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Child Welfare Virtual Expo 2018 – Coaching for Success
The third annual Virtual Expo supports workforce development and consists of materials and presentations around “Fostering a Healthy Workforce.” Whether learning as an individual or group, child welfare staff will have the opportunity to hear from experts, access valuable resources, connect new knowledge to their work, and identify goals for improving their own practice and the work of their teams.
The purpose of this workshop is to promote the use of coaching within the context of child welfare supervision and casework practice to increase staff confidence and improve staff performance to achieve agency goals related to safety, permanency and well-being. Participants will gain knowledge of how to integrate coaching into their daily interactions.
Presenter
Gretchen Robbins, L.S.W.
Gretchen Robbins, MS, LSW, started her career in child welfare as a social worker and social work supervisor before she began applying her expertise to workforce development and training. Gretchen is a Technical Consultant with the Leadership Academy for Supervisors (LAS) Program with the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute, providing consultation and expertise to child welfare jurisdictions across the country as they implement LAS. Gretchen’s more than 40 years of child welfare experience includes experience as the Training Systems Lead for the National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (NRCOI), which included coordinating the Peer to Peer Training Network. Gretchen served as a reviewer for the first two rounds of the Child and Family Service Review, and has worked nationally in the field of child welfare and organizational improvement in multiple capacities. Gretchen has served as a trainer and coach for multiple practice modalities, including Family Team Meetings, Advanced Facilitation Skills and Motivational Interviewing. She is committed to promoting leadership and best practice in child welfare by engaging practitioners, supervisors, and managers in leading positive change to meet best possible outcomes for children, youth, and families. Her areas of expertise include: Supervision, Coaching, Facilitation, Leadership Development, Curriculum Development, and Training Delivery. Gretchen holds a B.S. in Child Development and Elementary Education and earned her M.S. in Human Development and Family Relationships from the University of Maine.