When our work involves helping others who face major life struggles, we’re often strongly impacted by those difficulties. This happens through the trusting, responsive connections we form with those we serve. Those relationship are are the key to our effectiveness....
Originally posted January 20, 2013. Revised and updated November 5, 2018. As directors, managers, supervisors and staff, we are passionate about doing our best for children and families. We’re eager to know what we can do to reach our program’s goals and...
Implementing reflective supervision can be a key step in strengthening a relationship-based, resilience-promoting culture. Reflective supervision is one way organizations can assure that all leaders and staff members get regular opportunities to reflect,...
Janice is a home visitor working with highly stressed parents and their young children. Her program’s mission, the prevention of child maltreatment, aligns with her sense of purpose, which is what made her decide to apply for this job four years ago. This is...
Originally published 9-13-17. Edited a little on 8-5-20. These times of natural disasters and political turbulence have me thinking about resilience – what it is and what it’s not. Rather than being a personality trait, resilience is a process of positive...
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