Training & Coaching

We understand working in child welfare can be challenging and requires well-trained and prepared professionals. In order to work effectively with children, youth and families, these professionals require extensive knowledge of family dynamics and the various forms of intersectional systems affecting their everyday lives. In addition, the child welfare workforce requires specific skills and competencies necessary to ensure the safety and well-being of children and families. In order to adequately engage and service this vulnerable population, child welfare workers need opportunities to receive ongoing professional development. Fostering Change for Children offers a specialized training and coaching for the child welfare workforce. Our program is utilized by over 25 NYC agencies and organizations and several others nationally. All trainings offered by FCFC are geared towards empowering child welfare professionals who interface with children and families to see themselves as powerful change agents on behalf of the people they work with. 

Our Program

Fostering Change for Children offers a specialized training and consultation program for the child welfare workforce. Our program is utilized by over 25 NYC agencies and organizations and several others nationally. All trainings offered by FCFC are geared towards empowering child welfare professionals who interface with children and families to see themselves as powerful change agents on behalf of the people they work with. 

Our trainings have reached thousands of:

  • Frontline workers

  • Supervisors

  • Agency leaders & administrators

  • Attorneys

  • Judges

  • Policymakers

  • And other professionals working in child welfare

FCFC employs a distinctive brand of trainings utilizing experiential learning, coaching, and varied techniques to reach all audiences. FCFC promotes a positive and fun learning environment in which participants are encouraged to ask questions, comment and discuss reactions, thoughts, and feelings related to the work. Our trainings utilize research and direct feedback from the frontline to inform best practices.