A4 Aligning Teaming Models to Achieve Best Practice: CFT; SOP and TDM
Jarred Vermillion; Alison Book; Joanne Pritchard
In 2018; the landscape of services for children and
families being served in California Child Welfare Services has continued to
evolve. One recent evolution is the use of Child and Family Teams as a vehicle
for team planning. Child and Family Teaming (CFT) must integrate practices;
services and supports for children; youth; non-minor dependents (NM Ds) and
families in care. Two of the major practices to integrate with the CFT mandate
include Safety Organized Practice (SOP) and Team Decision-Making (TDM)
meetings. SOP is a collaborative practice approach that emphasizes the
importance of teamwork in child welfare; and TDM is a facilitated team meeting
structure to address placement issues for children involved or potentially
involved in foster care. This workshop will focus on the promising practices
and art of integrating SOP and TDM into a CFT process. Participants will leave
with increased capacity to create one teaming process that meets the needs of
the child; youth; NM D; parent; family agency and community.