Autumn King Consulting
Helping Leaders Lead Well Where It is Hard
Training and coaching for Foster Family Agencies and Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Programs.
Who We Serve
We partner with organizations doing the hard work of caring for children and families in crisis.
Foster Care Agencies
Building leaders who can support resource families and staff through the complexities of foster care
Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Programs
Equipping supervisors to lead in high-intensity residential settings with trauma-informed approaches
The Leadership Gap in Child Welfare
Most supervisors in child welfare are promoted because they excel at direct service—not because they were taught how to lead. They know how to do the work, but few have been trained to guide, develop, and support others in doing it.
High Turnover
Good people leave the field every year, not because they stopped caring, but because they stopped getting the support they needed. And every time one leaves, a child in care loses another consistent adult.
Burned-Out Teams
Secondary trauma, impossible caseloads, and emotional exhaustion spread when supervisors are not equipped to support their people. The children and youth in their care feel it first.
Untrained Leaders
Promotion rarely comes with preparation. Most supervisors learn to lead through trial and error, if they last long enough. And the youth and families in their care absorb every misstep along the way.
How We Help
Two focused services that work together: build your leaders, and support your struggling employees.
The Leadership Academy
Leading Where It’s Hard
A comprehensive leadership development program built for the specific realities of child welfare work and delivered through practical training that actually sticks.
Flexible formats: self-paced, virtual, or in person.
The Investment Plan
Performance Coaching That Works
A structured coaching program for employees on probation or at risk of termination. Instead of going straight to discipline, give your employee a real chance to turn things around with professional support.
Three phases: Assessment, Coaching, and Progress Reporting.
Why This Training is Different
Built for Child Welfare
Not generic corporate leadership advice — every example, case study, and principle is grounded in the realities of FFAs, STRTPs, and child welfare work.
Trauma-Informed Foundation
Leadership that accounts for secondary trauma, burnout, and the emotional weight your teams carry every day.
Practical Over Theoretical
You will leave with tools you can use Monday morning, not abstract frameworks that sound good but do not translate into practice.
From Someone Who Has Done It
Developed by a practitioner who has supervised in this field, not an outside consultant guessing at your challenges.