This 2-day workshop explores the multi-faceted roles of family preservation supervisors and managers.
This course explores the strategies and tools for managing staff and program performance, staff selection and hiring, clinical consultation, preventing staff burnout, and developing community linkages and support.
Learning objectives
•Explore the primary responsibilities of the Homebuilders Supervisor
•Learn to conduct and structure group and individual consultation
•Learn to work with referring workers to ensure appropriate referrals
•Explore staff selection and hiring strategies and processes
•Discover how to manage supervisor and therapist stress and prevent burnout
•Develop skills to provide field training of new staff and ongoing staff development
•Learn how to model program values and strategies
•Explore Homebuilders Standards and the supervisory and therapist components
•Learn to promote and support the Intensive Family Preservation Services (IFPS) model
•Explore how to develop and maintain community relations
