Create a child and family team for a case or investigation

A Child and Family Team (CFT) helps DCS staff ensure that families and their support systems are engaged in the planning and decision making process throughout their relationship with the Department. The work of the CFT is an ongoing process to address the needs Needs (formerly referred to as Concerns) are behaviors and risks displayed by the child or family. This should include the reasons for DCS involvement with the family/child. of the child and family.

Follow these steps to create a child and family team:

1. On the Home Workload screen, expand and select an Ongoing (Family) Case. The Case Overview screen appears.

2. In the left blue menu, click the CFTM CFTM stands for Child and Family Team Meeting. This team is built by DCS to make plans, decisions and recommendations toward achievement of permanency for the children involved. link. The Child and Family Team List screen appears with all case members and associated persons listed who have an active status in case.

3. Click the Add Member button to add members to the team.

   a.	Click Add Member. The CFTM CFTM stands for Child and Family Team Meeting. This team is built by DCS to make plans, decisions and recommendations toward achievement of permanency for the children involved. Member Detail screen appears.
   b.	Click Person Search to find an existing person in the system.
   c.	Select the Role This term will be found in the Participant’s grid of the all activity sources with the exception of External Assessment. This term refers only the selected person and their role in the activity source and not their person relationships. Those types of associations would be recorded in the Person Associations hyperlink only. this person has in the case or investigation.
   d.	If known, you can enter the relationship of the person to the alleged child victim.
   e.	Click Save. You are returned to the Child and Family Team List screen.

4. Click the remove link to remove a person from the child and family team, if necessary.

5. Click the select link to edit the role This term will be found in the Participant’s grid of the all activity sources with the exception of External Assessment. This term refers only the selected person and their role in the activity source and not their person relationships. Those types of associations would be recorded in the Person Associations hyperlink only. or relationship details for a person in team, if necessary.

6. Click the Close button when finished. The Case Overview screen appears.

See also:

Schedule a child and family team meeting

Record child and family team meeting participants and outcomes