CPOCF Training

Overview

CPOCF Training Program

The Chief Probation Officers of California Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. CPOCF supports and conducts research, provides educational and training activities relative to the development of the probation industry. 

For more information regarding upcoming trainings, please click on Training Calendar.

Training

Foster Care Training: Child and Family Team Meetings: Facilitation Training – Sacramento County

This 3-day in-person training provides participants with the basic knowledge and skills to facilitate a Child and Family Team (CFT) meeting.  Utilizing the Integrated Core Practice Model (ICPM) as the foundational guide for CFT meeting facilitators, trainees will learn: 1) key elements of team meetings for safety and case planning 2) procedural basics of team meeting facilitation 3) the role and skills needed to be an effective CFT facilitator 4) structured problem-solving and solution-focused dialogue within team meetings.

Training

Foster Care Training: Navigating Mental Health Services for Youth on Probation

This course will orient attendees to the essential landscape of the state’s Mental Health delivery system, including the Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS), California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM), Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) and other services to help support Probation-involved youth in foster care. Topics will include but not limited to understanding the impacts of trauma, key terms of mental health, and the role of the probation in treatment and case management.

Training

California Probation Writing Workshop – Sacramento 2026
Hybrid

The California Probation Writing Academy (Academy) is a 21-hour course, facilitated over three days. The structure of the Academy includes lectures, group discussions, individual and group exercises. The Academy is designed to improve writing skills for staff by utilizing appropriate writing mechanics and techniques and providing practical experience in writing reports and case notes. 

Training

Foster Care Training: Identifying Family Connections and Building Support Networks for Youth- Sacramento

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 eight-hour 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.

Training

Foster Care Training: California’s Integrated Core Practice Model for Children and Youth- Interagency Training Webinar

This 6.0-hour virtual cross system training is intended to provide attendees with background, history, and practice-level content about California’s Integrated Core Practice Model (ICPM) as it relates to the installation of both effective child and family practices, and to support interagency System of Care implementation under AB 2083.

Within that System of Care partnership, a multi-agency guide, containing the essential principles and values for all staff from all child and family service agencies who seek to serve young people and their families, is the cornerstone of implementation. This learning experience orients attendees to the essential values, principles, and practice behaviors of a System of Care for children and youth and why it has been chosen by the state as the county-level structure for integrated services. Attendees further will explore the evidenced-based elements of the ICPM and will have awareness about how the practice model can be used to improve service delivery and support a trauma-informed partnership.

Instructor: Rob Doty, CPOC Consultant /Retired Juvenile Division Director from Santa Cruz County Probation Department 

Date: Thursday, March 5, 2026

Time: 8:30am to 3:30pm

Platform: Zoom

STC Credits: 6 hours (STC # 02501430)

Webcams are required.

Register Herehttps://cvent.me/D1AVPg

Training

Project Management in Probation – San Diego 2026

This three-day course will focus on the concepts of Project Management to include an in-depth review of strategies designed to implement projects effectively. The training will be based on a combination of discussion, lecture, and group exercises. Topics covered in the training include identifying characteristics of a successful project manager, developing a project charter, reviewing the nine knowledge areas of Project Management, and the communication plan used to ensure that stakeholders are aware of the nature of the project.

Training

Foster Care Training: Quality Matters – Enhancing Caseworker Visits for Foster Care Youth to Succeed – Live Webinar

Quality engagement is essential when visiting youth in out-of-home care as this crucial component assist with ensuring positive outcomes for foster care youth. Since the federal passage of the Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006, the state of California has upgraded the performance standards for caseworker visits to be in accordance with federal guidelines that includes frequency, location, and quality of caseworker visits. This 4-hour webinar will assist in understanding the key elements of quality caseworker visits while also incorporating federal/state guidelines with current probation research and practices. The target audience for this webinar is all those working in juvenile placement.

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.

Instructor: Robert Edmisten – Sacramento County Probation &
Celeste Hinojos – California Department of Social Services

Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Time: 8:00am to 12:00pm

Platform: Zoom

STC Credits: 4 hours (STC # 08372167)

Webcams are required.

Register Herehttps://cvent.me/Xz2AoZ

Training

California Probation Writing Workshop – Sacramento 2026
Hybrid

The California Probation Writing Academy (Academy) is a 21-hour course, facilitated over three days. The structure of the Academy includes lectures, group discussions, individual and group exercises. The Academy is designed to improve writing skills for staff by utilizing appropriate writing mechanics and techniques and providing practical experience in writing reports and case notes. 

