Competencies for a profession can also help guide professional development. The competencies identify knowledge and skills that are needed for certain professionals/ roles and can be a map used to help a professional explore their areas of growth. Home Visitors and other Early Childhood Family Support professionals have a variety of professional competencies to utilize for this purpose.
Below are a couple widely used competencies in Wisconsin. Additional profession specific competencies also exist. What competencies do home visitors need to work with families with young children? Click on any of the following links to learn about the skills Family Support Professionals use in their roles.
- Infant Mental Health Competencies – Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health
For information on Infant Mental Health Endorsement of these competencies watch the Infant Mental Health Endorsement video and to track your professional development towards endorsement you can use the Endorsement Training Record form (PDF).
- Early Collaborating Partners Wisconsin Core Competencies for Professionals Working with Young Children & Their Families. (English (PDF)) (Spanish (PDF))
- Wisconsin Core Competencies for Family Support Professionals (PDF) – Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Board.
Many professionals will come to this work with varied backgrounds and skills as indicated through our 2022 needs assessment. What we know is that one size does not always fit all and that there are many different experience levels within the professional workforce. For that reason, we provide several tiers of training to meet the needs of different learning styles and professionals at various stages of their career. More detailed information can be found in our course descriptions.