Alternative Work Arrangements

Supervisors are tasked with effectively managing staff, onboarding new employees, handling conflict, and encouraging and maintaining morale in this new hybrid work environment. This QIC-Tip shares the available evidence about virtual supervision.

What happens when employees face conflicting pressures from work and family? Read this umbrella summary to learn more about work-family conflict and how it relates to employee outcomes.

This blog post highlights the concerns state child welfare and human resources leaders from 29 states have about the child welfare workforce, as shared in recent meetings.

This post summarizes some of the research about the relationship between child welfare work and how technology can impact the stress of the job.

How are supervisors managing a virtual workforce? This QIC-Take summarizes current strategies and suggestions to best support supervisors.

This blog post describes the study methods used and highlights early findings related to caseworkers' use of an app to support their work.

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.

What should agencies know in order to better manage employees working remotely? This Umbrella Summary describes the available evidence about telework.

Many child welfare supervisors are managing a virtual team - get tips on how to keep staff accountable without micromanaging.

Virginia created an app to help their child welfare workforce manage administrative and family engagement tasks out of the office. Learn more about their progress.