Child welfare has a pipe problem. Our pipes can't handle this much pressure... But there's another way, a way to relive the pressure and unleash the amazing internal motivation of our people ... and it starts with fixing the plumbing.
When the press writes about failures in the child welfare system, the tragedies are unique, but the pattern is often all too familiar. A family has been involved with the agency multiple times, signs of risk were missed, and the result is significant harm or even death. It’s hard to read about a set of [...]
Child welfare supervisors have an incredibly difficult job. One that is made even more complex by the broad role they play.
Child welfare has a pipe problem. Our pipes can't handle this much pressure... But there's another way, a way to relive the pressure and unleash the amazing internal motivation of our people ... and it starts with fixing the plumbing.
As we work with child welfare agencies across the country to help tackle the capacity crisis, here's a glimpse of what we're learning.
Only by addressing the capacity crisis up front, before changing practice, can the goals of Family First be achieved. At Change...
If the work made passionate people act like Flo on the TV series “Alice,” then the work can bring them back.
