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Supporting the Child Welfare Workforce During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Technology
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the child welfare workforce had to rapidly embrace technology to conduct mandatory visits and engage in supervision. This blog posts discusses necessary policy changes and strategies to keep the workforce working during
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Supporting the Child Welfare Workforce During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
When COVID-19 hit, the child welfare workforce had to quickly acquire personal protective equipment to do their job. This blog post highlights the challenges and realities of operationalizing access to face masks, gloves, and hand sanitizer for the child
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Supporting the Child Welfare Workforce During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Addressing Worker Stress and Trauma
The child welfare workforce is charged with caring for others and the pandemic exasperated that work. This blog post highlights how workers need to manage the worry and stress of living and working in a pandemic.
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Workforce Scorecards
A Workforce Scorecard specific to child welfare can serve as a helpful tool to guide more frequent and productive conversations between HR and child welfare. This blog post includes a short video and a tool describing how to create a Workforce Scorecard.
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