If you do not fully understand your agency s decision you will not be able to present or adequately defend this decision. As a result you may feel quite conflicted. Seek all the guidance and support you can get, especially from your supervisor and experienced peers. Actively pursue training and formal learning about reaching closure with families, preparing children for TPR, and TPR itself. Observe a contested TPR hearing where you can observe cross examination, etc., before you have to prepare for a TPR hearing.
Supervisors Know the law and the entire TPR process.
Keep abreast of policy changes. Frequently review relevant laws and state policies with your staff. This is of greater significance today because of the new law, which gives workers 60 days to draft a petition for TPR after they are relieved of reunification efforts. If the plan is to seek TPR, ensure that every effort is made to attain adoption or another permanent outcome for the child in question. Be available to your staff.