Senior Associate – Consultation & Capacity Building
Charmaine Brittain has worked extensively over the past two decades to improve organizational effectiveness and strengthen professional education for child welfare workers. At the Butler Institute for Families, she serves as lead on workforce projects, consults with child welfare agencies on organizational development, writes curricula on a range of topics, and develops professional educational materials used throughout the country. Dr. Brittain’s expertise on the implementation and use of Learning Circles has lead to her having consulted on the development and implementation of Learning Circle projects in several states. Multiple states have adopted or adapted the supervisor core training, Putting the Pieces Together: Supervisor Core Curriculum, for which she was an editor/author. In 2011, Dr. Brittain was honored with the Distinguished Service in Training award from the National Staff Development and Training Association. She is the co-editor/editor and contributing author for three books published by Oxford University Press: Child Welfare Supervision (2009), co-editor with Cathryn Potter; Helping in Child Protective Services (2004); and Understanding the Medical Diagnosis of Child Abuse and Neglect (2006).
