Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that the Department of Health and Social Services implement an ongoing formal process whereby child protection workers have an opportunity to recommend improvements for the child and family services system. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Moses. Motion is in order. To the motion. Mr. Moses.
Thank you, Madam Chair. In consultations with the department, we did hear that there were informal consultations with the child protection workers. We want to make sure that there’s something formally in place where instead of child protection workers being afraid to say how they really feel, that as front-line workers, as case workers seeing what’s happening in the homes, on the streets, in the communities, that they provide the recommendations that will really have a strong impact and effect on this act as we move forward and that it should come from the bottom up rather than top down and that we have everybody give quality input into making sure that children receive the services that they need and they get the resources and the type of training that they receive. Thank you, Madam.
Thank you, Mr. Moses. To the motion. Minister Abernethy.
Thank you, Madam Chair. Getting feedback and input from the front-line providers is critical, as they’re the ones dealing with the residents of the Northwest Territories on a daily basis. There are two formal processes already in place. Suggestions for improvements to the child and family services system can be brought to the attention of regional directors of social programs, who meet on a regular basis to discuss program matters, and also suggestions for improvements to the child and family services system can be brought to the attention of the chief executive officers, who can place these on the agenda items for the Joint Senior Management Committee, which is meeting on a regular basis with child and family services as a standing agenda item.
Thank you, Minister Abernethy. To the motion.
Question.
Question is being called. The motion is carried.
---Carried
Mr. Moses.
