Preparing and supporting Florida’s child welfare workforce from classroom to case work to competent leadership
Alliance for Workforce Enhancement (AWE)
The goal of the AWE Initiative is to enhance workforce well-being through specialized leadership development and adaptive technical assistance at the organizational level.
Informed by implementation science and the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute’s (NCWWI) Workforce Development Framework, selected AWE organizations will participate in a three-year initiative, which includes a comprehensive assessment to determine organizational strengths and challenges, co-creation of a plan to address a challenge identified through assessment, guided implementation activities, project evaluation, and sustainability planning. These tailored growth opportunities are supported by well-being and resiliency activities and leadership development training.
THE AWE PROGRAM
Led by Director Dr. Jessica Pryce, Institute staff and affiliates have been developing AWE since Fall 2020. The team engaged national experts at Casey Family Programs and the NCWWI and solicited feedback from Florida stakeholders, including DCF and CBC representatives. The result is a robust program that integrates tangible resources for the workforce with experiential learning opportunities to promote internal capacity building within agencies.
Year 1
establishing a well-being baseline, both for the organization as a whole as well as for individual workers.
Year 2
implementation of the change plan, including a robust Leadership Academy for directors, supervisors, and managers, and voluntary well-being and resiliency support activities.
Year 3
sustainability planning and equipping the agency to continue the work they started with the AWE team.
Implementation and Continuing Development
The continued development of the AWE program will be informed through implementation with two demonstration sites. This process will be led by Dr. Pryce and two faculty affiliates, Drs. Dina Wilke and Karen Randolph, with support from the Institute Program Directors of GROW and Science & Research. Site one will begin January 2022 and site two will begin in July 2022. In addition to participating in AWE, these sites are considered partners in the continued development and refinement of the AWE program through the formative evaluation.
Leadership Academy
Modeled after the NCWWI Leadership Academy, the AWE Leadership Academy is intended to enhance the existing leadership capacity through training, support, and coaching. The hybrid Academy will offer both in-person and online learning and coaching opportunities to agency leadership.
The Leadership Academy will launch in January 2023 when the first demonstration site enters year two of the AWE program.
AN INITIATIVE OF The GROW Center
The Vision of AWE
To prioritize leadership development and organizational well-being within child welfare agencies across Florida.
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