Coaching in the Field of Child Welfare Northern California Training Academy
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In the child welfare context, professional development coaching leads to improvements in practice, quality of work, and an agency’s success in working with children and families by: improving systemic implementation of practice; creating positive changes in behavior; and embedding professional development.
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Performance and Development Coaching
Watch a scenario in which a child welfare professional requests coaching in family engagement strategies. The worker meets with a coach to reflect on her practice to improve perfromance.
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The Coach and the Worker
An interview which demonstrates several phases of the child welfare skills-based coaching model, including facilitative reflection, feedback and evaluation of the coaching session with a discussion of next steps.
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The Coaching Agreement and Goal Setting Process
This video provides an example of a coaching agreement meeting between a coach, child welfare social worker and her supervisor.
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The CLEAR Coaching Model
This video demonstrates the CLEAR model of coaching. Erich is a supervisor of a child welfare unit and discusses his desire to incorporate coaching into his supervisory approach.
This video is intended for training purposes and should be viewed from that perspective.