About the Library
Purpose and Approach
The True North Training Mobile Child Welfare Workforce Library™ delivered in theTruNorth™ app is a growing body of training content designed for the real conditions of child welfare work. Case managers come into the field with the intention to help children and families, but that purpose is often obscured by policy demands, documentation pressure, and compliance driven training that adds cognitive load without improving daily practice.
This library takes a different approach. It focuses on the smallest changes in practice that lead to meaningful results while helping case managers keep their original intention intact or reconnect to it when it has been buried by the work.
Library Structure
The library is built as a series of short, standalone video microlearning modules paired with downloadable PDF practice resources designed to support both professional effectiveness and long term sustainability. Each module includes guided reflection, try in the field activities, structured debriefs for use in individual or group supervision, and a practical job aid. Content emphasizes role clarity, decision making, and alignment between values, expectations, and daily tasks. The goal is not to add more training, but to make the work itself feel more coherent and doable.
Current Content and Planned Growth
The initial release includes the Foundation Series, which focuses on role clarity and professional identity, trauma-informed practice, cultural responsiveness and equity, professional ethics and boundaries, effective documentation, and comprehensive safety assessment. A Professional Resilience series is in development, addressing burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and emotional regulation to support sustainable practice over time.
Additional series are being developed in the areas of client engagement and relationship building, service planning and documentation, supervision and leadership, recruitment and community engagement, and focused practice topics relevant to child welfare settings, with a planned build out to a 45-video microlearning library over the course of 2026.
Agencies reviewing this library can use the sample materials below to assess fit prior to licensing discussions.
Foundations Sample Preview
This preview opens a short YouTube playlist with sample video clips from three Foundations modules. The clips are provided to illustrate the structure, tone, and delivery of the video microlearning.
A Practice Guide Sample PDF is also available and includes representative reflection prompts, try in the field activities, supervision debriefs, and job aid excerpts. Together, the video clips and sample Practice Guide PDF demonstrate how the library supports practical application in daily child welfare practice.
Download the Practice Guide Sample PDF.
Phase 2 and 3 Expansion
As the library expands, advanced audio content will be added for professionals who want to explore complex practice challenges and deepen their thinking beyond foundational concepts. A future phase will also include a video library created specifically for children and youth in care, offering developmentally appropriate content that supports understanding, emotional processing, and a sense of agency.
Built As A Living Resource
This is not a static curriculum. It is a living resource that grows in response to workforce needs, practice realities, and emerging pressures in the field. The library is designed to provide learning that integrates into daily work rather than competing with it.
Alignment and Access
The Child Welfare Workforce Library is informed by national child welfare and social work frameworks, including NCWWI, CSWE, SAMHSA, and COA, as well as state training and practice standards in California, Florida, and Tennessee. These frameworks help guide content design and ensure relevance and consistency, while keeping the primary focus on real-world application and day-to-day practice.
The library is designed to be accessible, practical, and respectful of limited time and cognitive bandwidth. Content is mobile-first and accessed through a private, licensed library, allowing case managers and supervisors to engage with videos and practice resources in supervision and in the flow of the work, when they are most useful.
Preview and Agency Inquiries
Agencies are invited to review the Foundations Sample Preview, which includes selected video clips and sample PDF materials. For licensing options, pricing, and implementation details, please contact me directly via the contact form at the top of this page.