--- title: Blog | Team Northwoods | Webinars description: Webinars | Expert content, inspiring stories, and resources for human services from our technology, practice, and policy experts. --- - [Blog](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog) - [Careers](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/careers) - [Community](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/community) - [Company](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/company) - [Customer Portal](https://portal.teamnorthwoods.com) [![logo-northwoods](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Image/logo-northwoods.png?width=229&height=49&name=logo-northwoods.png "logo-northwoods")](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/) - [Products](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Products) - [Traverse®](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Products/Traverse) - [Adult & Aging](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Products/Traverse/Adult-Aging) - [Child Support](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Products/Traverse/Child-Support) - [Child Welfare](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Products/Traverse/Child-Welfare) - [Economic Assistance](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Products/Traverse/Economic-Assistance) - [Services](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Services) - [Case Aide Services](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/services/case-aide-services) - [Project Services](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Services/Project-Services) - [Integration Services](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Services/Integration-Services) - [Consulting Services](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Services/Consulting-Services) - [Support Services](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Services/Support-Services) - [Customer Stories](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Resources/Customer-Stories) - Insights - [Buying Modern Technology](https://info.teamnorthwoods.com/human-services-technology-funding-resources) - [Change Management in Human Services](https://info.teamnorthwoods.com/change-management-in-human-services) - [Resources for Child Welfare](https://info.teamnorthwoods.com/state-resources-child-welfare) - [Social Work Burnout](https://info.teamnorthwoods.com/social-work-burnout) - [Resources](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/resources) - [Blog](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog) - [Blog Subscribe](https://info.teamnorthwoods.com/blog-subscription-center) - [Customer Stories](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Resources/Customer-Stories) - [eBooks](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Resources/eBooks) - [Infographics](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Resources/Infographics) - [Videos](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Resources/Videos) - [Webinars](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Resources/Webinars) - [Get In Touch](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Get-In-Touch-Contact) # Blog Our blog isn’t about us. It’s about you. We discuss business challenges and real issues human service agencies and caseworkers face everyday. You’ll find traditional human services software articles about things like document management for human services and social work technology. But you’ll also find inspirational stories to boost caseworkers’ spirits and tools to help agencies find and gain support for technology in human services. go [![Streamline and Simplify How Child Support Caseworkers Do Their Job](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/hubfs/Blog/2023/10-2023-Streamline-Child-Support-Feature.jpg)](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/streamline-and-simplify-how-child-support-caseworkers-do-their-job) Posted Thursday, June 18, 2020 by [Team Northwoods](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/author/team-northwoods) ## [Streamline and Simplify How Child Support Caseworkers Do Their Job](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/streamline-and-simplify-how-child-support-caseworkers-do-their-job) If you’re a child support caseworker, you may feel overwhelmed. Creating court orders and motions is a tedious, paper-heavy, and time-consuming process, not to mention obtaining complete information regarding non-custodial parents. Additionally, most child support caseworkers lose valuable time every day to the antiquated documentation systems and manual processes they use to collect, retrieve, and share information. This makes it impossible to be truly efficient and provide complete client service, which can delay families from accessing resources and children from receiving the support they need for their well-being. [Read More](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/streamline-and-simplify-how-child-support-caseworkers-do-their-job) [![Software to Support Remote Work: 5 Ways Traverse Helps Child Welfare](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/hubfs/Blog/2020/04-27-2020-Traverse-for-Remote-Work.png)](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/5-ways-traverse-supports-child-welfare-remote-work) Posted Monday, April 27, 2020 by [Team Northwoods](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/author/team-northwoods) ## [Software to Support Remote Work: 5 Ways Traverse Helps Child Welfare](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/5-ways-traverse-supports-child-welfare-remote-work) Technology can never replace human interaction in child welfare. And it shouldn’t. Connecting with children and families is fundamental to improving outcomes and well-being. The current COVID-19 pandemic has caused many child welfare agencies to quickly pivot to [support a remote workforce](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/managing-remote-teams-in-human-services), and enable people to connect and share important information in new and different ways. Some child welfare experts predict [connecting remotely will become part of the new normal for child welfare](https://info.teamnorthwoods.com/remote-teams-child-welfare) through things like video chats, collaboration apps, or instant messaging tools. [Traverse, Northwoods’ child welfare software](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Products/Traverse), is