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GUIDE FOR DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING CHILD WELFARE PRACTICE MODELS Jan McCarthy, MSW Published by National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (NRCOI), Oct., 2012. |. Phone: 1.800.435.7543 PO Box 9300, 34 Bedford Street, Portland, ME 04104. www.nrcoi.org.

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  1. GUIDE FOR DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING CHILD WELFARE PRACTICE MODELSJan McCarthy, MSWPublished by National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (NRCOI), Oct., 2012 | Phone: 1.800.435.7543 PO Box 9300, 34 Bedford Street, Portland, ME 04104 www.nrcoi.org

  2. The Practice Model Guide: • Offers a framework for developing, implementing and/or strengthening a family centered practice model • Cites specific examples from the field and • Provides additional information to help child welfare agencies and their partners make informed choices in selecting approaches to this important work

  3. TWO SECTIONS: Practice Models are the basic principles and approaches that guide an agency’s work Section 1: Developing a Practice Model Section 2: Implementing a Practice Model INTRODUCTION:Purpose and Definition (pg 1-2)

  4. Section 1: DEVELOPING A PRACTICE MODEL (pg 3) COMMON PRACTICE MODEL ELEMENTS • Vision • Values and principles Worksheet: Articulating Practice Model Principles (pg 55) • Determining outcomes and measuring performance • Core intervention components (skills)

  5. CORE INTERVENTION COMPONENTS (SKILLS) AND OUTCOMESWorksheet: Identifying Frontline Practice Skills (pg 5)

  6. Section 1: DEVELOPING A PRACTICE MODEL (continued) • Designing a Culturally Responsive and Inclusive Practice Model (pg 14) • Specific strategies that can be used at the • Practice Level • Organizational Level • Managing Parallel Processes (pg 16)

  7. Section 2: IMPLEMENTING A PRACTICE MODEL (pg 17) • Implementation Definition • Introduces Implementation Framework • Implementation Stages • Implementation Drivers

  8. Implementation Stages (pg 19)

  9. Implementation Stages: EXPLORATION (pg 19) • Planning Processes (pg 20) • The role of leadership • Assessing agency readiness (worksheet, pg 63) • Organizational readiness • Individual readiness • Creating readiness • Involving stakeholders in designing the practice model • Structures for planning and implementation (pg 25) • Core leadership teams • Workgroups • Communication systems

  10. Implementation Stages (continued) PROGRAM DESIGN (INSTALLATION) (pg 29) • Key activities (implementation drivers) INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION (pg 30) • Sequencing implementation FULL IMPLEMENTATION (pg 32) • Key activities as practice model is integrated into daily practice

  11. iImplementation Drivers (pg 33)

  12. The remainder of the Guide… • Conclusion (pg 52) • Resources (pg 55) • Worksheets • Additional state examples • Links and Organizations for Ongoing Support

  13. Discussion….. What rings true about the processes described in the Guide and what doesn’t? Specific examples of hurdles you have overcome, or are currently working on. Ideas for keeping the Practice Model Peer Network examples current and up to date?

  14. Contact Information • Download the Guide here: • http://www.nrcoi.org/strategic_pm.htm • For more information or to request hard copies, contact Anne Comstock, acomstock@usm.maine.edu | Phone: 1.800.435.7543 PO Box 9300 , 34 Bedford Street Portland, ME 04104 www.nrcoi.org

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