Explore successful cross-system collaboration across three phases of child welfare interactions with families experiencing co-occurring issues—front-end investigation, case planning/service provision, and case resolution. 

Presents technologies that are used in simulations and a variety of settings in which simulations can be used effectively.

Hear an overview of themes presented in Fostering a Healthy Workforce: Child Welfare Virtual Expo (CWVE) 2018.

Explore the use of coaching within the context of child welfare supervision and casework practice to improve staff confidence and performance to achieve agency goals related to safety, permanency, and well-being.  

Explore different approaches to assess and address workforce needs.​ 

Explore and reflect on the impact of, and opportunities to improve, assessment and decision-making processes. 

Explore strategies for providing ongoing support to staff working in a trauma-exposed environment.  

Explore the impact of perceptions, attitudes, and organizational culture in child welfare. 

Explore insights on using protective capacities and protective factors to build a continuum of practice that extends from safety to strength-building. 

Explore three different simulations used to train and build child welfare workers’ skills by mimicking the conditions and content that a worker will encounter on the job.  

Listen in as parents and workers share their perspectives on the value of and approaches to improving comprehensive assessment of parents. 

Explore how having access to the right information at the right time can improve assessment and decision-making at the child/family level, and how aggregate data can be used to support system improvements. 

Explore how an engaged workforce with shared values can increase effectiveness in child welfare.