Okdhs Child Welfare Assessment Recommendations - Oklahoma ...

OKDHS Child Welfare Assessment Recommendations
Performance
Areas
Viola Miller
Recommendations ==>
Training /
workforce
development
DHS should develop an enhanced professional
development program that is integrated and
monitored; based on accepted principles of
adult learning, including coaching and
mentoring; and focused on outcomes for
children and families.
DHS should develop a more integrated
approach to professional development in
cooperation with the state’s university
system.
DHS should develop specific
curricula for both pre-service
and in-service training for the
child welfare workforce.
DHS should continue to
enhance its child welfare
supervision training
curriculum, including a
performance competency
evaluation.
New worker training
should require
successful completion
of a performance
competency evaluation
prior to caseload
assignment.
DHS should ensure that
private provider
caseworkers meet the
same professional
development standards
as the public system
staff.
Other
DHS should implement a high-quality data
management system. This system must be
staffed with the expertise necessary to ensure
data integrity, and must allow the use of data
reporting and analysis to inform decisionmaking
and evaluate agency effectiveness on
measurable outcomes.
DHS should establish and monitor
performance outcome measures for both
public and private service providers and
hold both accountable for those
outcomes.
DHS should implement
performance based
contracting.
DHS should ensure that all
private agency monitoring and
licensure information is
integrated and used to inform
contract decision-making.
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