Training

Foster Care Training: Concurrent Planning -Webinar

This course provides a thorough review of concurrent planning practice for probation officers working with foster youth in California including definitions, legal basis, implementation strategies, best practices, and documentation requirements.

Instructor: Rob Doty, CPOC Consultant 

Date: Thursday, February 5, 2026

Time: 8:30am to 3:30pm

Platform: Zoom

STC Credits: 6 hours (STC # 06840226)

Webcams are required.

Register Herehttps://cvent.me/9MAng4

Training

Project Management in Probation – Sacramento 2026

This three-day course will focus on the concepts of Project Management to include an in-depth review of strategies designed to implement projects effectively. The training will be based on a combination of discussion, lecture, and group exercises. Topics covered in the training include identifying characteristics of a successful project manager, developing a project charter, reviewing the nine knowledge areas of Project Management, and the communication plan used to ensure that stakeholders are aware of the nature of the project.

Training

Foster Care Training: Navigating Mental Health Services for Youth on Probation

This course will orient attendees to the essential landscape of the state’s Mental Health delivery system, including the Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS), California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM), Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) and other services to help support Probation-involved youth in foster care. Topics will include but not limited to understanding the impacts of trauma, key terms of mental health, and the role of the probation in treatment and case management.

Training

California Probation Writing Workshop – San Diego – 2025
Hybrid

The California Probation Writing Academy (Academy) is a 21-hour course, facilitated over three days. The structure of the Academy includes lectures, group discussions, individual and group exercises. The Academy is designed to improve writing skills for staff by utilizing appropriate writing mechanics and techniques and providing practical experience in writing reports and case notes. 

Training

Foster Care Training: Quality Matters – Enhancing Caseworker Visits for Foster Care Youth to Succeed – Live Webinar

Quality engagement is essential when visiting youth in out-of-home care as this crucial component assist with ensuring positive outcomes for foster care youth. Since the federal passage of the Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006, the state of California has upgraded the performance standards for caseworker visits to be in accordance with federal guidelines that includes frequency, location, and quality of caseworker visits. This 4-hour webinar will assist in understanding the key elements of quality caseworker visits while also incorporating federal/state guidelines with current probation research and practices. The target audience for this webinar is all those working in juvenile placement.

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.

Instructor: Robert Edmisten – Sacramento County Probation &
Celeste Hinojos – California Department of Social Services

Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Time: 8:00am to 12:00pm

Platform: Zoom

STC Credits: 4 hours (STC # 08372167)

Webcams are required.

Register Herehttps://cvent.me/m2emZr

Training

Foster Care Training: California’s Integrated Core Practice Model for Children and Youth- Interagency Training Webinar

This 6.0-hour virtual cross system training is intended to provide attendees with background, history, and practice-level content about California’s Integrated Core Practice Model (ICPM) as it relates to the installation of both effective child and family practices, and to support interagency System of Care implementation under AB 2083.

Within that System of Care partnership, a multi-agency guide, containing the essential principles and values for all staff from all child and family service agencies who seek to serve young people and their families, is the cornerstone of implementation. This learning experience orients attendees to the essential values, principles, and practice behaviors of a System of Care for children and youth and why it has been chosen by the state as the county-level structure for integrated services. Attendees further will explore the evidenced-based elements of the ICPM and will have awareness about how the practice model can be used to improve service delivery and support a trauma-informed partnership.

Instructor: Rob Doty, CPOC Consultant /Retired Juvenile Division Director from Santa Cruz County Probation Department 

Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Time: 8:30am to 3:30pm

Platform: Zoom

STC Credits: 6 hours (STC # 02501430)

Webcams are required.

Register Herehttps://cvent.me/Xz2G94

Training

Practicing Self Care and Preventing Burnout – Live Webinar
Virtual

This 4-hour virtual training will not only articulate the definition of self-care, but will also feature the emotional, physical, and psychological impact of self-care and burnout. Various techniques for lowering stress and increasing self-care will be discussed, along with how to set healthy boundaries both at work and home. Participants will learn resilience strategies and how to effectively set healthy goals. Lastly, the participants of this webinar will learn how to recognize and mitigate being burnout.

Instructor: Dr. Mel Campbell 

Platform: Zoom

December 4, 2025

STC Certification: : 02939352 (4 hours)

Cost: $100.00 ($75 STC Tuition Reimbursement)

Registration Link: https://cvent.me/B1omW1

Training

Live Webinar: Emotional Intelligence
Virtual Training

Numerous research suggests emotional intelligence (EQ) is a factor in predicting job performance. This course will assist participants in assessing their own emotional intelligence while learning to mitigate the impact of stress while improving interpersonal communication in both their professional and personal lives. Attendees will learn seven traits of an emotional intelligence characteristics to help them react diligently to physical and psychological reactions of others. This course is intended for probation staff at all levels.

