Transcript Preparing for Transformation

2006-2007 PLANNING
UPDATE
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Vision of the Ministry of
Children and Youth Services:
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Vision: An Ontario where all children and
youth have the best opportunity to succeed
and reach their full potential
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Ministry of Children and Youth
Services:
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Focused on achieving the following outcomes for children and youth in general:
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Ontario’s Children and Youth are:
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Safe from harm
Valued, involved & responsible
Healthy & active
Economically secure.
Ready to learn at all ages
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Child Welfare Secretariat
Transformation Agenda:
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Differential Response
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Permanency Strategy
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Court Processes
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Accountability
Research/Outcomes
Single Information
System
Multi-year Funding
Approach
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What’s New?
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Implementing Transformation
Provincial Activities:
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Bill 210 at Committee: Royal Assent by the
end of March, Proclamation: October 2006
Regulations to support the legislation now
under development
Field Implementation of new legislation
scheduled for the Fall 2006
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Bill 210 – What is different?
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Overall purpose is to make the legislative changes
necessary to enable transformation
Measures enabling Kinship Care
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Measures relating to Adoption
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‘place of safety’ definition
Supervisory terms can apply to a family or
community member
Custody Orders
Openness orders
Complaints Procedure
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Provincial Activities:
Differential Response
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“Test Drive” of new Safety Assessment, Risk
Assessment, Family Reunification Assessment
completed in December 2005
New “Family Strength and Needs Assessment”
being developed
Changes to Eligibility Spectrum: Family Violence
Implementation with new legislation and
regulations
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Provincial Activities:
Pillars of Permanence
SAFE
 Structured Analysis Family Evaluation
 January 2006 for Adoption home studies
 Standardizes assessment for private/public
 Use for Adoption/Foster Care Resources
 Full implementation by April 2007
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Provincial Activities:
Pillars of Permanence
PRIDE: Implement by April 07
 Parent Resources for Information
Development Education
 Competency based model for the
development/support of foster and adoptive
families
 Structured Framework for recruitment,
selection, training of resource families
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Provincial Activities:
Pillars of Permanence
OnLAC: Looking After Children
 Assessment for all children in care >1yr.
 Assesses child’s progress across 7
dimensions. Annual AAR.
 Digital Pen Pilot.
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Pillars of Permanence
SAFE
A common approach to
Assessment and training of caregivers and
a model for case planning for children and youth
OnLAC
PRIDE
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Pillars of Permanence
Kinship and Customary Care
 Kinship Care Regulations underway
 ANCFSAO Customary Care Project with
chiefs of Ontario and MCYS
 PRIDE pre-service and SAFE home study
tools to be adapted for Kin families
 Kinship Care Symposium will be held
April 06.
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Provincial Initiatives:
Alternative Dispute Resolution
 Bill 210 provides for use of ADR before
and during court proceedings
 Legal representation for the child would be
provided as soon as ADR is proposed
 Mediation Reference Group now working
on policy for all aspects of mediation
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Provincial Initiatives:
Alternative Dispute Resolution – Cont’d…
 Agencies encouraged to develop other
forms of ADR locally: Family Centred
Conferencing, Talking Circles etc.
 F&CS developing comprehensive
conferencing model supported by Block 2
Funding
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Provincial Activities:
Single Information System
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SIS Contract with IBM signed
10 Working Groups established for Business
Process Review
Working Groups meet January - May 2006
Design phase of new SIS June - December 2006
Timiskaming, Simcoe and Renfrew agencies will
pilot SIS from January-June 2007
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Provincial Activities:
Accountability/Research
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Accountability Framework by Spring 2006.
Linking Child Welfare and the Children’s Service
System in Ontario
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Increasing access to services for child welfare clients
in the community
Community capacity building: Consultation in
February
Development of Research and Outcomes
Measurement Branch
Provincial Grant-In Aid Funding
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Agency funded to develop 3 proposals
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Provincial Activities:
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Multi Year Funding Approach
2005/06 Year-end Forecasts–Child
Welfare
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Net Expenditure Forecast
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Less: CW Funding Model Allocation
Deficit Sub-total
 Less Transformation (Block 2) Funding
Net Deficit/Surplus Forecast
$39,678,011
39,302,679
$375,332
375,332
$
018
2005/06 Year End Forecasts–Child Welfare
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Service Volumes - % Change from 2003/04
Baseline Year
Total Investigations
(5.2%)
Ongoing Services
(7.0%)
Children in Care
(11.9%)
Foster Homes Available
(13.5%)
Home Studies (Foster & Adoption)
(14.3%)
Paid Days of Care
(14.5%)
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Looking Ahead to 2006/07
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Ministry has approved multi-year financial & service
planning for Child Welfare.
Child Welfare transformation policies, Bill 210 and
related regulations will be rolled out by Ministry
during 2006/07.
