California’s foster care system reforms, most recently California’s Continuum of Care Reform (CCR) have impacted practices relating to juvenile justice involved youth in out of home care. This is 6-hour course moves beyond the basics of CCR and provides a condensed advanced training session that includes how the juvenile probation placement process was enhanced by the requirements of CCR and covers pre-placement responsibilities to assist in preventing youth being removed from their homes. This training will include a case vignette from start to finish, capturing these duties along with the transitional component to assist in the successful outcomes of foster care youth. Topics such as wraparound services; findings and orders; case plan reviews; Child and Family Teaming (CFT); Interagency Placement Committee (IPC); searching, securing, and preserving placements; FFPSA processes, Resource Family Approval (RFA), and AB 12/extended foster care will be encompassed in this webinar.

Target Audience: This course is designed for case carrying DPOs working in juvenile probation placement units.  Supervisors may also find this course informative.

Instructor – Jim Amaral, Nevada County Probation Department 

Webcam and microphones are needed for this training.

No charge for this course

Platform: Zoom Meeting

STC Certification Number: 04229295 (6 STC Hours) 

Registration link: https://cvent.me/0VOko1