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Page 3 and 4: AcknowledgementsThis report, Buildi
Page 5 and 6: Executive SummaryA Call to Action f
Page 7 and 8: IntroductionWhy is a Model of Child
Page 9 and 10: • a continuum of professional dev
Page 11: • providing knowledge and securit
Page 14 and 15: necessary, and providing permanency
Page 16 and 17: Table 1. Job Responsibilities Ranke
Page 18: Manage caseloads in the supervisor
Page 22 and 23: Supportive Supervision Responsibili
Page 24 and 25: Element 4Mandate explicit, manageab
Page 26 and 27: Element 7Support supervisors in the
Page 28 and 29: Several activities are included to
Page 30 and 31: Table 2. Job Responsibility Data Co
Page 32 and 33: include "acknowledging effective pe
Page 34 and 35: Component 2A model of supervisory p
Page 36 and 37: • assigning ongoing cases to an e
Page 38 and 39: • Develop an internal process to
Page 40 and 41: A Continuum of Initial and Ongoing
Page 42 and 43: Helpful Child Welfare and Training
Page 44 and 45: Sources CitedAllnoch, A. (1998, Feb
Page 48 and 49: Whittaker, J. & Maluccio, A. (2002)
Page 50 and 51: The project team contacted potentia
Page 52 and 53: Appendix BLiterature ReviewThe foll
Page 54 and 55: Providing leadership within organiz
Page 56 and 57: Ensure manageable staff/supervisor
Page 58 and 59: prepared to move into permanent pos
Page 60 and 61: • Place ASPIRE (TANF welfare to w
Page 62 and 63: Facilitating Communication and Coll
Page 64 and 65: • Document worker performance rel
Page 66 and 67: • Hiring diverse staff• Trainin
Page 68 and 69: Bernotavicz, F. (1997). Retention o
Page 70 and 71: O’Connor, M. (1997). Building Sup
Page 72 and 73: 5h. If there is a discrepancy betwe
Page 74 and 75: Job Responsibilityissues, confident
Page 76 and 77: 13a. Does your supervisor effective
Page 78 and 79: SUPERVISOR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES6. I
Page 80 and 81: Job ResponsibilityMost importantto
Page 82 and 83: 11. Are there written resources (tr
Page 84 and 85: esponsibilities as “most importan
Page 86 and 87: Job responsibilityMost importantto
Page 88 and 89: Appendix DSample Job DescriptionJOB
Page 90: Data Conception: Requires the abili

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