Implementation

Creating a Workforce Analytics Team

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 02:08:35 +0000

Creating a Workforce Analytics Team
Posted on July 7, 2021

When conducting workforce analytics, it can be helpful to adopt a team approach and involve various experts and stakeholders. This tool can help you identify the people, the skills, and the resources to put together a workforce analytics team.

Creating a Workforce Analytics Team

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 02:05:34 +0000

Creating a Workforce Analytics Team
Posted on July 7, 2021

Is your agency exploring how to use workforce analytics? This blog post, video and resource sheet can help you identify which skills and people should make up your workforce analytics team.

Milwaukee Progress Update - Identifying Barriers & Working through Solutions

admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:07:28 +0000

Milwaukee Progress Update - Identifying Barriers & Working through Solutions
Posted on October 26, 2020

The Division of Milwaukee Child Protective Services (DMCPS) is testing a model to amplify the staff’s collective voice to create solutions to agency challenges which then can feed into changing the organizational culture.

Virginia Progress Update - The Timely Implementation of a Technology Solution

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 15:59:57 +0000

Virginia Progress Update - The Timely Implementation of a Technology Solution
Posted on July 27, 2020

Virginia created an app to help their child welfare workforce manage administrative and family engagement tasks out of the office. Learn more about their progress.

Washington State is Using Telework to Strengthen the Child Welfare Workforce

admin — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 23:46:44 +0000

Washington State is Using Telework to Strengthen the Child Welfare Workforce
Posted on April 13, 2020

The Washington Department of Children, Youth and Families shares their experience with implementation from the perspective of workers, supervisors, and administrators.

Washington Progress Update – Telework in Action

admin — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 12:46:50 +0000

Washington Progress Update – Telework in Action
Posted on April 2, 2020

The Washington site is working with the QIC-WD to design, implement, and study telework as a strategy to support and retain the child welfare workforce. This post provides an update on their progress and summarizes early lessons learned.

EBCI Progress Update - Developing an Onboarding Program

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 19:43:44 +0000

EBCI Progress Update - Developing an Onboarding Program
Posted on March 25, 2020

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ Family Safety Program is working with the QIC-WD to create and evaluate an onboarding process for new hires. This update describes the intervention and some early lessons learned by the site implementation team.

Coach Ohio - The View from the Site Implementation Manager

admin — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:02:39 +0000

Coach Ohio - The View from the Site Implementation Manager
Posted on February 18, 2020

The Ohio Site Implementation Manager shares his experience leading their QIC-WD project, Coach Ohio.

Texas Decreased Caseworker Turnover. The QIC-WD is Implementing and Testing Some of Their Strategies and Building Evidence

admin — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 22:07:05 +0000

Texas Decreased Caseworker Turnover. The QIC-WD is Implementing and Testing Some of Their Strategies and Building Evidence
Posted on January 28, 2020

The QIC-WD is dedicated to building evidence. Foundational work in the early years of the Center included combing the literature from multiple fields (e.g., business, education, industrial-organizational psychology) to inform strategies to strengthen the

Mobile Solution Roll Out Update (November 2019)

admin — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:11:14 +0000

Mobile Solution Roll Out Update (November 2019)
Posted on November 27, 2019

Virginia’s mobile solution, COMPASS, allows case carrying child welfare workers and supervisors (known as family service specialists) to capture and manage case notes from the field.

Using Technology to Reduce the Burden of Paperwork: Preliminary Lessons Learned from the QIC-WD Virginia Site

admin — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:36:59 +0000

Using Technology to Reduce the Burden of Paperwork: Preliminary Lessons Learned from the QIC-WD Virginia Site
Posted on October 18, 2019

The Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development (QIC-WD) partnered with the Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS) in 2017 to conduct research examining the efficacy of technology interventions aimed at reducing child welfare staff turnove

Introducing Virginia’s Mobile Solution

admin — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 17:53:57 +0000

Introducing Virginia’s Mobile Solution
Posted on September 11, 2019

The Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS) and the 18 local departments of social services (LDSS) identified the lack of technological supports to help child welfare workers complete the administrative tasks of their job as a cause of turnover.

Conducting Comprehensive Workforce Needs Assessments in Child Welfare

admin — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 17:40:08 +0000

Conducting Comprehensive Workforce Needs Assessments in Child Welfare
Posted on August 27, 2019

Check out this article, "Conducting Comprehensive Workforce Needs Assessments in Child Welfare," by the QIC-WD team.

Using a Logic Model to Guide Workforce Interventions

admin — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 20:21:01 +0000

Using a Logic Model to Guide Workforce Interventions
Posted on July 2, 2019

The QIC-WD uses logic models—visual representations that depict the resources that go into and expected results that will come out of the implementation of a program—to guide the implementation and evaluation of the selected interventions.

Washington: Telework

admin — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 18:59:22 +0000

Washington: Telework
Posted on February 13, 2019

Washington’s choice to examine telework as a means of strengthening its child welfare workforce.