Supervisory Impact on Practice

Supervisors will have the opportunity to reflect upon the information and skills acquired in modules one through five, and to share thoughts and practical strategies with colleagues about practice implementation.

Goal

Supervisors will identify how applicable the information and skills (e.g., leadership strategies) gained through the five-module professional development series is to practice.

Objectives

1. Give supervisors an opportunity to share how series has impacted their leadership and practice with social workers’ management of older youth in care in achieving permanency.
2. Provide a community environment to allow supervisors to share and learn from others experiences and strategies for supporting social workers managing older youth in care.
3. Provide forum for supervisors to share what issues or barriers impede effective supervisory practice related to permanency planning for older youth in care.
4. Identify specific areas of the training that should be revised or expanded in future offerings.

Presentations

Discussion facilitated by Casey Family Services 

Training Materials

Definitions of Permanency
Practices To Promote Adolescent Permanency
Seven Principles Agencies Can Use to Track Their Progress in Establishing Permanence for Youth
Six Key Components for Helping Young People Achieve and Maintain Permanent Family Relationships
30 Things a Permanent Connection Can Mean

Best Practices and Summaries

Web Based Resources
Defining Permanency - Isabel Morales, CASA for Children
Renewing our Commitment to Permanence for Children and Youth - Sarah B. Greenblatt and May LeBeau
Permanence for Young People Framework - Nat'l Resource Center for Foster Care and Permanency Planning
The Ansell-Casey Like Skills Assessment (ACLSA) - Casey Life Skills
Permanency Pact: Life-long, kin-like connections between a youth and a supportive adult - Foster Club
An Integrated Approach to Youth Permanency and Preparation for Adulthood - Casey Family Services
Tests of trainee doctors find signs of race bias in care - The Boston Globe
Promising Practices