2009-03-26
13:21:31
The provincial Child Death Review Committee has released three recommendations today to prevent deaths of children who have been placed under the care of Social Development. The committee was established to investigate the case of a child who died while receiving services from a First Nations child and family service agency.
The recommendations include that written guidelines be established to clarify kinship placement practices, a clinical audit be carried out to assess the effectiveness of social work practice in First Nations child and family services agencies–and–finally that the Department of Social Development give priority to assessing the need to increase resources for monitoring and support of quality child welfare practices. Social Development Minister Mary Schryer says she will issue a full response to the committee’s recommendations within 45 days.
