Welfare Agencies (PDF - 162 KB)
Burnside & Bond
Envision: The Manitoba Journal of Child Welfare, 1, 2002
Describes the development of a mentoring program in Winnipeg Child and Family Services, a large child welfare agency in Manitoba, Canada, for its child protection staff.
Mentoring in Child Welfare: Implications for Staff Morale and Organizational Culture (PDF - 84 KB)
Winnipeg Child and Family Services
Envision: The Manitoba Journal of Child Welfare, 1, 2002
Describes the evaluation process and outcomes, and reflects upon the implications of the findings of the mentoring program in Winnipeg Child and Family Services program for frontline child protection social workers within the agency, which pairs new employees with seasoned social workers.
Professionalizing Child Welfare: An Evaluation of a Clinical Consultation Model for Supervisors
Strand & Badger
Children and Youth Services Review: An International Multidisciplinary Review of the Welfare of Young People, 27(8), 2005
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Describes a clinical consultation model that was developed and tested with child welfare supervisors in a large urban municipality over a 3-year period.
Supervisor as Informal Mentor: Promoting Professional Development in Public Child Welfare
Collins-Camargo & Kelly
The Clinical Supervisor, 26(1/2), 2007
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Presents a study based on interviews with 39 career managers in public child welfare agencies. The findings suggest that supervisors do choose to mentor some of their direct reports and that the benefits to the mentor and protégé offer important considerations in the career development of child welfare personnel.
State and local examples
Developing the Supervisor's Capacity to Assist Staff in Transforming Learning Into Practice: Trainer's Guide
University of Wisconsin Northeast Wisconsin Partnership for Children and Families (2003)
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Derived from a federally funded project designed to assist Wisconsin child welfare supervisors in training child welfare workers and training or mentoring other supervisors.
From Isolation to Teamwork: Mississippi's Story of Cultural Change in Child Welfare
Shackelford, Sullivan, Harper, & Edwards
Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, 9(2), 2006
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Offers practical suggestions on implementation of organizational change through supervisor development.
Report on Pilot Offering of: Developing the Supervisor's Capacity to Assist Staff in Transforming Learning Into Practice
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University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Northeast Wisconsin Partnership for Children and Families (2003)
Describes the curriculum of a training program for Wisconsin child welfare supervisors. The program used a peer-mentoring approach to facilitate transferring learning from the program back to the supervisors' job sites.
Supervision and Mentoring in Child Welfare Services: Guidelines and Strategies
University of Wisconsin Northeast Wisconsin Partnership for Children and Families (2003)
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Provides guidelines on supervision and mentoring for child welfare supervisors. This training manual is derived from a federally funded project designed to assist Wisconsin child welfare supervisors in training child welfare workers and mentoring other supervisors.