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Retention Tools
Resources in this section focus on tools that agencies can use to improve retention of child welfare workers.
Developing Worker Competency
Protective Services Training Institute of Texas (2005)
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Provides a scripted curricula for teaching a course for supervisors to improve management techniques and to enhance staff retention.
Employment Retention Essentials: Building a Retention-Focused Organization
Clymer & Wyckoff (2003)
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Explains strategies to encourage job stability and growth for disadvantaged individuals.
Self-Assessment Workbook for Building a Stable and Quality Child Welfare Workforce (PDF - 617 KB)
Center for the Study of Social Policy (2006)
Provides guidance to child welfare administrators on innovative human resource management policies and practices.
SMARRT Manual Strategies Matrix Approach to Recruitment and Retention Techniques (PDF - 1550 KB)
Brittain (2006)
Enhances capacity for more effective child welfare recruitment, selection, training, and retention practice. The manual includes research-based findings, as well as a wide range of experiential information and practical "how-to" information from published literature and Internet sites.
Staff Recruitment, Retention, and Training Strategies for Community Human Services Organizations
Larson & Hewitt (2005)
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Reviews strategies for achieving a quality workforce. The chapters in this guidebook address three major components of personnel management: recruiting and hiring employees, orienting and training staff, and motivating workers.
Staff Retention in Child and Family Services: The First Six Months, Workbook 5 (PDF - 1076 KB)
Developing Models of Effective Child Welfare Staff Recruitment and Retention Training: Training Series: Staff Retention in Child and Family Services
Anderson, McKenzie, Jackson, & McKenzie (2007)
Provides a structure, methods, and tools for orienting, supporting, and training new staff during their first 6 months on the job, with particular attention to helping staff cope with and manage the stressors of the job. This is the fifth workbook in the Staff Retention in Child and Family Services series designed to increase child and family service agencies' effectiveness in developing and retaining their staff by applying information from research and best retention practices to their work.
Staff Retention in Child and Family Services: The Practice of Retention Focused Supervision, Workbook 2 (PDF - 1037 KB)
Developing Models of Effective Child Welfare Staff Recruitment and Retention Training: Training Series: Staff Retention in Child and Family Services
Anderson, McKenzie, Jackson, & McKenzie (2007)
Provides research information and supervisory competencies for retaining effective staff, including self-assessment and planning tools. This is the second workbook in the Staff Retention in Child and Family Services series designed to increase child and family service agencies' effectiveness in developing and retaining their staff by applying information from research and best retention practices to their work.
Staff Retention in Child and Family Services: The Role of Leaders, Workbook 1 (PDF - 1138 KB)
Developing Models of Effective Child Welfare Staff Recruitment and Retention Training: Training Series: Staff Retention in Child and Family Services
Anderson, McKenzie, Jackson, & McKenzie (2007)
Provides information, tools, and methods for leaders to use to support supervisors in creating and sustaining a positive culture for staff retention. This is the first workbook in the Staff Retention in Child and Family Services series designed to increase child and family service agencies' effectiveness in developing and retaining their staff by applying information from research and best retention practices to their work.
Staff Retention in Child and Family Services: Selecting the Right Staff, Workbook 6 (PDF - 1000 KB)
Developing Models of Effective Child Welfare Staff Recruitment and Retention Training: Training Series: Staff Retention in Child and Family Services
Anderson, McKenzie, Jackson, & McKenzie (2007)
Provides information on promising practices and tools for recruiting and selecting frontline staff. This workbook includes profiles of desirable qualities needed in frontline supervisors and staff and methods for developing effective collaborations with universities. This is the sixth workbook in the Staff Retention in Child and Family Services series designed to increase child and family service agencies' effectiveness in developing and retaining their staff by applying information from research and best retention practices to their work.
Staff Retention in Child and Family Services: Working With Differences, Workbook 3 (PDF - 1234 KB)
Developing Models of Effective Child Welfare Staff Recruitment and Retention Training: Training Series: Staff Retention in Child and Family Services
Anderson, McKenzie, Jackson, & McKenzie (2007)
Provides understanding, methods, and tools for tailoring supervision to the diverse characteristics, learning and behavioral styles, and professional development needs of staff. This is the third workbook in the Staff Retention in Child and Family Services series designed to increase child and family service agencies' effectiveness in developing and retaining their staff by applying information from research and best retention practices to their work.
Workforce Data Collection Field Guide for Human Service Agencies: Practical Recommendations for Conducting Staff Exit Interviews, Staff Focus Groups, Employee Surveys (Word - 234 KB)
Cyphers (2003)
Describes methods for collecting data through surveys, focus groups, and exit interviews. The guidelines review tips for planning and implementing assessment strategies and communicating the importance of the information.
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Worker safety tools
Meth Basics and Worker Safety
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (2006)
Provides essential information for Texas Child Protective Services staff who may encounter methamphetamine users, settings where meth is used or manufactured, and children at risk due to caregiver meth use or meth lab dangers.
Personal Safety for Visiting Professionals
Minneapolis Police Department (2007)
Developed for professionals who conduct home visits.
Worker Safety Advisor
University of Texas at Arlington, Center for Child Welfare & University of Texas at Austin, Protective Services Training Institute
Presents relevant worker safety information in an easy-to-read format.
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Child Welfare Information Gateway encourages organizations to submit resources from their workforce or training efforts for inclusion in our library. Send information to library@childwelfare.gov.
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