Prerequisite: Completion of the SOP Foundational Institute is required to attend this training.
This engaging and interactive full-day course provides an overview of best practice skills and techniques that can be applied to working with families participating in Voluntary Family Maintenance.
After attending this training, participants will be able to:
- Distinguish how key practice areas (including safety networks, safety planning and case planning) differ between Voluntary Family Maintenance and court ordered service participation.
- Understand how building relationships with families can translate to meaningful collaborative safety plans, case plans and after care plans.
- Apply engagement strategies to having an initial conversation with a family about Voluntary Family Maintenance Services.
- Apply solution focus questions as a strategy to increase motivation in voluntary service participation.
- Apply skills that support the collaborative creation of safety plans, case plans, and after care plans.Endorse the use of best practice approaches in Voluntary Family Maintenance cases to increase safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families.
- Value the family as the expert in their own lives and how they can reach safety for their family.
ICPM Category: Service Planning & Delivery
Course Code
509291