May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry

B.A. CYR - DR.EX. (WALSH) MAY 31, 2013
D.L. ROUSSIN - DR.EX. (WALSH)
S.E. TAYLOR - DR.EX. (WALSH)
D.M. KNOL - DR.EX. (WALSH)
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I would narrow legislation around and define abuse and
define neglect a little bit better in legislation, meaning
that there's a number of neglect cases that could come
through preventative services like community agencies
instead of all being processed through as protection
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concerns.
I think that we have to work better on the
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referral sources, so schools and health care providers
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under the Disclosures Act.
There needs to be better
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clarification around how and where to refer, when there --
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have concerns around children and their families.
That
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there needs to be a better front-end system for triaging.
I know ANCR has done their, their best as far as that goes,
but intake is inconsistent throughout this province. There
has not been a direct intake agency review done in several
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years.
There's still outstanding recommendations that need
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to happen at those intake agencies.
We have a combination
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of in-house and stand-alone intake agencies that are very
consistent in their application, delivery of legislation.
That we need better quality of practice and we need
practice compliancy, so we need to look at better services
and what our workers are actually offering, because our
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system is only as good as its weakest worker.
And that's
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just, that's just how it is.
recommendations I would make.
MS. WALSH: Thank you.
Those would be some
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