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Description
Research indicates that child welfare workers experience an increased risk for vicarious traumatization,
secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, trauma related stress, and professional burnout.
Moreover, public child welfare workers, when compared to other social service professionals, are
disproportionately impacted by bureaucratic processes related to service delivery and cuts in funding and
community resources. Indubitably, these factors can negatively impact workers’ ability to deliver adept
social services to children and families in need. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS)
recognizes the need to promote self-care as a professional practice. Therefore, the Self-Care Initiative is
designed to ensure that CHFS Employees, specifically those serving in Family Support and Protection and
Permanency, are explicitly informed about foundational, practical strategies for engaging in self-care
practices.
Objective I: Address self-care challenges experienced by CHFS employees, specifically employees in
Family Support and Protection and Permanency, through the delivery of training specifically tailored to
public child welfare workers in Kentucky.
Objective II: Evaluate the impact of regional self-care trainings
Objective III: Provide virtual refreshers to supplement regional trainings as needed
Objective IV: Develop and implement ongoing virtual service provision plans to ensure continuity of self-
care initiative services.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 7/1/20 → 6/30/22 |
Funding
- KY Department of Community Based Services: $239,579.00
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