Keynote Speaker: Avni Panchal
Thriving Together: Strategies to Navigate Burnout & Enhance Well-Being
Explore how self-care serves as the foundation for collective healing in this interactive and engaging keynote session. The session presents trainers who support child welfare workers with practical strategies for achieving personal and professional balance while fostering collaboration and resilience. Participants will gain insights into managing stress, establishing healthy boundaries and optimizing time to enhance their well-being.
Avni Panchal, LCSW, MSW, teaches in the Social Work Graduate Program at San Francisco State University and currently trains child welfare workers and mental health professionals. Panchal has more than a decade of experience in child welfare, working across emergency response, dependency, investigations, independent living and adoptions. In addition, Panchal runs a virtual private practice that offers individual and couples therapy as well as empowerment coaching. She also facilitates wellness sessions, dialogue circles, and discussions on racial equity, trauma-informed care and other mental health topics. Her work emphasizes strength-based practices and cultural responsiveness in learning environments.
Additional speakers to be announced soon!
2025 West Coast Child Welfare Trainer's Conference
Sacramento: Sept. 8-10
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