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

244SSA852

Instruction Method

Online class

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Section Schedule

Wed., Apr 30th, 2025, 9:00am to 4:00pm

Fees

Instructors

Christina Liang

Christina Liang is a child welfare trainer and coach who has dedicated more than 10 years to challenging, strengthening, and supporting our current child welfare system to be more family centered, culturally responsive, trauma informed, and equitable. In 2010, Liang began her career working with families affected by substance abuse and homelessness. She then went on to serve as a child welfare social worker for Ventura County in 2014, where she worked in a variety of programs and supported the county’s implementation of Safety Organized Practice. She now provides coaching, training, and field-based support throughout the state of California.