SOP Toolkit: Collaborative Engagement for Prevention
Introducing new guidance on SOP & Family First Prevention Services integration, and reflecting upon the 2023 SOP Conference
With the 2023 California Safety Organized Practice Conference recently wrapped up, we couldn’t think of a more inspiring time to tackle the topic of SOP and Family First Prevention Services (FFPS) integration. The theme for this year’s SOP conference, collaborative engagement for prevention, said much about the monumental, infrastructure-wide shift underway toward prevention-focused services. The SOP Toolkit has some new tools to help with that.
Tools from the Kit
SOP/FFPS Integration Guidance
New to the SOP Toolkit is a timely publication focused on SOP’s alignment with FFPS and comprehensive prevention plans. The guide drills deep into areas of practice, including each integrated core practice model behavior, to provide specific integration guidance and to call out their interaction within deeper levels of prevention. The full SOP FFPS Integration Guidance publication can be accessed within the Toolkit’s Implementation, Sustainability, and Leadership Folder.
Additional Tools for Implementation, Sustainability & Leadership
- Visit the Toolkit’s Implementation, Sustainability & Leadership home page
- Access Supervision and Coaching Tools
Stories from the Field
California Social Workers Return to Davis for 2023 Statewide SOP Conference
For the first time in more than five years, the California SOP Conference welcomed social workers from throughout the state back to the UC Davis campus for two days of learning, sharing and inspiration.
From June 21-22, more than 235 participants from 28 California counties and four different states enjoyed presentations from five keynote speakers and more than 20 workshop presenters who shared new ideas, fresh hope, and the same collaborative spirit that has helped cement SOP as one of the key elements of best child welfare practice over the last decade.
We invite you to read our full article about the conference, which includes a sneak peak at the many new stories from the field you can look forward to reading soon thanks to the amazing entries submitted as part of the conference’s incredibly uplifting “stories from the field” competition.
Share Your Own SOP Success Stories, Tips and/or Tools!
The power of SOP has always been that it is grassroots – developed and enhanced by the people who use it in practice! Have you developed a new SOP tool for your own county? Or do you have a success story to highlight? If you have a specific tool or a story from the field you’d like to share, you can do so through our submission form. Simply fill in the fields, attach the tool, and we’ll be in touch from there!
Learn More About the SOP Toolkit
Be sure to visit the Safety Organized Practice (SOP) Toolkit website.
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Read about more Tools from the Kit and Stories from the Field on the SOP Toolkit blog.