Case Managers can use the Protective Factors Framework as safeguards, helping clients who otherwise might be at risk find resources, support, or coping strategies that allow them to parent effectively. In addition, the framework plays a powerful role in case noting and reporting. Documenting risks and protective factors is a strong support for case planning decisions, along with other evidence and a more detailed rationale. It is critical that workers make informed decisions to minimize ineffective efforts and maximize positive impact for clients. This lunch hour workshop will provide front line staff with best practices in documentation, as well as an opportunity to connect with other family preservation workers to share ideas and ask questions.

Youth and family safety is basic for any successful intervention. Effective safety planning takes account of both risk and protective factors, demonstrating a commitment to finding signs of safety in the family, home, and community. This lunch hour workshop will provide front line staff with suggestions on implementing protective factors in the development of safety plans with families, best practices in documentation, as well as an opportunity to connect with other family preservation workers to share ideas and ask questions.

Youth and family goal development is basic for any successful intervention. As we know the protective factors framework is a research-informed, strengths-based approach where the objective is to help families identify and build on their own protective factors. As we create goals with families, we can highlight how the goal approaches the Protective Factors. This lunch hour workshop will provide front line staff with suggestions on implementing protective factors in the development of goals with families, best practices in documentation, as well as an opportunity to connect with other family preservation workers to share ideas and ask questions.

Partnering with parents plays a critical role in creating meaningful engagement with families, assessing, and providing services. This lunch and learn will provide us an opportunity to review and discuss how we can use partnering and building authentic relationships to assist with building rapport, presenting, teaching, and assessing the Proactive Factors, and how to deliver the Protective Factors Survey.

This Lunch & Learn will provide resources for how to teach and build Protective Factors with your clients as well as information on the Retrospective Survey. We will provide multiple resources for assessing and building Protective Factors, break down the survey page by page, review how to score the survey, provide guidance on presenting the survey scores, and discuss planning for the future with clients prior to ending our interventions. This will be an hour jam-packed with information, so please be prepared to share your experiences and ask questions.

Supervisors play a critical role in bringing the Protective Factors framework to life within everyday practice. This interactive Lunch & Learn focuses on how supervisors can use coaching strategies to strengthen staff’s ability to apply Protective Factors in their work with families. Participants will explore the difference between teaching and coaching, and how reflective supervision, intentional language, and strength-based questioning can support staff growth and improve outcomes. The session will provide practical tools and real-world examples to help supervisors build a culture where Protective Factors are consistently integrated into engagement, assessment, and case practice.