Building a Model and Framework for Child Welfare Supervision

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Job ResponsibilityMost importantto you (andreasons)Important toyouNot importantto you (andreasons)Notapplicable/Not awarez. Address ethics in supervision (boundary issues,confidentiality)aa.bb.cc.dd.Provide ongoing professional development forsupervisorProvide leadership to unitProvide leadership within organizationProvide leadership within communityee.ff.gg.7a. Are there additional responsibilities that are included in the child welfare supervisors’ job inyour agency? If so, please list above and rate.8. Does your agency have a current written job/position description for child welfaresupervisors? If yes, does it accurately reflect their current job responsibilities? If yes, wouldyou be willing to provide it to us?76
OBSTACLES AND SUPPORTS FOR EFFECTIVE SUPERVISION9. What do you perceive to be the most serious obstacles (beyond time and money) to the abilityof the child welfare supervisors in your agency to carry out their current job responsibilitieseffectively?Probe for: training and information sharing, administrative/fiscal, recruitment andretention/preventing stress/enhancing morale, salary/incentives, facilitating communicationand collaboration, enhancing/managing/evaluating caseworker performance, anticipating andmanaging risk, ethics in supervision, selecting model of supervision9a. Have these obstacles been addressed? If so, how and with what outcomes?9b. Are you aware of obstacles to child welfare supervisors’ ability to carry out theirresponsibilities that the agency has been unable to address? Please describe.9c. Is there anything your agency is currently planning to eliminate obstacles and better supportchild welfare supervisors in carrying out their job responsibilities? If yes, please describe.10. What (or who in what position) do you perceive to be the greatest supports to agency childwelfare supervisors in carrying out their responsibilities effectively?Probe for: training and information sharing, administrative/fiscal, recruitment andretention/preventing stress/enhancing morale, salary/incentives, facilitating communicationand collaboration, enhancing/managing/evaluating caseworker performance, anticipating andmanaging risk, ethics in supervision, selecting model of supervision10a. Please describe in what ways these supports are helpful to supervisors.10b. Are there supports that child welfare supervisors have needed to carry out their jobresponsibilities that the agency has been unable to access?77
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AcknowledgementsThis report, Buildi
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Executive SummaryA Call to Action f
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IntroductionWhy is a Model of Child
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• a continuum of professional dev
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• providing knowledge and securit
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necessary, and providing permanency
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Table 1. Job Responsibilities Ranke
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Manage caseloads in the supervisor
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Supportive Supervision Responsibili
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Element 4Mandate explicit, manageab
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Element 7Support supervisors in the
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Several activities are included to
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Page 40 and 41: A Continuum of Initial and Ongoing
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Page 44 and 45: Sources CitedAllnoch, A. (1998, Feb
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Page 48 and 49: Whittaker, J. & Maluccio, A. (2002)
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Page 66 and 67: • Hiring diverse staff• Trainin
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