May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry
May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry
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B.D. MCKENZIE - DR.EX. (OLSON) MAY <strong>31</strong>, <strong>2013</strong><br />
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"This observation has some<br />
validity, and there are a number<br />
of examples in Canada of<br />
community-based early intervention<br />
responses ..."<br />
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Indeed, we went through a number of those, west<br />
region and, I don't know that, I'm not sure if differential<br />
response was referred to back then, I'm not sure if it was<br />
around. You probably would know that. What, what's the<br />
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response to that criticism?<br />
Because I mean, as a lay<br />
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person, I always thought social workers do that, connect<br />
families with resources they need; if they identify a<br />
problem with addictions they connect the family with<br />
addictions resources, that sort of thing. So what is, what<br />
is new about differential response?<br />
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Well, I think, first of all I think the, the, the<br />
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new aspect of differential response is that specialized<br />
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focus on supporting families.<br />
It doesn't mean -- what I'm<br />
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saying there is that it doesn't mean it never existed in<br />
the past but there were factors in the way that our child<br />
welfare system has been structured that make it difficult<br />
to use those kinds of approaches in all cases, not the<br />
least of which the high caseloads and workloads that<br />
workers carry and the priority that is off, while it is<br />
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