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    • Child Welfare Studies
    • Organizational Psychology

    Background:

    • Child welfare agencies aim for timely legal permanency for children in out-of-home care.
    • National data reveal persistent challenges in achieving this critical mission.
    • Effective strategies are needed to improve permanency outcomes for vulnerable children.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the relationship between child welfare workers' self-efficacy in permanency decision-making and the nature of supervision received.
    • To understand how supervision influences workers' confidence in achieving legal permanency for children.

    Main Methods:

    • Cross-sectional study utilizing data from 427 child welfare workers.
    • Examined the correlation between supervisor focus on permanency and worker self-efficacy.
    • Supervisors' roles in monitoring, mentoring, and ensuring practice outcomes were considered.

    Main Results:

    • A significant positive relationship was found between supervisor focus on permanency outcomes and worker self-efficacy.
    • Workers receiving supervision geared towards permanency reported higher confidence in decision-making.
    • Supervision is a key factor in enhancing frontline workers' ability to achieve timely permanency.

    Conclusions:

    • Supervisors can enhance child welfare workers' self-efficacy by prioritizing permanency in their guidance.
    • Agencies can leverage existing supervisory structures to improve permanency outcomes.
    • Targeted supervision offers a resource-efficient strategy to improve legal permanency for children.