1. Supervising safety: Multiple Modalities Build a Path to the Summit

3. Supervising Safety Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
ACTION for Child Protection

4. Supervising Safety 2014 – Pilot 2 Modules
2015 – 7 Sessions of Module 1
3 with DCF identified
4 with open enrollment
Result – 80% coverage !!
2016- Roll out Module 2

5. 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

6. Follow up training for staff
Supervising Safety
Math
Multiple Modules 3
Full day seminars + 9
Weeks of distance
(4 hours/week) 12
Weeks of training responsibility
6 participants/trainer
X 2 trainers = 12/seminar
Follow up training for staff

7. 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

8. Culture of supervising safety

9. 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

10. unbalanced confusion doubt Ideas insight understanding inspiration
inadequacy
reflection
confusion
understanding
aspiration
knowledge
unbalanced
inspiration
questioning
Supervising Safety

11. Question ? ? ? ? ?
Are Present Danger Threats so obvious even the Avon Lady would spot them ???????
mHmm.
Smells like
trouble!

12. Hope they don’t catch me placing orders on work time!
Answer:
Hope they don’t catch me placing orders on work time!
Only if she is a moonlighting
CPS worker!

13. Immediately useful, practical content

14. 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

15. Use of online component
Access to documents
little direct teaching
Continues connection
Organize learning

16. Let’s play on the website!!
Go to:
wcwpds.wisc.edu/supsafety
Username: WISup
Password: NSDTA

17. What have we learned about each modality?
Papers
Learning Buddy conversations
Trainer phone conferences
Seminar
Distance Applications
Job Aids

18. How do we know it makes a difference?
We see their work
(over and over again!)

19. How do we know it makes a difference?
Seminar discussion of changes

20. How do we know it makes a difference?
Staff at Foundation are different

21. How do we know it makes a difference?
Feedback from state reviews

22. How do we know it makes a difference?
They tell us!

23. Jan Breidel jlbreidel@wisc.edu Have any questions?? 608.890.3964
Wisconsin Child Welfare
Professional Development System