Supervisor Coaching
The Training Academy is excited to launch a coaching curriculum for child welfare supervisors to support complex work that leaders face while supporting professional staff with varying skills and abilities. Coaching is a significant professional development tool for child welfare supervisors.
Upcoming Pilot Dates
If you are interested and the dates below work for your schedule (must be able to attend all five trainings), contact Amy Lopez, Community Trainer Coordinator, at lope0750@umn.edu.
- May 7 | 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Virtual
- May 14 | 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Virtual
- May 18 | 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Virtual
- May 29 | 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Virtual
- June 3 | 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Virtual
Training Format
- Supervisor coaching for child welfare curriculum will develop coaching skills aligned with Alfred Kadushin’s Model of Child Welfare Supervision.
- Training format will include 5 virtual half day sessions delivered over zoom, roughly monthly to allow for knowledge and skill development, application, reflection, and ongoing practice.
- The five sessions are designed to build supervisor skills, mindset, and strategies for coaching; the curriculum emphasizes the vital role of coaching as a core component of supervision, integrating administrative, supportive, and educational supervision methods to strengthen practice and outcomes in child welfare.
About Supervisor Coaching
Coaching in child welfare increases worker confidence and skills, translating to more effective use of supervisory time and impact. When supervisors build effective coaching skills, it increases the likelihood of improved outcomes (Northern California Training Academy Center for Human Services, UC Davis Extension: The Coaching Toolkit for Child Welfare Practice). Adults learn best and improve skills more effectively when they receive follow-up support and ongoing performance feedback, following a training experience.
Coaching includes these components, and has positive effects on coping, performance, skills, well-being, and work attitudes. Current research on practitioner behavior and improvements in client outcomes shows that integrating coaching in supervision practice improves systemic implementation of practice and involves processes to support behavior change. Advanced coaching skills align with supervision competencies in Minnesota’s Child Welfare Practice Framework.
The developed curriculum aligns with Kadushin’s Model of Child Welfare Supervision and integrates Minnesota’s Safety Framework, particularly coaching to safety focused practice utilizing the Safety Practice Profiles tool within supervision.
Supervisor Coaching is appropriate for experienced supervisors, as well as new supervisors who have completed New Supervisor Training.
If you have questions contact us at info@mnchildwelfaretraining.com.