May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry
May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry
May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry
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B.A. CYR - DR.EX. (WALSH) MAY <strong>31</strong>, <strong>2013</strong><br />
D.L. ROUSSIN - DR.EX. (WALSH)<br />
S.E. TAYLOR - DR.EX. (WALSH)<br />
D.M. KNOL - DR.EX. (WALSH)<br />
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risk, and we certainly -- hence why we're introducing signs<br />
of safety.<br />
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MS. WALSH:<br />
the people most --<br />
When you say no one's accountable to<br />
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MS. CYR: Workers don't --<br />
MS. WALSH: -- what do you mean?<br />
MS. CYR: -- call back our families. They don't<br />
call them back.<br />
MS. WALSH: Which workers? Who are you talking<br />
about?<br />
MS. CYR: Oh, CFS workers oftentime. Well,<br />
Corrections does because they're mandated to. We don't get<br />
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call-backs.<br />
We often have to chase workers down, and<br />
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that's, that's common. That's a common experience. We<br />
usually record all of our meetings with child welfare<br />
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because we don't trust what the worker is telling us.<br />
document absolutely everything.<br />
We<br />
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We insist -- our case management practices are<br />
within 30 days we have a full safety plan we start<br />
developing through family group conferencing safety<br />
networks, and that's the letter I'd submitted. With safety<br />
networks we surround people, our women, with their --<br />
everything from the workers to their family to their<br />
partners in order to ensure that she's got safety as she<br />
transitions through our services and back into the<br />
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