Funding Model and Multi year Results Based
Planning process will evolve as transformation
unfolds.
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Looking Ahead to 2006/07 cont’d…
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Senior Management now developing service volume
and financial forecasts for 2006/07, and planning
amounts for 2 years thereafter.
Service Volume declines since 2003/04 could reduce
Waterloo FCS funding in 06/07 by $3.7 Million.
Savings actioned already would reduce this impact to
$2.2 Million.
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Looking Ahead to 2006/07 cont’d…
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Ministry will be providing $32.8 Million for
implementation of Transformation province wide in
2006/07 targeted to specific policy areas.
Transformation allocations to agencies likely to
happen in two phases – during April and October
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How Provincial Transformation
fits with Agency Directions
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FCS Guiding Principles underlying Model of Service Directions:
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To increase availability and accessibility of
programs which strengthen the capacity of
parents to care well for their children and which
enhance the development of children,
To increase service to families by agreement and
reduce court ordered intervention,
To enable children in the care of the agency to
reach their full potential.
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FCS Guiding Principles underlying Model of Service Directions:
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Balancing Child Safety with Community
Based Service Provision
Range of Responses/Services for Children
and Families with family, community, other
service providers, in care, adoption
Focus on Permanence across the spectrum
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Model of Service
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Community-Based Services
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Program Description
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designed to increase the availability and
accessibility of programs and supports to children
& families
Services include a range of evidence-based
parenting programs, evidence-based children’s
programs, workshops and community resources
delivered in collaboration with community
partners including Ontario Early Years Centres,
Children’s Mental Health Services, Children’s
Developmental Services and local Community
Centres
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Community-Based Services
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Current Locations
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Kitchener & Cambridge Early Years Centres
3 Cambridge Community Centres
 Lang’s Farm,
 Christopher Champlain and
 Greenway Chaplin
3 Kitchener Community Centres
 Chandler Mowat,
 Centreville Chicopee and
 Courtland-Shelley
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Community-Based Services
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Target Clientele
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At risk community clients – reside in the
catchment area of the community centre in which
the program is being offered.
Referred clients – open to protection at the Intake
level.
Child Welfare clients – open to protection at the
Ongoing/Family Service level.
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Core Features of Service
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Offered in community ‘hubs’ such as
Ontario Early Years Centres and various
Community Centres across the Region.
To increase service to families by
agreement and reduce court ordered
intervention.
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Core Features of Service
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Rationale (Cont’d):
Support families in a non-stigmatizing,
community-based setting.
 Families will have increased exposure/access to a
broad range of supports and services, i.e., NCB
outreach workers, food security programs,
clothing exchanges, counselling, public health,
mental health services, addiction services, etc.
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Core Features of Service
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Rationale (Cont’d):
Engaging families with the broader community
and increasing their social support network
contributes to a more comprehensive and
sustainable intervention
 This is particularly important when working with
families who present with more chronic and multilayered problems associated with neglect,
exposure to domestic violence and socio-economic
disadvantage.
 Children more visible in the community.
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Core Features of Service
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Delivered in collaboration with
community partners including staff from
Ontario Early Years Centre, Children’s
Mental Health services, Children’s
Developmental Services, House of
Friendship and local community centres
etc.
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Core Features of Service
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Rationale:
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Collaborative relationships with community
partners will provide a more integrated service for
families, develop stronger interagency networks
and foster a collective responsibility and
involvement in child protection.
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Core Features of Service
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Rationale (Cont’d):
Personalized group pre-screening process by
group facilitators will help to promote relationship
building with participants and provide an
opportunity to identify each client’s unique
challenges & strengths; thereby increasing client’s
ability to engage and benefit from services and
programs.
 Shared costs/resources/staffing contributes to
sustainability of programs.
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Core Features of Service
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Evidence-based Programs
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Rationale:
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Offering interventions based on program models
that are grounded in research and have been
evaluated with proven/known outcomes with
similar populations; significantly improves our
ability to achieve positive outcomes with families.
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COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS 2006 WINTER SCHEDULE
PROGRAM NAME
WHO CAN
ATTEND
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
LOCATION
DATES & TIMES
Make the Connection 1
Parents & their
infants under 12
months
This enjoyable program combines parentbaby activities, parent discussion and
personalized video feedback. Find out ways
to help your baby feel close to you and
discover her/his world!
Langs Farm
Community Centre
Cambridge
Courtland Shelley
Community Centre
Kitchener
Monday 1:00-3:00pm
Jan 16/06-March 20/06
This interactive program includes parenttoddler activities, parent discussion and
personalized video feedback. Learn about
helping your toddler to feel secure, connect
with other children, setting limits with love
and more!
