Institute for Family Development

The Institute for Family Development offers the following workshops for supervisors. Please contact our Training Division to learn more about scheduling any of our training workshops at your agency.

Fundamentals of Supervising Family Preservation Services

Primary roles of the supervisor
Field training and ongoing development of new staff
Providing support and preventing staff burnout
Developing and maintaining community relations

Preventing and Solving Employee Work Problems

Sharing positive and negative performance feedback
Assessing self performance outcomes
Dealing with unreceptive staff
Vertical Assessment Profile - a staff feedback tool

Program Consultation and Quality Assurance Skills for Supervisors

Skills for observing and assessing home visits
Developing and using individual professional development plans
Conducting and assessing group consultation
Monitoring data and reviewing records

Staff Recruitment and Hiring

Effective recruiting
Interview process
Selection process
Qualities of effective Intensive Family Preservation services (IFPS) staff

Improving Team Coordination

Effective meetings
Group consensus building
Problem analysis and participative decision making