Family Teaming Family Teaming is a collaborative, engagement-driven process that brings together the family and their supports to actively identify, review, and work toward goals identified in the Family Case Plan. Family and youth voice and choice should be included at all stages of the Family Teaming process. Child Protective Services Professionals Family Teaming information for CPS professionals Learn More Youth Justice Professionals Family Teaming information for YJ professionals Learn More Family Voice This strengths-based approach encourages the family to ask for support and develop the Family Case Plan as a team. The Family Teaming engagement style empowers families to express concerns and work toward mutually identified goals. Family Choice Families are encouraged to identify supports to be involved in the Family Case Plan. Families choose who supports them; this is key to family choice. Did you know... Family Teaming was initially developed in the 1980s. Family Teaming focuses on the provision of family-driven, youth-guided, strengths-based, and culturally and linguistically competent services. Family Teaming is designed to give families and youth a leadership role in developing and guiding the Family Case Plan. National Resources The National Child Traumatic Stress Network – Article: "The Role of Family Engagement in Creating Trauma-Informed Juvenile Justice Systems" Casey Family Programs – Brief: "How can child protection agencies collaborate to prevent foster care and support family well-being?" Family Case Plan The Family Case Plan is “how” the family completes rules of supervision. The Family Case Plan is completed when the child/youth remains living in the home. The Family Case Plan includes clearly articulated goals around behavioral change and serves as the primary road map for the family to achieve case closure. Consistent and meaningful collaboration with the family helps them complete their rules of supervision. Rules of Supervision Rules of supervision are the “why and what” of the case when children/youth remain in home, as are ordered by the court or specified on the Deferred Prosecution Agreement. They reflect the behavioral changes to be made and the necessary services to achieve that behavior change. This is monitored through the appropriate case plan (Family Case Plan or YASI Case Plan). Family Case Plan Components Child/Youth and Parent/Caregiver strengths Goals and Services Steps and Barriers Related to Goals Natural Supports to Assist the Family Additional Resources from DCF Learn more about In-Home Ongoing Services and Family Case Planning. Family Case Plan Supervisor Guide Family Case Plan Writing Guide Learn more about Family Teaming concepts with the Wisconsin Department of Human Services Wraparound Training Series Family Case Plan Workbook