empowering remote work across the country today, while supporting caseworkers’ efforts to provide critical service delivery, in a variety of ways. Here are five best practices from agencies using Traverse. [Read More](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/5-ways-traverse-supports-child-welfare-remote-work) [![Linking Technology, Dark Data, and Child Welfare Outcomes \[ISM Session Recap\]](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/hubfs/12-06-18-ISM-session-recap-feature.jpg)](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/linking-technology-dark-data-and-child-welfare-outcomes-ism-session-recap) Posted Thursday, December 6, 2018 by [Rich Bowlen](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/author/rich-bowlen) ## [Linking Technology, Dark Data, and Child Welfare Outcomes \[ISM Session Recap\]](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/linking-technology-dark-data-and-child-welfare-outcomes-ism-session-recap) In child welfare agencies across the country, social workers and front-line supervisors encounter significant obstacles when finding the best placement for a child in an emergency, are expected to evaluate every psychotropic medication use in youth in foster care, and face the seemingly impossible task of staying on top of cases that open and re-open over several years. For some, innovative technology solutions have helped them to overcome these systemic barriers. Implementing a system of engagement designed to increase efficiency and improve service delivery, for example, has helped these agencies to take full advantage of their case content—collecting, analyzing, and displaying the critical data and information needed to make confident decisions about child safety. [Read More](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/linking-technology-dark-data-and-child-welfare-outcomes-ism-session-recap) [![How Does the Opioid Epidemic Impact Child Welfare Caseworkers?](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/hubfs/Opioids-child-welfare-feature.jpg)](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/how-does-the-opioid-epidemic-impact-child-welfare-caseworkers) Posted Thursday, March 15, 2018 by [Rich Bowlen](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/author/rich-bowlen) ## [How Does the Opioid Epidemic Impact Child Welfare Caseworkers?](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/how-does-the-opioid-epidemic-impact-child-welfare-caseworkers) Kristi Burre has spent almost 20 years working in public service and child protection, but she’s never seen a greater need to support her caseworkers than she does today. As Deputy Director of Fairfield County Child and Adult Protective Services in Ohio, Kristi has a front row seat to watch how the opioid epidemic wreaks havoc both inside and outside the agency’s walls. As a result, she says, “The needs of our families, the needs of our children, and the needs of our system are more critical than they’ve ever been before.” [Read More](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/how-does-the-opioid-epidemic-impact-child-welfare-caseworkers) [![Dark Data is Hiding in Your Child Welfare Case Files](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/hubfs/Blog%20Images/stagelight.png)](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/dark-data-is-hiding-in-your-child-welfare-case-files) Posted Sunday, January 15, 2017 by [Rich Bowlen](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/author/rich-bowlen) ## [Dark Data is Hiding in Your Child Welfare Case Files](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/dark-data-is-hiding-in-your-child-welfare-case-files) It is unrealistic for anyone in child welfare to remain constantly up to date on every case, especially when so much of the information is hiding in the dark. Yet, everyone expects the child welfare social worker to do just that. Think about it: the average case file contains over a thousand documents, or approximately four to five thousand pages of information—and it's being added to every day by countless entities. On top of that, workers are managing an average 24-31 cases each. How can a worker be expected to find the right information as quickly as necessary when they have to sift through so much information to find it? [Read More](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/dark-data-is-hiding-in-your-child-welfare-case-files) Pages: Prev [1](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/topic/webinars/page/1) Next [Return Top](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog/topic/webinars#first-post) - [Products](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Products) - [Services](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Services) - [Customer Stories](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Customer-Stories) - [Resources](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Resources) - [Community](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Community) - [Company](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Company) - [Careers](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/careers) - [Customer Portal](https://portal.teamnorthwoods.com/?__hstc=102083102.ff13bfbc795ffd9ff295caa61ce7dfce.1650473119683.1650481552054.1650558108798.4&__hssc=102083102.1.1650558108798&__hsfp=1912299359) - [Blog](https://blog.teamnorthwoods.com/resources/blog?__hstc=102083102.ff13bfbc795ffd9ff295caa61ce7dfce.1650473119683.1650481552054.1650558108798.4&__hssc=102083102.1.1650558108798&__hsfp=1912299359) - [Get In Touch](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/Get-In-Touch-Contact) ## Northwoods Corporate Office **5200 Rings Road** Dublin, OH 43017 Phone: 614.781.7800 - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/northwoods) - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/TheTeamNorthwoods) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/teamnorthwoods/) - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/teamnorthwoods) Copyright © 2024, Northwoods Consulting Partners, Inc., All Rights Reserved All content is owned by Northwoods unless otherwise indicated. Unauthorized use of content without prior written consent is strictly prohibited. [Privacy Policy](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/company/legal/privacy-policy) | [Trademark](https://www.teamnorthwoods.com/company/legal/trademark-usage)