Fostering Psychological Safety on Child Welfare Teams: Resolving Conflicts on Child Welfare Teams

Watch this animated video to explore psychologically safe ways to resolve conflicts on child welfare teams.

Publication year:     2024
Author:             Capacity Building Center for States

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This video shows a sample scenario of a conflict occurring during a team meeting at a child welfare agency. Viewers can use the interactive prompts to learn good, better, and best methods for resolving conflicts on child welfare teams while remaining psychologically safe. This video can also be used to build a shared understanding of what it means to be psychologically safe while experiencing healthy conflict.

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Capacity Building Center for States. (2024). Fostering psychological safety on child welfare teams: Resolving conflicts on child welfare teams. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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