This interactive training is strongly recommended for Technical Assistance (TA) providers supporting placing agencies with the County System Improvement Plan. Participants will build confidence in using the County System Improvement Plan Completion Guide, gain clarity on requirements and their role in system improvement planning, and practice engagement strategies for working with County Implementation Leadership Team (ILT) members, including navigating reluctance and challenging questions. Drawing on the expertise of seasoned TA providers, the session also connects system improvement plan work to statewide Child and Family Team (CFT) and IP-CANS practice, policy, and fidelity efforts, with hands-on opportunities to apply learning and identify resources for ongoing support.
Who Should Attend?
TA Providers and CPIP Facilitators
Recommended Experience and Skills for TA Providers Includes:
- Strong facilitation skills including:
- Meeting facilitation experience
- Demonstration of culturally relevant topics, awareness of and recognizing biases as they arise, ability to speak comfortably with a group about these topics
- Engagement of participants to include comfort expressing their opinions
- Comfort with consensus building across different opinions and levels of authority
- Ability to navigate challenging conversations
- Ensuring all members voice is heard while maintaining meeting focus
- Moving the team into action steps/prioritization/planning
- Project management skills or experience
- Flexibility in scheduling and calendar availability to meet the needs of the County
- Confidence and comfort in speaking to different levels of staff
- Knows when topics are outside of TA scope and how and who to refer to for support
- Current or prior practice or leadership experience in Behavioral Health, Child Welfare, Education, and/or Juvenile Probation
- Knowledge of requirements outlined in ACLs and best practices related to CANS, CFTs, System of Care, Integrated Core Practice Model, Tiered Rate Structure, etc.
- Attend and participate in meetings/workgroups/collaboratives where TA work is discussed, resources are shared, and issues are trouble solved collectively
- Attend Quarterly CFT IP-CANS Statewide Forum Meetings on the 3rd Tuesday of every 3 months, 9:30am-12pm.