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Oklahoma Progress Update - A Revised Employee Selection Process: Virtual & Paperless
Oklahoma worked with the QIC-WD to revise their employee selection process. This blog post describes the process used to determine the competencies of caseworkers and highlights lessons learned to date.
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Ohio Progress Update - Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress and Providing Supportive Supervision
Coach Ohio is a multi-level supportive supervision intervention. This post summarizes the intervention and lessons from the first year of implementation.
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Social Worker Shortages and The Rise in Competition for a Competent Child Welfare Workforce
Several national studies point to a deficit in the number of trained social workers who will be available to fill important jobs, like child welfare workers, in the coming years.
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Working from Home and the Office during a Pandemic: The Experience of Louisiana Child Welfare Workers
Louisiana caseworkers, like many others, are adjusting to working at home and interacting with families and colleagues differently during the pandemic; in addition they recently participated in a job redesign. Read about their experiences.
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