National eUpdate
May 2021
Leveraging Key Partnerships on May 26
Join us May 26, 2021, from 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm EDT for the second session in our 5-part discussion series addressing how child welfare leaders have supported their workforce in building resiliency during the pandemic.

During the first half of the session, we'll talk with Laurence Nelson, Director of Training and Professional Development with the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services, about the importance of leveraging partnerships when building staff resilience. We'll spend the second half of the session in peer-led small groups discussing how to incorporate strategies at your organization.
We hope you will save the dates for the rest of the discussion series (all at 1 pm ET):
  • Understanding Moral Distress - June 23 - Register Now
  • Supporting Self-Care at the System Level - July 26
  • Connecting to Cultural Ways - August (date TBD)
Providing Operational Supports to Build Worker Resilience
On April 29, Nancy Carre-Lee, Deputy Director for Child Protection and Permanency Operations, shared the New Jersey Department of Children and Families' operational approach to building resilience in the workforce. During the discussion she shared the following promising approaches and strategies:
  • Establishing Office of Staff Health and Wellness
  • Department’s leadership engaging staff in every aspect of decision-making during the pandemic
  • Conducting a staff survey to assess their needs during the pandemic
  • Funding the Worker2Worker peer reciprocal program to provide staff with mentoring and crisis debriefing
  • Instituting a SafeSignal app that equips staff with a “safety tether” to alert law enforcement if safety is compromised
  • Commissioner holding weekly staff meetings to keep all DCF staff abreast of relevant internal and external information

After meeting in small groups, our participants identified their key takeaways. Please review this summary to learn more.
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We are honored to support your workforce development efforts and hope these trending NCWWI products assist in your work. Please contact Sharon Kollar if you have questions about the following resources or if you need further assistance.

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