Team FCCS Insider News

   Every member and every position in Team FCCS is seen as a child welfare professional, with a hope that each employee feels safe, supported, respected, and valued. Join us in celebrating our newest team members and honoring those who have been promoted. April 2025 CONGRATUALTIONS ON THESE PROMOTIONS & TRANSFERS: Carrie Miller - Child Welfare Casework Supervisor 2-Floater/Intake Jenna Moore - Child Welfare Casework Supervisor 2-Floater/Intake Robert Owens - Child Welfare Caseworker 2/East Region WELCOME TO THESE NEW EMPLOYEES: Mallory Janicki - Child Welfare Caseworker 1/Intake & Investigations Jenna Lorenz - Attorney 1/Legal Ashlei Moorehead - Fellowship Student Participant/Professional Development Pamela Galloway - Data Entry Operator 2/Professional Development Autumn Henneke - Social Service Aide 2/Visitation & STS Hannah Gallagher - Child Welfare Caseworker 3/Adoptions Alaya Chavers - Social Service Aide 2/Visitation & STS

  Every member and every position in Team FCCS is seen as a child welfare professional, with a hope that each employee feels safe, supported, respected, and valued. Join us in celebrating our newest team members and honoring those who have been promoted. March/April 2025 CONGRATUALTIONS ON THESE PROMOTIONS & TRANSFERS: Sakeenah Akram - Contract Evaluator/ Contracts Chaylon Hodge - Human Capital Management Senior/Employee Relations Brandon Novosad - Attorney 3/Legal Hanna Mitchell - Attorney 3/Legal Sarah Laboiteaux - Social Program Coordinator/Provider & Placement Services Jody Mcrae - Family Support Supervisor 1/Visitation Angela Rieser - Enterprise Security Officer 1/Information Technology WELCOME TO THESE NEW EMPLOYEES: Teresa  Mehaffey - Legal Aide/Legal Shay Wilber - Child Welfare Caseworker 1/Intake and Investigations

  Every member and every position in Team FCCS is seen as a child welfare professional, with a hope that each employee feels safe, supported, respected, and valued. Join us in celebrating our newest team members and honoring those who have been promoted. February/March 2025 CONGRATUALTIONS ON THESE PROMOTIONS & TRANSFERS: Destiny Saffell - Social Program Coordinator/Performance Support Ashley Calvin - Social Program Coordinator/Performance Support Sakeenah Akram - Contract Evaluator/Negotiator/Contracts Annie Littlefield - Life Set Program Coordinator/Performance Support WELCOME TO THESE NEW EMPLOYEES: Atira Haile - Education Support Specialist/ Research & Educational Support Casey Barrett - Child Welfare Caseworker 3/Screening Breanna Preece - Child Welfare Caseworker 1/Intake and Investigations Esther Ramireddy - Child Welfare Caseworker 1/Intake and Investigations Teresa Mehaffey - Legal Aide/Legal  Layla Bradford - Child Welfare Caseworker 1/Intake and Inve...

At FCCS, employee committees support staff morale, drive continuous improvement, and prioritize cultural competency. They’re also a good way to communicate and connect with colleagues across the agency. And right now, several committees are looking for new members who want to get involved.  One of those committees - the Supportive Work Environment Committee (SWE) - is responsible for bringing a little fun and a sense of community to Team FCCS. Brand new co-chairs Kara Green and Cassandra Davala are working with site sub-committees to create a schedule of fun and informative events throughout the year.  Proposed events range from tailgate parties to chili cook-offs, walking clubs and meditation times, and cooking demonstrations, with support from ThriveOn. The highlight of the year is Health and Wellness Day at each building, when staff enjoy healthy food, exercise classes, wellness seminars, and more.   “Working in child welfare can be challenging,” said SWE co-chai...

Every member and every position in Team FCCS is seen as a child welfare professional, with a hope that each employee feels safe, supported, respected, and valued. Join us in celebrating our newest team members and honoring those who have been promoted. December 2024 CONGRATUALTIONS ON THESE PROMOTIONS & TRANSFERS: Kelly Evans - Child Welfare Caseworker 4/Screening Alyssa Veopaseuth - Child Welfare Caseworker 4/Screening Kimberly Giles - Administrative Assistant 1/Visitation & STS Department Qualene Carter - Child Welfare Caseworker Supervisor 2/Screening Faiza Abdi - Child Welfare Caseworker 2/Intake WELCOME TO THESE NEW EMPLOYEES: Rhyleigh Hilyard - Child Welfare Caseworker 1/Intake & Investigations Maritza Reid - Child Welfare Caseworker 1/Intake & Investigations Annika Smith - Child Welfare Caseworker 1/Intake & Investigations Caroline Vineyard - Child Welfare Caseworker 2/Intake & Investigations Sarah Weeks - Child Welfare Caseworker 1/Intake & Investiga...

The National Partnership for Child Safety (NPCS), a quality improvement collaborative with a mission to improve child safety and prevent child maltreatment fatalities, provided its 2024 year-end update on partnership activities related to strengthening families and promoting safety science and innovations in child welfare. To facilitate data-sharing across jurisdictions, NPCS incorporates tools such as the Safe Systems Improvement Tool (SSIT) which is a retrospective critical incident review tool designed for use in child welfare systems. Learnings from aggregated SSIT data can be leveraged into systems-level quality improvement as part of an evidence-based safety science approach to enhancing child safety.  Additional data analysis opportunities are available through the NPCS safety culture survey , which measures workforce domains, such as emotional exhaustion, psychological safety , stress recognition, and workplace connectedness , which can all contribute to team members’ decis...