Instructor: Dr. Mel Campbell

November 6, 2025

Cost: $100 ($75 STC Reimbursable)

4 STC Hours – Certification #: 06877940

Virtual Platform: Zoom 

Registration link: https://cvent.me/l4DaOZ

Training

SB 823 Training: Secure Youth Treatment Facility (SYTF) as a WIC 707(b) Disposition Option – July 2025

This two-and-a-half-day course provides an in-depth review of the statutory requirements and emerging best practices for juvenile probation staff working with youth committed to, or who are eligible to be committed to, a Secure Youth Treatment Facility (SYTF) by the court as a disposition for a Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) 707(b) offense. The course content includes a brief history of SB 823 and SB 92, how to recommend a SYTF disposition and factors that go into that recommendation, how to establish the baseline term, determining age of jurisdiction, preparing to testify in court, creating the Individual Rehabilitation Plan (IRP), preparing for progress review hearings, when and how to recommend stepping down to a Less Restrictive Program (LRP), and preparing for the discharge hearing.

Target Audience: The course is designed for juvenile probation staff who have direct case management or court related responsibilities for youth eligible or committed to SYTF. The course is most applicable for juvenile probation court intake/investigation officers and field probation officers who work directly with youth committed to SYTFs. It is recommended that staff have been in their position for at least two to four months to get the most out of the training

It is highly recommended that participants complete CPOCF’s eight-part SB 823 Implementation Core Training Series before attending this training. This self-paced course is available on the CPOC Foundation’s On-Demand Platform. For more information about the eight-part series, please click here

Due to high demand, please contact CPOC if you’d like to enroll more than 3 people. 

Location: Sacramento, CA

Dates: July 15-17, 2025

Lunch to be provided for Day 1 & 2.

STC Hours: 17.5

Cert. Number: 03388776

Tuition Cost: $500($328 STC Reimbursable)

Registration Link:https://cvent.me/m2d88B

Training

Practical Leadership in Probation – Sacramento 2026
In - Person Training

This course will provide management-level staff with pragmatic solutions to real-world issues in their leadership roles. Topics will include leadership vs. management, thinking like a Chief, implementing new processes, dealing with personnel issues, overcoming challenges, running productive meetings and systems, and effective team building.

Location: Sacramento, CA (training location address will be provided upon completion of registration)

Course Schedule:

April 1-2, 2026
Wednesday and Thursday

8:30am – 4:30pm

STC Certification: 00606050 (15 Hours)

Cost: $500 ($281.25 STC Reimbursable)

Lunch will be provided 

Registration Linkhttps://cvent.me/ZzmLP3 

Training

Foster Care Training: Identifying Family Connections and Building Support Networks for Youth- Sacramento

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 eight-hour 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.

Training

Managers Leadership Academy – Sacramento County 2025

The 80-hour intensive training course is designed to prepare current probation managers for executive positions. The course blends practical skill building, individualized leadership development, and a focus on ethical, data-driven decision-making to cultivate California’s future probation leadership. The course is comprised of two weeks of classroom training, an intersession practicum assignment, self-paced learning modules, peer study groups, and a 360-leadership assessment. 

This demanding course is designed for future probation executives – participants must be highly motivated and focused in order to be successful. Given that the course is intended for future executives, work products are expected to be comprehensive, high quality, and reflect the complexity of county-level probation management. Once accepted to the course, participants are expected to participate in order to advance their own learning and complete all course requirements. 

Location: Sacramento, CA (CPOC Training Room)

Course Schedule:

MLA LPI Webinar:
September 30, 2025 – 9:00 am to 11:00am

Week 1:
November 3-7, 2025
Monday to Thursday – 8:00 am to 5:30 pm
Friday – 8:00 am to 12:30 pm

Week 2:
December 8-12, 2025
Monday 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Tuesday to Thursday: 8:00 am to 5:30 pm
Friday – 8:00 am to 1:00 pm

STC Certification: 80 Hours (STC # 09957046)

Cost: $1500 (STC Tuition)

Lunch is provided daily EXCEPT on November 7, and December 12 due to half-day training.

Supervisor Endorsement Page: Supervisor Endorsement

Register Here:https://cvent.me/B1M3Wb