Training Evaluation
The Partners for Our Children (P4C) Evaluation Team supports the Alliance for Professional Development, Training, and Caregiver Excellence and the Child Welfare Training and Advancement Program (CWTAP). Together CWTAP and the Alliance provide social work education and training for child welfare professionals and caregivers across Washington state. Our team provides critical research and evaluation support to strengthen child welfare professional development in service to improved outcomes for children and families impacted by the child welfare system.
We contribute to the field of child welfare education and training by understanding important trends and systematically evaluating training initiatives in Washington State. We do this by developing targeted evaluation studies, scanning literature, analyzing data, and sharing learning with child welfare evaluation colleagues.
Our team is taking action to advance racial equity and honor Tribal sovereignty. Our evaluations strive to assess learner experiences, environments, and curricula through this equity lens. We seek input from learners, facilitators, and partners to inform quality improvement efforts in training and social work education.
Questions Guiding Our Work
- How does supervisory coaching support skill development among case carrying staff?
- What strategies support statewide implementation of Motivational Interviewing?
- To what extent are learners engaged in online and in-person learning environments?
- How does the inclusion of lived experience in training impact workforce and caregiver values?
- How does mentoring impact kinship and foster caregiver experiences?
- How does social work education prepare students to thrive as child welfare professionals?
- What are the best ways to measure learning outcomes?
Related Links
Washington State DCYF
- Office of Innovation, Alignment and Accountability
- Practice Improvement
- Racial Equity and Social Justice
- Office of Tribal Relations/Indian Child Welfare
- Foster parenting and Kinship Care
National Resources for Child Welfare Workforce Development
- Child Welfare Information Gateway
- Quality Improvement Center- Workforce Analytics
- Quality Improvement Center – Workforce Development
- National Child Welfare Workforce Institute
- Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative
- APHSA/National Staff Development and Training Association
- National Indian Child Welfare Association
