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workforce

Jessica Pryce

3/4/2024

Time to End the CPS Power Trip

Jessica Pryce on the need to train the next child welfare workers on a shared power dynamic when it comes to engaging families

8/15/2023

Turnover at Private New York Child Welfare Agencies Reaches ‘Jarring’ Levels, Directors Say 

Staff turnover at private agencies that care for NY children and families has reached crisis levels, new data indicates.

5/31/2023

Workforce Capacity Issues Aren’t Going Away. It’s Time to Plan Accordingly

Kelly Harder argues that instead of hand wringing about turnover, it's time to accept it and adjust

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5/22/2023

Child Welfare Workers Can’t Learn from History if It Isn’t Taught

Paul DiLorenzo writes about the lack of effort to educate the modern child welfare workforce about the history preceding them

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12/19/2022

A Child Welfare New Year’s Resolution: Act with Urgency

For child welfare to better serve the behavioral health needs of kids in out-of-home care, we need to enact various solutions.

10/13/2022

The Sounding Board

Dee Wilson and Toni Sebastian explore root causes for the alarming rates of turnover and job vacancies in child welfare

    California Invests in Apprenticeships for Young Adults Leaving Foster Care and Probation

    7/27/2022

    California Invests in Apprenticeships for Young Adults Leaving Foster Care and Probation

    Apprenticeships offer a pathway to stable careers, and California is supporting the expansion of programs for vulnerable young adults.

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    4/10/2022

    Social Work Supervisors Are Key to Stable Workforce

    Supervision is the heartbeat of a child welfare agency and in many places, it is on life support. It used to be one of the strongest pillars of our profession, but in recent years the supervisory role has found itself looking for a clear purpose or relevance to our goals of improvement and transformation.

    8/23/2021

    California Will Roll Out a New Jobs Plan for System-Involved Youth

    Under a plan approved by the U.S. Department of Labor earlier this month, California counties will be able to provide more job-training and career-readiness services to current and former foster youth — a group that has long struggled with high rates of unemployment.