CHILD WELFARE · TOOLS, TRAINING & COACHING
Hard work deserves
better support.
Practical resources for child welfare professionals. Intentional development for supervisors. Ongoing workforce training for California FFA and STRTP teams.
Find the Support You NeedWAYS TO WORK WITH AKC
Three pathways, one standard of practical support
FOR CHILD WELFARE PROFESSIONALS
Support for your workday
Practical tools, training, and resources to help you navigate the demands of child welfare work with greater clarity and intention.
FOR SUPERVISORS AND LEADERS
Help me lead better
Practical supervisor development and one-on-one leadership support.
FOR FFA AND STRTP AGENCIES
Ongoing workforce training
The Child Welfare Workforce Institute offers practical, self-paced training for California FFA and STRTP teams with monthly and discounted annual options.
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What do you need help with?
Pick the one that sounds most like today. You can always come back.
A clearer workday.
Find your starting point with The Child Welfare Workday Pressure Check and Caseload Control. The Child Welfare Workday Reset is coming soon.
AI, with guardrails.
30 practical prompts, five creative bonuses, and a clean-text companion. Approved tools only. No confidential information. Your judgment comes first.
More intentional leadership.
Reflect with the free 14 Principles of Leading Where It’s Hard guide. Build your practice with Leading Where It’s Hard, a self-paced program for child welfare supervisors.
A stronger training foundation.
The Child Welfare Workforce Institute offers monthly and discounted annual training subscriptions exclusively for California FFA and STRTP agencies.
Support that’s personal.
Individual coaching with Dr. King for your workday, professional growth, or leadership challenges. Thoughtful support for your next step.
WHY AKC
Knowing what to do and having a way to do it are two different things
Child welfare work asks a lot of people. Professionals are often handed complex responsibilities without always being given the systems, preparation, or support to match. AKC closes that gap with resources designed around the real workday.
- Built from the work. Visits, court, documentation, interruptions, and follow-up are the starting point, not an afterthought.
- Ready to use. Every resource ends in something you can do, not only something you now know.
- Respectful of your expertise. You are a professional. These tools support your judgment; they don't replace it.
- Responsible by design. Confidentiality, accuracy, and professional standards come first, including in everything about AI.
DR. KING SAYS
"Good practice isn't only about what you know. It's about whether your day leaves you room to do it. My work is about building that room."
Dr. Autumn King, DSW
Founder, Autumn King Consulting
Child welfare educator, trainer, consultant, and professor of social work, with a decade in child welfare.
Read Dr. King's StoryFEATURED PROGRAM · FOR SUPERVISORS
Leading Where It's Hard
Practical supervisor development for the situations you actually face.
Supervising in child welfare means holding people accountable, coaching instead of carrying everything, documenting decisions, managing up, and protecting your team through the hardest moments. This self-paced program gives you tools for each of those, organized around three leadership lenses: educational, administrative, and supportive.
4 modules · 20 short video lessons · module workbooks · certificate of completion · self-paced
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FREE RESOURCES
Start with something you can use this week
Choose the free guide that fits today. Receive practical tips and resource updates from Dr. Autumn King. Unsubscribe anytime.
The Child Welfare Workday Pressure Check
Identify where your child welfare workday feels pressured and choose a practical next step.
Get the free Child Welfare Workday Pressure Check →
14 Principles of Leading Where It's Hard
Reflect on how you lead using 14 practical leadership principles, then choose one area to strengthen.
FOR CALIFORNIA FFA AND STRTP AGENCIES · ENROLLMENT OPEN
Ongoing training for the teams doing the work
The Child Welfare Workforce Institute provides practical, self-paced workforce training for California foster family agencies and short-term residential therapeutic programs. Agencies receive individual learner accounts, completion certificates, agency-administrator progress visibility, and access to all eight training pathways for their selected setting.
Choose monthly or discounted annual billing. FFA, STRTP, and combined access are available.
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