Christopher Champlain
Community Centre
Cambridge
Kitchener Early Years
Centre
Tuesday 9:15-11:15am
Jan 31/06-Apr 4/06
Make the Connection 2
Parents & their
toddlers 12 months
to 2 years
Monday 1:00-3:00pm Jan
16/06-March 20/06
Thursday 1:00-3:00pm
Jan 19/06-March 23/06
Play & Learn
Parents & their
preschoolers 3-5
years
A 10-week program for parents and their
children ages 3-5 yrs. Children attend their
own playgroup, while parents meet together
and learn new ways to handle difficult
behavior, set clear rules and develop a more
positive relationship with your child through
play!
Cambridge Early Years
Centre
Chandler Mowat
Community Centre
Kitchener
Mondays & Thursdays
1:00-3:00pm
Jan 16/06March 20/06
Tuesdays 9-11:30am
Jan 17/06-March 28/06
Incredible Kids
Children 6-8 or 911 years
This fun, after school program is packed
with activities that help children develop
tools to improve their relationships with
both other children and adults, as well as
feel good about themselves!
Greenway Chaplin
Community Centre
Cambridge (6-8 yr olds)
Centreville Chicopee
Community Centre
Kitchener (9-11 yr olds)
Thursday 4:15-5:45pm
Jan 26/06-Mar 23/06
A series of workshops which focus on
the practical aspects of everyday living
with topics like stress management,
understanding depression, building
healthy relationships, budgeting and
more!
TBA
Tools for Change
All parents
Wednesday3:30-5:00
Feb 1/06-Mar 29/06
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Adolescent Team
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Chris Reitzel
Karen Walker
Sandra Ordiway
Chris Hoffer
Chrissy Foley
Kelly Soto
Steve Dick
Supervisor
Intake
Intake
Family Service
Family Service
Family Service
Children’s Service
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Mandate
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Responding to 42A and 42B referrals
Caregiver/Child Conflict
Other related referrals
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Adolescent Team Response
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Response Time
Access to Service(s) and Supports
Common Philosophy and Response
Expertise
Communication and Co-ordination
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Links
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Outreach Workers
Going Beyond Group
Langford Treatment Home
Youth Services
QA and Information Services
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Future Plans
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Group for Parents
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Group for Adolescents
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Drug Information Session
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Family Violence Team
Members
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Lisa Leiher
Chris Leslie
Alice Mazere
Duane Boles
Marilyn Curry
Patti Moses
Cindy King
Michelle Smith
Supervisor
Intake Worker
Intake Worker
Family Service Worker
Family Service Worker
Family Service Worker
Clinical Worker
Clinical Worker
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Additional Members
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Erin Schreiter Supervisor
Neta Gear
Family Service Worker
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Screeners
Screeners
Family Violence
Intake
Ongoing
Specialized
General Intake
Kitchener/
Cambridge
Refer to
Specialized
Supervisor
Directly
Ongoing
Generic
Clinical Programs
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Role of Intake Worker
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Investigation and assessment of family
violence cases.
Focus is on two types of referrals:
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Families where there have been a number
of previous openings. However, the issues
remain.
Referrals from community partners:
shelter, counselling agencies, etc.
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Role of Family Service Worker
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Carry a caseload of primarily family
violence cases.
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Provide services to families working
closely with VAW service providers.
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Role of Clinical Staff
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Individual, family and group counselling.
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Primary focus will be on providing services
to: men, children and women who have
barriers to attending local agencies for
service.
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Role of Clinical Staff cont’d….
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More and more emphasis will be placed on
group work facilitated jointly with
community partners.
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Clinical staff to actively seek out these
opportunities.
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Current Projects:
Women Moving Forward
 For women no longer in crisis.
 Have left abusive partner.
 Goals: Assist women to understand
dynamics of abuse, understand the impact
of domestic violence on children, recognize
their own unhealthy coping strategies.
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Partners for Healthy Relationships
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Couples have completed individual work
and wish to reconcile.
Assist couples to integrate skills they have
learned individually.
Improve communication skills.
Develop strategies for conflict
management.
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Partners for Healthy Relationships cont’d….
 Develop and practice assertive behaviour.
 Assist the couple to develop
family/partnership goals.
 Build respect for individual needs.
 Develop and practice safety strategies.
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Psycho-educational Groups
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Beginning stages.
First step audit of low-level risk files.
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Steering Committee
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Advisory committee continues to meet.
Membership: Alison Scott, Joan Allison,
Monica Heide, Lisa Leiher, Cindy King.
Additions: Cambridge Family Service
Supervisor, Intake Worker, Intake
Supervisor, Family Service Worker.
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Steering Committee cont’d….
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Community: Shelter, Domestic
Violence/Sexual Assault Treatment Centre,
John Howard Society, K-W Counselling,
Family Counselling Centre of Cambridge
and North Dumfries, Catholic Family
Counselling Services.
