"PLEASE NOTE; this item is for the purchase of the post-test and CE certificate only."

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.

In this session, the Quality Improvement Center on Workforce Development (QIC-WD) described the objectives of the QIC-WD and provided an overview of a workforce needs assessment process it used with its eight project sites. In an interview style format, the QIC-WD conversed with Oklahoma and Washington, two of the eight project sites, about their experiences in participating in a workforce needs assessment process. This included highlighting critical data elements, analytic strategies, external engagement and collaboration, and how they used data to approach intervention selection to address the needs of their child welfare systems’ workforces.