UCAN Employee Engagement & Development

UCAN's employees are central to our success as an agency, and their level of engagement and ongoing development are key to our clients' success.

Traditional Training

• "Culture of Inclusion" training for all employees
• Leading inclusion training for supervisors
• Issue and role-specific training
  
  

Other Employee Development Forums

• Lunch & Learns
• Panel Discussions
• Consultations
• Affinity Group-led events
• Program-led events

Engagement Strategies

• Diversity Committee
• Employee Affinity Groups
• Program Clinical Philosophy and Diversity
• Integration Plans
  

Agency Assessment

We believe obtaining open and honest feedback directly from our employees is essential to furthering our agency towards cultural proficiency.  First initiated by the Diversity Committee in 2005, the Agency Assessment gauged how employees view diversity issues within UCAN.  Subsequent surveys have been executed in 2007 and 2010, and the results have shaped and continue to shape UCAN's Diversity and Inclusion Journey. 

*Photo:  UCAN staff members Jacob Dancer and Margarita Cordon receiving the 2010 Distinctive Innovation in Social Services Award from the University of Chicago School of Social Services Administration.