Training for Supervisors

The Institute for Family Development offers the following workshops for supervisors. Please contact our Training Division to learn more about scheduling any of our training workshops at your agency.


Fundamentals of Supervising HOMEBUILDERS®
Intensive Family Preservation Services (2 Days).
This workshop addresses the multi-faceted roles of family preservation supervisors and managers. The training includes strategies and tools for managing worker and program performance, staff selection and hiring, clinical consultation, preventing staff burnout, and developing community linkages and support.


Responsive Supervision: Core Competencies
Preventing and Solving Employee Work Problems and Improving Team Coordination
(2.5 Days)
This workshop is designed for a broad range of supervisors and managers and focuses on the primary roles of the supervisor and implementing processes for providing ongoing feedback to staff, improving staff performance and strategies for handling and solving employee work problems and for facilitating and improving team coordination and performance. Participants will receive the "S3", a staff satisfaction survey for providing useful feedback to supervisors and managers, the Catalyst®, a communications tool, and other workshop materials and useful manuals.









Institute for Family Development (IFD) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider Institute for Family Development (IFD) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5589. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Institute for Family Development is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.