Effective CFT Meetings (Virtual Training)

This training provides participants with basic teaming and meeting knowledge and skills. Utilizing the Integrated Core Practice Model (ICPM) as the foundational guide for Child and Family Team (CFT) Meeting social workers, participants will:

Develop awareness of ICPM practice behaviors related to teaming and CFTs, including SOP and cultural humility
Learn CFT mandates from CCR and best practices
Gain awareness of the social worker’s role in the CFT meeting (Before, During and After)
Develop ideas on reaching a decision to provide safety and protection in the least intrusive/least restrictive manner

Participants will have opportunities for hands-on facilitation practice and will be equipped to team and engage with child, youth, non-minor dependent and parents before, during and after the child and family team meetings across the intervention continuum that address safety, permanency, and well-being.

CEUs

0.6

Section Number

242SSA851

Instruction Method

Online class

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Section Schedule

Tues., Dec 3rd, 2024, 9:00am to 4:00pm

Instructors

Betsy Watson

Betsy Watson has worked in the field of child welfare since 2001. She began her career as a social worker and then transitioned to Emergency Response social work at the County of Ventura, where she currently serves as an after-hours supervisor. She also serves as a backup facilitator for the county’s CFTM program. Watson has worked as a child welfare trainer since 2019 with subject matter expertise in CFTM, structured decision making, trauma-informed practice, Common Core, fairness and equity, cultural humility in child welfare interviews, critical thinking and assessment, and other training topics.