Services delivered: training for Indigenous societies

Component: provincial initiatives

Legislation: Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017 (CYFSA)

Service objectives

To provide training to Indigenous child protection staff.

Service description

The transfer payment recipient will develop and deliver training to build capacity of their staff to meet provincial child protection standards.

Training should not be duplicative of the provincial child protection training provided by the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies (OACAS).

Program/service features

The services are directed at Indigenous child protection staff employed by Indigenous societies including new workers, authorized workers and managers.

Training will support increased specialized capacity and expertise in the following areas

• Admission and discharge criteria for children and youth in care
• Access to service process
• Individual planning and goal setting for children, youth and families
• Community linkages and service collaboration] (where appropriate)

The program/services contracted by the ministry will reflect the following features.

Program goals

Training will be developed and delivered with a view to increasing capacity of Indigenous staff to deliver child protection services while supporting recruitment and retention through increased educational opportunities.

Services will be

• Reflective and responsive program/services to child/youth, family and community strengths and needs
• Accountable to the child/youth, family and community
• Sensitive to the social, linguistic and cultural diversity of families and Indigenous communities
• Staffed by individuals with the appropriate range of skills and abilities necessary to effectively develop and deliver training for child protection workers to meet the needs of children, youth and families

Reporting requirements

The transfer payment recipient will monitor and evaluate training to confirm that program goals and service objectives are being met.