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Expected Outcomes
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A reduction in the risk of harm to children
in the home where family violence has
been the primary reason for service to the
family.
Family will receive services that are
perceived as helpful and that are provided
in a timely manner.
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Expected Outcomes cont’d….
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Families receive services that are not piecemeal. There is a communication and
coordination among service providers.
All members of the family served by F&CS
will be offered services that will address
family violence.
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Expected Outcomes cont’d….
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An increase in collaborative work between
F&CS staff and community partners so as
to best meet the needs of children, men and
women.
An increase in services to men with the
goal that all men are met with, assessed and
referred to services.
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Kinship Care Research Initiative
Foundation Grant
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Kinship Care Advisory
Committee
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Joan Allison,
Pam Baldwin,
Marie Beattie,
Robin Bouck,
Cheryl Buehler,
Heather Chandler,
Anita Diebel,
Pat Gilles,
Brenda Griecken,
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Mike Letts,
Sue Maciaczyk,
Margot MacKenzie,
Nancy Murdoch,
Anne O’Donoghue,
Erin Penney,
Jennifer Watson,
Kelly Witteveen
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The purpose of the research
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To investigate kinship care within the Agency
as the result of:
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recommendations made by the Provincial Kinship
Care Committee in the document Ontario Kinship
Model (OACAS 2004)
proposed changes to the Child and Family Services
Act as the result of these recommendations
the recent media coverage in Toronto as it relates to
kinship care.
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The goal of the research
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to undertake an analysis of the service
needs for kinship placements based on
agency experience and feedback from
staff, kinship care providers and youth
living in kinship care
To design and develop an agency wide
Kinship Care Program for the Agency
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The Research
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The research took place from September 2005
to January 2006 and included
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focus groups with staff
conversations and consultation with kinship care
providers, children living in kinship placements, and
birth parents
consultation with other child welfare agencies
a review of the literature
Agency data collection and consultation with the
Kinship Care Advisory Committee.
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Next Steps
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A Kinship Care Report will be presented to
Senior Management in February 2006
Report includes 18 recommendations for
enhanced Kinship Services within the Agency.
Implementation of the enhanced Kinship Care
Services will also be determined by the
anticipated changes to the Child and Family
Services Act and the subsequent directives from
the Ministry of Community and Social Services,
the Ministry of Children and Youth, and the
Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies.
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Overview of Other Model of
Service Initiatives
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Supports to Children in Care
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Outreach Treatment Program
Going Beyond
Foster Care Support/School Support
Educational Strategies
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Reading Incentive Program
Tutoring
Educational Consultants
Scholarships
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Overview of Other Model of
Service Initiatives
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Diversity Initiatives
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Integration of Cultural Competence
Committee and SOTF Committee to
Diversity Committee
Diversity Initiatives
Foster Care Recruitment
LGBTQ Initiative
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Planning Process for 2006-2007
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Applications for Block 2 Funding
Things to Consider for MYRBP
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Block 2 Initiatives
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Continue with Community Capacity
Building Initiatives:
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Co-Delivery of Services in Neighbourhoods
and with other counselling and service
agencies
Community Based Services: Explore
opportunities for co-location with other
community service providers
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Block 2 Initiatives
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Develop a comprehensive model for family
conferencing/family involvement in Planning
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Range of collaborative strategies
Examine use of Family Group Conferencing
Develop Range of Family Based Supports
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In Home supports for families, kinship families,
foster families, adoptive families
Integration of 40 Assets Model
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Block 2 Initiatives
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Kinship Care Service
Pillars Of Permanence
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Implementation of SAFE
Implementation of PRIDE
Continued Implementation of OnLAC
Continue Adoption Initiatives/Subsidies
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Accountability/Research
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Increase Agency’s capacity for Quality
Assurance/ Outcome Measurement
3 Child Welfare Grant-In-Aid Applications
approved. Successful candidates known by
June 2006
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Diversity Initiative
Family Group Conferencing/Decision Making
Building Collaboration with Families
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Implications for Service
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Need to examine current programs: what is
working well, how do new initiatives fit
Need to examine agency structure
The developing model may lead to some
agency restructuring
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Early Intervention Initiatives
Differential Response Initiatives
Family Based Supports
Supports to Children
Permanency Strategies
ADR/Legal Services
Outcome Measurement
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Next Steps:
Implementing Transformation
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Model of Service Committee to become
Agency Transformation Team
Develop Implementation Plan for
Transformation Initiatives
Training Curriculum developed by
OACAS.
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Transformation Curricula
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Manager/Supervisor Orientation on
March 2 and 9, 2006
Staff Orientation by June 2006
Resource Family Orientation
Community Partners Orientation
Training on new tools
Training on technology changes
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