Presentation used while facilitating meeting to support children in care in the Kootenay Boundary area of British Columbia

1. Children In Care 2008-2009

7. Key Purpose Kina’ Ole

8. Key Purpose Kina’ Ole For Children In Care

10. Where is Started The local chapter of the BCSSA applied for and received a grant to hold a symposium on the Topic of Children in Care Kootenay Boundary Chapter

11. We wanted to bring together the professionals who are involved in supporting children in care: Kootenay Boundary Chapter

12. Our goals: provide a forum for regional dialogue raise awareness of the needs of children in care enhance communications between all parties share successful strategies set the stage for followup Kootenay Boundary Chapter

13. Our goals: recognize that there will be significant staff change in the next five years and design structures that cope with the changes Kootenay Boundary Chapter

14. District Staff School administrators Counsellors Child Care workers Social Workers Kootenay Boundary Chapter

15. CYSN Provincial Direction A Framework for Action Kootenay Boundary Chapter

16. CYSN: Children and youth between birth and 19 who required additional educational, medical/health and social/environmental support, beyond that required by children in general, to enhance or improve their health, development, quality of life, and community integration. Kootenay Boundary Chapter

17. Services: 90 programs mostly by 3 Ministries Children and Family Education Health total spending: $525 + million Kootenay Boundary Chapter

18. Challenges: Waits, gaps and Overlaps Inconsistent Standards Complex and Disjointed Service System Kootenay Boundary Chapter

19. Common Vision Needed: Optimal development, health, well-being and achievement for children and youth with special needs. Kootenay Boundary Chapter

20. Common Mission Needed: To promote and deliver accessible, quality intervention and support services for children and youth with special needs and their families through an integrated service delivery model. Kootenay Boundary Chapter

21. Six supporting Strategies for Action: 1. Placing Children’s and families’ Needs First: Functionally-based and accessible services. Kootenay Boundary Chapter

22. Six supporting Strategies for Action: 2. Supporting our People: Training, Recruitment and Retention. Kootenay Boundary Chapter

23. Six supporting Strategies for Action: 3. Ensuring Quality and Performance: Improving quality measurement and accountability. Kootenay Boundary Chapter

24. Six supporting Strategies for Action: 4. Building and Using the Evidence Base: Promoting evaluation and research. Kootenay Boundary Chapter

25. Six supporting Strategies for Action: 5. Simplifying the Pathway to Services: Providers, agencies and ministries coordinating, collaborating and integrating more. Kootenay Boundary Chapter

26. Six supporting Strategies for Action: 6. Planning Together: Instituting a province-wide integrated planning mechanism. Kootenay Boundary Chapter

27. Report out from last years’ Forum Kootenay Boundary Chapter

28. SD 5: now a strategy in achievement contract under social responsibility; also in school growth plans 70 students in care and 50% are ab ed. Monthly scheduled meetings are held at school level with staff from Ministry of Family and every second month, district level meetings Kootenay Boundary Chapter

29. SD6: better communication now with Ktunaxa(Kinbasket) family services. Contact made by social workers in summer to school principals to review vulnerable children Local conference at one school on October 24 th will be about supporting At-Risk Youth. Kootenay Boundary Chapter

30. SD 8: Darren from MCFD attended principals’ meeting and committed to providing names and holding follow-up. About 45 children in care. Talking about what makes a child resilient. Concerned about situation where a child is placed in care on the weekend and there is no communication Kootenay Boundary Chapter

31. SD10: Joint effort between agencies for the healthy family group. A community link function for support dollars. Good communications with Ministry of Family. Adjunct services with separate agencies have more difficult communications. Kootenay Boundary Chapter

32. SD 20: good multi-agency group meets several times a year. Meeting in the next two weeks to reconnect. Know most of the children in care. Looking at attachment theory work. Ministry of Family has good communications. Kootenay Boundary Chapter

33. SD 51: some communications problems caused by shift of regional reporting office moving from Okanagan to Nelson. Also staffing issues. Some distress in a number of families with fathers away working due to local downturn in economy. Positive partnership in training with Ministry of Family on Integrated Case Management. Foster parents attended and session well received. Held appreciation day for foster parents. Kootenay Boundary Chapter

34. Some ideas to include in follow-up: Voice of the parents Emergency situation protocols Including RCMP Integrated Case Management Assessment referral program which eliminates duplication Kootenay Boundary Chapter

35. Follow-up forum to be held in Cranbrook on November 20 th . Bill to organize. Kootenay Boundary Chapter

36. Literature Reviewed and Available The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Drop-outs Executive Summary provided Children in Care in Canada: Child Welfare League Summary provided Spectrum Solutions: Improving Support for Children with Special Needs – presentation Integrating Service Delivery for CYSN in BC Presentation

37. Integrated Case Management: Sandy McIlwain

38. Spectrum Solutions, Supporting Children and Youth with Special Needs: a report on work taking place in the West Kootenays: Helen Lutz

39. The voice of the parent: Parent Panel

40. A little bit about yourself: how long? Age of the kids What are the joys? What makes it work? What is a roadblock? Is there a way we could make life easier?

41. The voice of the parent: Parent Panel Table Talk: debrief 3 interesting comments 2 common themes 1 “aha” moment

42. In Area Groups: How do we implement best practice throughout the Kootenays What have you heard that sounds encouraging? What insights have you gained from the readings or presenters? What can you share? What can you take away today and implement tomorrow?

43. What are our inservice needs? Education? MCFD? Separate? Joint? Who else can help?

44. What are our other needs? What can help us now? How can we help each other?

45. Possible Local Protocol Agreement for supporting Children in Care: Brainstorm What can we deliver from today’s meeting? What can we publicize as our achievement? What’s in the press release

46. Year 2 of the Grant Bill Reid

49. Every time we deal with a child in care, we should be thinking: Kina’ Ole

50. Thank you Slides available slideshare.net/billreid