FOR SUPERVISORS AND LEADERS
Lead your team through the hard parts of the work
Practical training and coaching for child welfare supervisors, managers, and program leaders who want to support their people and hold the standard at the same time.
Explore Leading Where It's Hard
You were promoted for doing the work well. Leading the work is a different job.
Many child welfare supervisors step into leadership carrying complex responsibilities without always being given the practical systems, preparation, or support that the role requires. If any of these sound familiar, you are in the right place.
- You want to hold staff accountable without becoming the person everyone avoids.
- Supervision time keeps turning into putting out fires instead of building skills.
- You end up doing the work for your staff because it feels faster.
- Documentation review is on your plate, and you want it to hold up.
- You are supporting a team through turnover, critical incidents, or burnout.
- You are taking care of everyone except yourself.
None of this means you are doing it wrong. It means the role is hard, and you deserve tools built for it.
THE SUPERVISOR PROGRAM
Leading Where It's Hard™
A self-paced training for child welfare supervisors who want practical ways to coach, support, and hold the standard for their teams.
Built from one decade of child welfare practice and research-informed supervision models, this program gives you tools you can use in your next supervision meeting, not theory you have to translate on your own.
- 4 modules and 20 short video lessons
- Fillable workbooks for every module
- Certificate of completion
- Self-paced
LENS 1
The Educational Lens
Coach your staff to build skills and judgment, instead of fixing their work for them.
LENS 2
The Administrative Lens
Set clear expectations, review documentation, and hold accountability in a fair, consistent way.
LENS 3
The Supportive Lens
Respond to stress, secondary trauma, and burnout on your team, and protect your own wellbeing as a leader.
Training only. Not legal, clinical, or human resources advice. Results vary.
LEADERSHIP COACHING
Want to think it through with someone who has been there?
Some leadership challenges need a conversation, not a course. Coaching with Dr. King gives you a confidential space to work through a specific situation, plan a hard conversation, build a supervision structure, or decide what to do next with your team.
Coaching is professional development. It is not therapy, legal advice, or human resources advice.
Learn About Coaching
DR. KING SAYS
"Accountability and support are not opposites. Your staff need both from you, and they need them in the same conversation."
Dr. Autumn King, DSW
Training a whole team?
If your agency wants to build skills across supervisors and staff, see group training options.
For AgenciesNot sure where to start?
Tell us what you need help with, and we will point you to the right next step.
Start HereAutumn King Consulting provides training and professional development. Content is educational and is not legal, clinical, or human resources advice. Individual results vary.
