The Florida Institute for Child Welfare’s GROW Center is committed to innovating the learning experience through interdisciplinary problem-based learning for students, creating robust professional advancement opportunities, as well as providing holistic support of the workforce. Additionally, it aims to transform the workplace through specialized capacity building and targeted technical assistance to public and private child welfare organizations. The Institute’s GROW Center will house the initiatives Academic Innovation (AI) that will redesign the future of learning in social work education through experiential learning, and state of the art virtual technologies; (ALIGN) which will offer exceptional training opportunities and provide ongoing support for professionals; and the Alliance for Workforce Enhancement (AWE) which aims to enhance organizational well-being. Each element of the GROW Center aims to enhance learning and build capacity towards meaningful and systemic change within the statewide child welfare workforce.
VISION:
Innovate child welfare curricula and student learning, support child welfare professionals, and transform the workplace by enhancing organizational well-being.
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