Common Core Curricula in California

Curriculum resources to assist in training to the common Competencies and Learning Objectives 

Field Training/Mentoring

History of Mentoring in Child Welfare

Mentoring has a unique place in the history of training social workers. Experienced child welfare staff traditionally have taken new workers under their wings to pass along social work skills and values. Unofficial mentoring has also served to educate social workers concerning procedures, forms, and mores within the child welfare agency.

Mentoring builds supportive communities within agency cultures by fostering relationships that provide emotional as well as professional support necessary to face the sometimes overwhelming stresses associated with working with abused and neglected children. However, the efficacy of this type of training is unpredictable without content and accountability.

Below are three proposals for creating effective mentoring programs in agencies with diverse needs.

These mentoring programs are structured and tested. Managers and supervisors will find the Mentor's Corner to be a helpful tool in creating mentoring programs for all workers. The mentoring proposals fall into three main categories:

How to Use Mentoring

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