workforce

After two previous columns on workforce, I have a few final thoughts on how we can recruit talented, committed team members. Though schools of social work were once a source of training and mentoring for aspiring child welfare professionals, some professors are encouraging their students to steer clear of what they perceive as the toxic work. 

Jessica Pryce on the need to train the next child welfare workers on a shared power dynamic when it comes to engaging families

Staff turnover at private agencies that care for NY children and families has reached crisis levels, new data indicates.

Kelly Harder argues that instead of hand wringing about turnover, it's time to accept it and adjust

Paul DiLorenzo writes about the lack of effort to educate the modern child welfare workforce about the history preceding them

For child welfare to better serve the behavioral health needs of kids in out-of-home care, we need to enact various solutions.

Dee Wilson and Toni Sebastian explore root causes for the alarming rates of turnover and job vacancies in child welfare

Apprenticeships offer a pathway to stable careers, and California is supporting the expansion of programs for vulnerable young adults.

Supervision is the heartbeat of a child welfare agency and in many places, it is on life support. It used to be one of the strongest pillars of our profession, but in recent years the supervisory role has found itself looking for a clear purpose or relevance to our goals of improvement and transformation.