May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry

B.D. MCKENZIE - DR.EX. (OLSON) MAY 31, 2013
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-- what we'll call the traditional protection
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approach that was --
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Yeah.
-- applied in Manitoba.
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A Yeah. In the, in the Manitoba context, the
definition of differential response is closely allied with
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the notion of family enhancement services.
It mirrors the
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model that has been applied in places like Minnesota and
other American, other American states, and probably Western
Australia.
What it consists of is the development of
essentially two streams of service, so a referral comes in
to the agency, it is reviewed at the intake level, and
there's a determination made whether safety of the child in
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the immediate future is at risk or not.
And if it is not
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at risk immediately, the case could be referred to what we
would call the differential response or family enhancement
stream. If it is at risk, it would be referred to the more
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traditional child protection stream.
And in the child
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protection stream, the focus would be on investigation and
the evidence around neglect and abuse and whether court
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action or other kinds of services are, are required.
would be the investigation stream.
That
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In the family enhancement stream, the approach
would be to avoid the investigation focus and still over a
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