From Burnout to Resilience in Child Welfare Work
This training is appropriate for social workers, counselors, psychologists, and other human services professionals seeking practical tools to prevent burnout and build resilience in themselves and their teams.
Course Overview
Child welfare and related professionals face high risks of burnout due to the demands and emotional intensity of their work. Resilience is not a one-time achievement—it’s an ongoing practice that requires attention at the personal, team, and organizational levels.
In this intermediate, interactive workshop, participants will explore the roots of burnout and evidence-based strategies to build and sustain resilience. Drawing on research from the personal, organizational, and systemic levels, we will examine how professional well-being can be supported individually and collectively. Participants will leave with actionable strategies for personal self-care, team advocacy, and organizational engagement to strengthen resilience in their work.
This training is appropriate for social workers, counselors, psychologists, and other human services professionals seeking practical tools to prevent burnout and build resilience in themselves and their teams.
Participants will be able to:
Explain the development and contributing factors of burnout among child welfare professionals.
Identify personal, team, and organizational strategies that support professional resilience.
Apply personal and self-advocacy strategies to foster resilience at both the individual and team level within agencies.
What people have said about other trainings presented by Laura Gaines:
“The trainer provided “very helpful activities and kept the interest level high.”—Sharon L.
“I appreciated the flow of the activities and the interactivity of the training.” --Alex P.
Laura Gaines, MSW, LISW-S
Laura Gaines is a clinical social worker with over 28 years’ experience. She received her Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from The Ohio State University and is a licensed independent social worker. Career experience includes managing group homes for people with developmental disabilities; associate professor at the Nisonger Center, OSU; family service coordinator at Dahlberg Learning Center; and Mental Health Clinician for children and adolescents in private practice.
She develops and presents training for helping professionals in the areas of child and adolescent development and mental health, Social Work Ethics, Individual and Community Resilience, Trauma-Informed Care, and supporting people who are neurodivergent. She is also a volunteer for the Crisis Text Line.
