Module 3: The Supervisory Focus

Time: 2 hours, 20 minutes
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Module Purpose:
Learning Objectives:
  1. Identify supervisory strategies that support the safety of children.
  2. Support Workers to analyze safety decision making in the context of danger threats and caregiver protective factors
Notes:

Unit 3.1: Safety

Time: 1 hours, 35 minutes
Unit Overview: This module reinforces the important role and responsibilities of supervisors in promoting, monitoring and holding staff accountable for good, and fidelity to the Safety Methodology.
Learning Objectives:
  1. Identify supervisory strategies that support the safety of children.
  2. Support Workers to analyze safety decision making in the context of danger threats and caregiver protective factors.

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Notes:
Key Points:
Supervisors are the role model for embracing the Safety Methodology. The Supervisor’s job in ensuring adherence to the safety model includes:
  • First and foremost ensuring children are safe.
  • Providing the tools, knowledge and support to supervisors who manage workers in the field who are responsible for key components of the Safety Methodology including information gathering, assessment, family engagement and decision-making.
  • Promoting a culture of teamwork that sends the message “safety is everyone’s responsibility.”
  • Modeling the consulting supervisor approach and ensuring that others do as well.
  • Insuring that transfer of learning takes place and is ongoing and consistent.

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Key Points:
  • The Supervisor’s job in ensuring adherence to the safety model includes:
  • First and foremost ensuring children are safe.
  • Providing the tools, knowledge and support to supervisors who manage workers in the field who are responsible for key components of the Safety Methodology including information gathering, assessment, family engagement and decision-making.
  • Promoting a culture of teamwork that sends the message “safety is everyone’s responsibility.”
  • Modeling the consulting supervisor approach and ensuring that others do as well.
  • Insuring that transfer of learning takes place and is ongoing and consistent.

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Key Points:
  • The supervisor must promote critical thinking on the part of the worker, not simply tell him or herwhat to do.

Activity #1:Assessing Safety
Directions:
Answer these questions:
  • What questions can the supervisor ask to support the worker in assessing safety?
  • What questions can the supervisor ask to support the worker in assessing caregiver protective factors?
Activity Notes:

Unit 3.2: Supporting Florida’s Child Welfare Practice Model

Time: 45 minutes
Unit Overview: This Unit helps supervisors align their understanding of the Safety Methodology.
Learning Objectives:
  1. Identify supervisory strategies that support the core tenants of Florida’s practice model.

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Notes:
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