FACILITATING THE FAMILY TEAM MEETINGS PROCESS (FTM-1)

The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), Child Welfare will be implementing the Family Teaming Process throughout the state of Louisiana. The current phase of implementation will include Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Covington, Thibodaux, and Orleans regions. Implementation in these regions will include two (2) mandatory trainings, Facilitating the Family Team Meeting Process (FTM-1) and Incorporating Teaming into Everyday Practice (FTM-2). Each region will be provided several sessions of each training between September and December of 2015, in order to provide ample opportunity for staff to attend. There will be no make-up training sessions provided at this time.

These trainings are MANDATORY for all DCFS Child Welfare Foster Care and Adoptions Specialists, Supervisors, Managers, and CQI staff. The trainings are optional for Family Services, CPS, and Home Development Specialists. Priority will be given to FC, AD, and CQI staff. Area Directors and Regional Administrators are invited to attend but may do so at their discretion. These trainings will be conducted by The Child Welfare Policy and Practice Group and State Office Child Welfare Consultants.

Staff mandated to attend these trainings must attend one Facilitating the Family Team Meeting Process (FTM-1) training session and one Incorporating Teaming Into Everyday Practice (FTM-2) training session. These trainings must be attended in order. FTM-1 must be taken as a pre-requisite to FTM-2. Completion of both trainings is mandatory.

Special instructions: Facilitating the Family Team Meeting Process (FTM-1) is a 2 day training beginning each day at 8:30 a.m. and ending each day at 4:00 p.m.

All participants should register for training through their supervisor. Supervisors are required to send the Name of attendee, EIN, Region, Program, session date and time to DCFS.CW-Training@LA.GOV for each staff they are responsible for registering. Managers and supervisors may register themselves. The deadline for registration is two weeks prior to each training session.

For additional information, refer to online memorandum Re: FACILITATING THE FAMILY TEAM MEETINGS PROCESS (FTM-1) AND INCORPORATING TEAMING INTO EVERYDAY PRACTICE (FTM-2) TRAININGS