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workforce

Time To Knock on the Door of the New Administration

9/9/2024

Let’s Widen The Lens on Lived Experience 

Paul DiLorenzo writes that a communal sharing of lived experience between families, children and workers is needed in child welfare.

Jessica Pryce

4/15/2024

From Agents to Activists: Child Welfare Needs a Mindset Shift 

Jessica Pryce on the need to shift how we are training the child welfare workforce to see their role in helping families

Time To Knock on the Door of the New Administration

3/25/2024

Be Honest, But Encouraging, with New Child Welfare Workers

By Paul S. DiLorenzo 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

3/4/2024

Time to End the CPS Power Trip

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

8/15/2023

Turnover at Private New York Child Welfare Agencies Reaches ‘Jarring’ Levels, Directors Say 

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

5/31/2023

Workforce Capacity Issues Aren’t Going Away. It’s Time to Plan Accordingly

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

Time To Knock on the Door of the New Administration

5/22/2023

Child Welfare Workers Can’t Learn from History if It Isn’t Taught

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

Time To Knock on the Door of the New Administration

12/19/2022

A Child Welfare New Year’s Resolution: Act with Urgency

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

10/13/2022

The Sounding Board

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