By AdvocateDaily.com Staff After working on the front lines of the child welfare system for almost three decades in both England and Canada, Alberta child protection specialist Melani Carefoot has a unique perspective on how to improve outcomes for families. For 12 years, Carefoot was a team leader at Calgary Region Child and Family Services where
By AdvocateDaily.com Staff An advocate can help families navigate the children’s services system, which often lacks consistency, Alberta child protection specialist Melani Carefoot tells AdvocateDaily.com. “I think it's an ongoing problem with children's services particularly,” says Carefoot owner and principal of Positive Choices Counselling & Assessment. While there’s adequate guidance on procedure with Alberta’s policy manual
The Enhancement Policy Manual contains policies and procedures that direct casework staff when delivering services under the Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act. The Manual is provincial policy and procedural requirements that all casework staff in Child and Family Services Authorities and Delegated First Nation Agencies are expected to comply with. The policies provide
The Signs of Safety is a constantly evolving approach to child protection casework. Above everything, the approach focuses on practices, tools and methods that make a real difference for professionals and families facing the complex problems of child abuse. In this video, the principal co-creator of the approach, Dr Andrew Turnell, gives a brief overview
This 'Brain Builders' video explains how experiences in the first years of our lives affect how our brains form. Science tells us that the stress of abuse or neglect can damage the basic structures of a child’s developing brain. Without the right help, it can put them at risk of a lifetime of health problems,
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