SUPERVISING SAFETY: MULTIPLE MODALITIES BUILD A PATH TO THE SUMMIT.

SUPERVISING SAFETY:

MULTIPLE MODALITIES BUILD A PATH TO THE

SUMMIT

Wisconsin Department of Children and

Families

Supervising Safety

ACTION for Child Protection

Supervising Safety

2014 – Pilot 2 Modules

Result – 80% coverage !!

2016- Roll out Module 2

2015 – 7 Sessions of Module 13 with DCF identified4 with open enrollment

GOAL OF SUPERVISING SAFETY

Develop the analytic process that supports safety decision making in supervisors

Provide supports to foster the development of that process in workers

Supervising Safety

Math

Full day seminars

Weeks of distance(4 hours/week)

Weeks of training responsibility

6 participants/trainerX 2 trainers = 12/seminar

Follow up training for staff

Multiple Modules

12

9

3

+

WHAT SUPERVISORS NEED

Immediately useful, practical content

An environment that honors my work, allows me to be vulnerable and isn’t full of itself – Culture of Supervising Safety

CULTURE OF SUPERVISING SAFETY

BUILDING A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT

Less emphasis on “right” and “wrong” - More emphasis on analytic process

No finger wagging

Supervising Safety Themes

We are all both teachers and learners

Honorable people can disagree

Insight

insight

doubtIdeas

inadequacy

reflection

confusion

understanding

aspiration

knowledge

unbalanced

inspiration

questioning

Supervising Safety

QUESTION ? ? ? ? ?

Are Present Danger Threats so obvious even the Avon Lady would spot them ???????

mHmm.

Smells like

trouble!

Answer:

Only if she is a moonlighting CPS worker!

Hope they don’t

catch me placing

orders on work time!

IMMEDIATELY USEFUL, PRACTICAL

CONTENT

SEQUENCE OF LEARNING

Knowledge – Readings and Seminar

Skill – Practice yourself

Skill – Review work in training case

Skill – Apply with your staff

Knowledge – Review agency practice

USE OF ONLINE COMPONENT

little direct teachingAccess to documents

Organize learningContinues connection

Go to:

wcwpds.wisc.edu/supsafety

Username: WISup

Password: NSDTA

LET’S PLAY ON THE WEBSITE!!

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT EACH MODALITY?

Papers

Learning Buddy conversations

Trainer phone conferences

Seminar

Distance Applications

Job Aids

We see their work

HOW DO WE KNOW IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE?

(over and over again!)

Seminar discussion of changes

HOW DO WE KNOW IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE?

Staff at Foundation are different

HOW DO WE KNOW IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE?

Feedback from state reviews

HOW DO WE KNOW IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE?

They tell us!

HOW DO WE KNOW IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE?

HAVE ANY QUESTIONS??

Jan [email protected]

608.890.3964Wisconsin Child Welfare Professional Development System