- | Fact/Tip Sheet
This fact sheet describes the Staff Recruitment & Retention (SRR) CoIIN was a collaborative learning effort that consists of three MIECHV awardees (Ohio, Alabama, Wisconsin) and 10 LIAs who worked to achieve the following SMART aim by the end of their collaborative: 85% of home visiting professionals, including home visitors and home visiting supervisors, will improve or maintain high staff well-being, creating a healthier, supported, and more resilient home visiting workforce. (author summary)
- | Report
The Supporting and Strengthening the Home Visiting Workforce (SAS-HV) project focuses on “professional well-being,” specifically the (1) workplace experiences unique to home visiting and (2) how they influence dimensions of well-being that affect home visitors’ practice with families. (author summary)
- | Brief
The focus of this rapid response brief is research published since March 2020 focused on the MIECHV and the broader home visiting workforce, the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on this workforce, and available data. We begin with a brief overview of the MIECHV program to provide context for the recent research. We also highlight the complexities in summarizing or doing research on the workforce delivering programs supported by this funding, and discuss the opportunities, challenges, and future research needs related to this workforce. (author summary)
- | Planning Tool
This tool aims to help Ministries and government agencies reflect on the ways in which they can support personnel delivering home visiting programs across sectors for pregnant mothers and caregivers with children under 3. It is also intended for countries with home visiting programs at either the sub-national or national levels. The tool reflects the overall environment in which the home visiting program operates as well as how it is designed and executed. Additionally, the tool addresses the support that home visitors receive since it impacts the way in which they carry out their tasks on a day to day basis and ultimately influences their relationship with families. (author summary)
- | Brief
Home visiting programs can alleviate workforce issues and promote home visitors’ job satisfaction and retention by reducing job stressors and providing protective supports.
This brief summarizes the existing research to answer four questions:
What factors contribute to home visitors’ mental health and well-being? How do home visitors’ mental health and well-being influence service quality? How can home visiting programs reduce stressors and support home visitors? What are the implications for research and practice? (author summary)
- | Brief
In this brief, we provide evidence on the Early Head Start home visiting workforce’s mental health, work stress, perception of organizational climate and personal safety, and supervisory and coaching opportunities. We then present findings from a multivariate regression analysis showing how factors associated with job demands—including recent home visitor turnover, work stress, and personal safety in the field—and job supports—including the capacity to offer virtual visits, coaching, supervision, and organizational climate—relate to job satisfaction. As covariates in our analysis, we include characteristics of home visitors and their programs that were found to be important in past research. These findings offer important insights on key correlates of home visitor job satisfaction. The brief provides policymakers and practitioners with evidence about factors associated with reduced burnout in the home visiting workforce. (author summary)
- | Planning Tool
This resource is a combination of two items related to trauma informed supervision. The first section has strategies for “tuning” in as a supervisor and the following section has questions you can use to assess how trauma informed the supervision is. This is not an exhaustive list but it can be helpful in doing a personal assessment. (author summary)
- | Webinar
Explore how breathing and movement exercises can help you manage stress. Discover ways to use mindful movements to contribute to your self-care practices. Working to manage your own stress can make a big difference in your work with children, families, and colleagues. (author summary)
- | Guide
The Home Visiting Supervisor’s Online Handbook is designed to help Supervisors become familiar with the unique and comprehensive approach of the Head Start home-based program option. (author summary)
- | Guide
This handbook provides detailed guidance, tools and strategies, and references related to reflective supervision for West Virginia Supervisors.