Leadership for Child Welfare Supervisors (10 Contact Hours)
- 1 Section
- 12 Lessons
- 2 Quizzes
- 10h Duration
Course Content
- Course Overview & Introduction
- Module 1: Foundations of Leadership in Child Welfare Supervision
- Module 2: Motivating and Inspiring Staff
- Module 3: Leading Through Listening and Strengths
- Module 4: Professional Boundaries With Employees, Supervisors, and Peers
- Module 5: Emotional Intelligence in Supervision
- Module 6: Ethical and Legal Leadership
- Module 7: Building a Shared Vision Across a Diverse Workforce
- Module 8: Team Building and Collaboration
- Module 9: Preventing and Managing Team Conflict
- Module 10: Crisis Planning for Team and Worker Safety
- References
- Post Test
- Program Evaluation
Child welfare supervisors lead teams through heavy caseloads, emotionally difficult cases, court deadlines, and sometimes dangerous situations. This 10-contact-hour course prepares Certified Child Welfare Supervisors and supervisory candidates to lead with purpose, fairness, and skill.
Participants learn to motivate staff using motivational interviewing strategies and strengths-based supervision, maintain professional boundaries, use emotional intelligence, lead ethically within laws and policies, build a shared vision across a diverse workforce, strengthen teams and resolve conflict, and plan for crises that affect worker safety. Each module includes a supervision case study with a practice question and a practical tool, such as the Staff Motivation Conversation Guide, the Ethical Decision-Making Worksheet, and the Team Crisis and Worker Safety Plan.
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