May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry

B.D. MCKENZIE - DR.EX. (OLSON) MAY 31, 2013
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That's sort of the over-inclusion idea?
That's right.
Is one way to address that phenomenon is if a
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child protection concern, what we're calling now a child
protection concern, where there may not be an immediate
risk to a child comes to the attention of, for example, a
school guidance counselor or something of that nature, and
it's handled at that level, maybe Child and Family Services
is made aware of it but they don't necessarily go in and
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apprehend and open a file.
a, an approach to it?
Have you heard of that sort of
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Yes. There, there are examples of that. There's
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not maybe many examples of that but there are examples of
that. To go down that route, of course, you, you, you must
sort of ensure that those people have the capacity to do
those kinds of assessments and not allow children that do
need referrals to be -- to fall through the cracks, and
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that's often a difficult thing to do.
So one has to be a
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bit cautious about doing that but, but certainly some
mechanisms like that can help divert some families from
being referred to the child, child welfare system and avoid
maybe not so much children coming into care but avoid some
of the time that goes into investigating those cases and in
turn lead -- allow more time for actually providing
services to families.
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