Leveraging Practice Profiles to Strengthen Workforce Development

This tip sheet/handout describes the connection between practice profiles and key elements of a workforce development system (recruitment/selection, training, and coaching). It also outlines the benefits of supervisors using practice profiles to support staff. It was used with the BBI/Six Core pilot sites.

Practice profiles can be used to create a common vocabulary for job expectations and the foundation for a strengths-based approach to coaching. They can be created to guide the work of multiple levels of staff to promote shared expectations, consistency in practice, and accountability.