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Stop Trying to Manage Your Time: Why It Doesn't Work in Child Welfare

Stop Trying to Manage Your Time: Why It Doesn't Work in Child Welfare

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Core Curriculum Course: Assessment and service planning:
Effective service planning strategies

Child welfare is a unique field to work in. Along with the passion for helping others, the field requires a great
deal of attention to detail, time management skills, patience, and resilience. A career in child welfare means operating in
an environment of constant change, with various priorities demanding your attention all at once. It can become difficult
to manage your time and attention while working in an often chaotic environment. There are practical tips and tools
for managing your time and attention to increase energy and productivity and decrease stress to create a much more
sustainable and enjoyable working environment. This workshop will utilize exercises, small group discussion, and visual
displays.

Date/time: January 23, 2015 • 8:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: GVSU Pew Campus, Bicycle Factory
201 Front SW, Room 230, Grand Rapids, MI 49504

Social Work CECHs: 3 hours • Approval #MICEC-0004
Cost: Free to all MDHHS and private agency child welfare workers; $39 all others
Presenter: Jessica Conway, MPA

Training objectives: As a result of this workshop, participants will be prepared to:
• Identify three new ways to manage and prioritize their time better in their
current jobs.
• Demonstrate two new strategies for organizing physical working space.
• Identify two new ways they can use technology to their advantage in the area
of attention management.

Target audience:
- Foster Care Workers
- Adoption Workers

How to register:  www.gvsu.edu/swce
Contact: Leslie Bateman
Phone: 616-331-7180
E-mail: socialworkce@gvsu.edu

To receive in-service training credit, your training facility coordinator must document completion on OTP/JJOLT. For questions regarding documentation of in-service training on OTP/JJOLT contact the Help Desk at DHS-CWTIOTP@michigan.gov or call (313) 465-2603.