Training Modules

Overall Goal of Project:
Supervisors will develop techniques to lead, support, and positively engage social workers in facilitating youths’ successful transition to adulthood.

Overall Objectives:

  1. Supervisors will have a holistic perspective about the various needs of youth in care.
  2. Supervisors will learn specific supervisory techniques to engage and support social workers in the management of adolescents in care and preparing them for young adulthood.
  3. Supervisors will have opportunities for ongoing self reflection regarding older youth and their potential for permanent relationships.

For module-specific information, please visit the pages below:

Modules 1-6:

Department of Social Services

A training prepared in partnership with the Department of Social Services and the Center for Adoption Research at the UMass Medical School.