The Continuum of Care Reform has increased the need for California’s juvenile probation departments to find ways to meaningfully engage immediate and extended family members in helping youth to succeed on probation. This training is designed for line staff, supervisors, and managers interested in learning new family finding strategies and techniques for locating and effectively engaging family and involving them in case planning activities to benefit the youth. The goal of engagement is to ensure these family members play a supportive role in the youth’s life, regardless of where the youth resides. The training will help staff and supervisors develop approaches to integrate this work into their daily activities of case management without becoming an extra burden.

Time 9:00am to 4:00pm

Instructor: Bob Friend – National Institute for Permanent Family Connectedness – Seneca Family of Agencies

No Cost to attend this training 

Target Audience: Probation officers working in placement units, and/or those who work with candidacy youth who have been identified as at-risk for removal from their family home and placed into foster care. Priority registration will be given to those working directly with foster youth and those youth at risk of removal from their family home.

STC certification: 08648270 (6 hours)

Registration link: COURSE IS FULL