1. P: 555.123.4568 F: 555.123.4567 123 West Main Street, New York, NY 10001 www.rightcare.com | GUIDE FOR DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING CHILD WELFARE PRACTICE MODELS Jan McCarthy, MSW Published by National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (NRCOI), Oct., 2012 Phone: 1.800.435.7543 PO Box 9300, 34 Bedford Street, Portland, ME 04104 www.nrcoi.org |

2. P: 555.123.4568 F: 555.123.4567 123 West Main Street, New York, NY 10001 www.rightcare.com | The Practice Model Guide: Offers a framework for developing, implementing and/or strengthening a family centered practice model Cites specific examples from the field and Provides additional information to help child welfare agencies and their partners make informed choices in selecting approaches to this important work 2

3. P: 555.123.4568 F: 555.123.4567 123 West Main Street, New York, NY 10001 www.rightcare.com |  Section 1: Developing a Practice Model  Section 2: Implementing a Practice Model INTRODUCTION: Purpose and Definition (pg 1-2) TWO SECTIONS: Practice Models are the basic principles and approaches that guide an agency’s work 3

4. P: 555.123.4568 F: 555.123.4567 123 West Main Street, New York, NY 10001 www.rightcare.com | Section 1: DEVELOPING A PRACTICE MODEL (pg 3) COMMON PRACTICE MODEL ELEMENTS  Vision  Values and principles Worksheet: Articulating Practice Model Principles (pg 55)  Determining outcomes and measuring performance  Core intervention components (skills) 4

5. P: 555.123.4568 F: 555.123.4567 123 West Main Street, New York, NY 10001 www.rightcare.com | CORE INTERVENTION COMPONENTS (SKILLS) AND OUTCOMES Worksheet: Identifying Frontline Practice Skills (pg 5) 5

6. P: 555.123.4568 F: 555.123.4567 123 West Main Street, New York, NY 10001 www.rightcare.com | Section 1: DEVELOPING A PRACTICE MODEL (continued)  Designing a Culturally Responsive and Inclusive Practice Model (pg 14) o Specific strategies that can be used at the Practice Level Organizational Level  Managing Parallel Processes (pg 16) 6

7. P: 555.123.4568 F: 555.123.4567 123 West Main Street, New York, NY 10001 www.rightcare.com | Section 2: IMPLEMENTING A PRACTICE MODEL (pg 17)  Implementation Definition  Introduces Implementation Framework o Implementation Stages o Implementation Drivers 7

8. P: 555.123.4568 F: 555.123.4567 123 West Main Street, New York, NY 10001 www.rightcare.com | Implementation Stages (pg 19) 8

9. P: 555.123.4568 F: 555.123.4567 123 West Main Street, New York, NY 10001 www.rightcare.com | Implementation Stages: EXPLORATION (pg 19)  Planning Processes (pg 20) o The role of leadership o Assessing agency readiness (worksheet, pg 63) o Organizational readiness o Individual readiness o Creating readiness o Involving stakeholders in designing the practice model  Structures for planning and implementation (pg 25) o Core leadership teams o Workgroups o Communication systems 9

10. P: 555.123.4568 F: 555.123.4567 123 West Main Street, New York, NY 10001 www.rightcare.com | Implementation Stages (continued) PROGRAM DESIGN (INSTALLATION) (pg 29)  Key activities (implementation drivers) INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION (pg 30)  Sequencing implementation FULL IMPLEMENTATION (pg 32)  Key activities as practice model is integrated into daily practice 10

11. P: 555.123.4568 F: 555.123.4567 123 West Main Street, New York, NY 10001 www.rightcare.com | iImplementation Drivers (pg 33) 11

12. P: 555.123.4568 F: 555.123.4567 123 West Main Street, New York, NY 10001 www.rightcare.com | The remainder of the Guide…  Conclusion (pg 52) Resources (pg 55) o Worksheets o Additional state examples o Links and Organizations for Ongoing Support 12

13. P: 555.123.4568 F: 555.123.4567 123 West Main Street, New York, NY 10001 www.rightcare.com | Discussion…..  What rings true about the processes described in the Guide and what doesn’t?  Specific examples of hurdles you have overcome, or are currently working on.  Ideas for keeping the Practice Model Peer Network examples current and up to date? 13

14. P: 555.123.4568 F: 555.123.4567 123 West Main Street, New York, NY 10001 www.rightcare.com | Phone: 1.800.435.7543 PO Box 9300, 34 Bedford Street Portland, ME 04104 www.nrcoi.org | Contact Information Download the Guide here: http://www.nrcoi.org/strategic_pm.htm For more information or to request hard copies, contact Anne Comstock, acomstock@usm.maine.edu acomstock@usm.maine.edu 14