Practicing the Role and Pulling it all Together

Core Training Sections

Trainees will learn about and practice the central administrative activities of the volunteer advocate role and how their community-based advocacy is then distilled into twice-yearly court reports they write in collaboration with their Case Supervisor. The class ends with a thorough reading and signing of the Volunteer Agreement.

Goals for this class include:

• Using Advocate Link: Case Information, Activity Logs and Quarterly Surveys

• Introduction to Court Report Writing

• Quick Recap of Preparing for Urgent and Emergency Situations

• Getting Started as a CASA

• Sign the Volunteer Agreement

Training Handouts:

Advocate Guide

SF CASA Transportation Permission

Emergency Procedures

Advocacy Area Definitions and Help

Advocate Link Guide

Court Report Template - pdf

Court Report Template - Word

Reducing Biased Language

Volunteer Agreement