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The MIECHV Region X Innovation in Home Visiting Workforce Development Project developed a comprehensive and integrated system of trauma supports and refective practices for home visitors. Tis efort is intended to help reduce burnout and turnover of home visiting staf and to maintain the quality and impact of home visiting services in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Te supports are tailored to the intensive work that home visitors do with families that are experiencing high rates of historical trauma and co-occurring mental health difculties, substance use disorders, and domestic violence. This guide has been developed as part of this project. (author summary)
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This document provides guidance for both the Supervisor/Consultant and the Supervisee/Consultee regarding best practices for entering into a reflective supervision/consultation (RSC)relationship that uses distance technology. This document should be used as a companion document to the Best Practice Guidelines for Reflective Supervision/Consultation. (author summary).
- | Planning Tool
This Home Visiting Workforce Development Action Plan (Action Plan) advances the goal of and develops strategies for “recruiting, training, supporting, and retaining a well-qualified and committed home visiting workforce” (Goal 2 in the Strategic Plan). The Action Plan takes the workforce development objectives and strategies from the Strategic Plan and adds the detailed action steps needed to turn thought into action, and the evaluation metrics to determine whether a strategy is working. The Action Plan builds upon the significant effort already underway by First 5 California (F5CA) to inform policy recommendations that support the state’s efforts to build a cohesive home visiting workforce infrastructure. (author summary)
- | Fact/Tip Sheet
This fact sheet presents national estimates of program-level turnover and vacancy rates among Early Head Start (EHS) education and child development staff in 2022.
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The First 5 California (F5CA) Home Visiting Workforce Study collected data to help the state understand the landscape of California’s home visiting workforce, including characteristics of home visitors and supervisors, implementation supports for staff, and program needs for workforce recruitment, development, and retention. These data will be used to develop policy recommendations to support F5CA in this infrastructure development. This report presents findings from a survey of the California home visiting workforce, which received responses from more than 900 home visitors and supervisors across the state, representing 48 counties and 54 home visiting models. (author summary)
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The overarching goal of this study was to understand the context of home visitor secondary traumatic stress and burnout, and how this might affect intention to quit among home visitors, particularly focusing on potential risk factors and supportive strategies identified by the home visitors. All home visitors providing services in the state in which the research was conducted (N = 27) completed a structured interview and a quantitative survey at two time points, 6 months apart. Results indicated that more than two-thirds of the home visitors experienced either medium or high levels of secondary traumatic stress and burnout over the course of the study. Approximately one quarter of home visitors indicated thinking of leaving their present position. Qualitative data indicated that risk factors associated with burnout included those related to both direct and non-direct services. Risk factors associated with secondary traumatic stress included traumatic stress of families, inability to recognize one’s own experiences of secondary traumatic stress, and unhealthy work culture. In terms of protective factors, home visitors strongly emphasized the importance of having a supportive supervisor who they could trust and communicate with openly. (author abstract)
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This final report details the results of a MIECHV Innovation Grant awardeed to Washington and partner states in Region X (Alaska, Idaho and Oregon) to implement an innovative set of home visiting workforce supports and conduct an evaluation that would help improve these approaches.
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The MIECHV and IDHS State Home Visiting Program Staff Survey is conducted each year by the Center for Prevention Research and Development (CPRD) at the University of Illinois in conjunction with the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Early Childhood (IDHS-DEC). (author summary)
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The MIECHV and IDHS State Home Visiting Program Staff Survey is conducted each year by the Center for Prevention Research and Development (CPRD) at the University of Illinois in conjunction with the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Early Childhood (IDHS-DEC). The goals of the survey are to obtain feedback and better understand the needs of the Illinois MIECHV and IDHS State Home Visiting funded workforce. (author summary)
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The purpose of this landscape study is to fill a gap in knowledge on how many families receive home visiting, what program models are operating and where, how large is the home visiting workforce in the state, where are the largest areas of unmet need, and what are the facilitators and barriers to statewide implementation. With better information about the state of home visiting in North Carolina, policymakers and leaders are in a better position to make informed strategic decisions. (author summary)