The FELA resources listed on this guide can be used alone or together to help agencies build individual, team, and agency capacity to engage and collaborate with families.

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.​ 

Use this discussion guide with the Fostering a Healthy Workforce videos to access a description of each topic, individual and group reflection questions to facilitate on-demand learning, and an action-planning tool for teams to bring knowledge into action.  

Get tips, guidance, and information about the CQI system assessment and implementation process, and learn how the Center helps agencies build capacity.

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

Use the four domain areas of the Parent Partner Program Navigator to learn the key components of designing and implementing successful parent partner programs.

Use this reflection worksheet while viewing the video, Coaching for Success. 

Use this reflection worksheet while viewing the video, Collaborating to Conduct a Workforce Needs Assessment. 

Use this reflection worksheet while viewing the video, Organizational Strategies to Address Secondary Traumatic Stress in the Workforce. 

Use this reflection worksheet while viewing the video, Simulation Innovations: It’s Not Just Role Play Anymore. 

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.  

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