Child, Youth and Family Services Action Plan Progress Tracker

22 total action items

Action

Work collaboratively with Indigenous governments in guiding or providing CFS delivery to their communities.

Deliverables

Active participation alongside Indigenous governments in collaboration tables, coordination agreement tables, and/or ongoing discussions about CFS service delivery in communities.

Pathways to invite Indigenous governments into existing service delivery processes will be identified.
On-track

Action

Continue to engage with Indigenous governments to share information and discuss overall CFS service delivery in communities.

Deliverables

Offer opportunities for continued engagement with Indigenous governments.

Continue to share information and data on an ongoing basis with interested Indigenous governments.
On-track

Action

Pending available resources, implement a family, community, and culture connection project for children/youth in the permanent custody of the Director of Child and Family Services.

  • Phase 1: Develop model(s) and related standards.
  • Phase 2: Pilot Family, Community, and Culture Connection Worker Position.
  • Phase 3: Determine pathways to sustain project.

Deliverables

Development and implementation of the family, community, and culture connection project.
On-track

Action

Pending available resources, examine and re-design care model(s) for families receiving prevention and protection services. Care includes “respite” and “foster care.”

  • Phase 1: Care Model(s) Scoping.
  • Phase 2: Service Design and Standard Development.
  • Phase 3: Implementation Plan Development.
  • Phase 4: Complete business case, if required.

Deliverables

Development and implementation of the family, community, and culture connection project.
On-track

Action

Review and examine opportunities to better support families through custom adoption.

Deliverables

Options paper is developed that outlines how more supports could be made available to families and extended families who are caring for children and youth.
On-track

Action

Work with Indigenous communities to communicate important Indigenous practices that contribute to keeping children and youth safe, with a focus on:

  • Increasing awareness and education about the impact of custom adoption practices on child and family wellbeing; and
  • Increasing the number of Indigenous caregivers.

Deliverables

Creation of public-facing mediums that showcase Indigenous systems of care.
On-track

Action

Review the funding structure for care providers and caregivers to remove barriers to care and better meet the needs of children and youth.

  • Phase 1: Adjust the foster care daily rate.
  • Phase 2: Comprehensive review of the foster care funding structure.

Deliverables

Areas of improvement are identified and integrated into the business planning process.
On-track

Action

Participate in the Child Welfare League of Canada’s pilot project on the Equitable Standards for Transitions to Adulthood for Youth in Care.

Deliverables

A completed baseline assessment of services for youth in care using the CWLC evaluation tool.

Establish a Youth In/From Care Steering Committee.

Action plan is developed to support youth in care as they transition to adulthood.
On-track

Action

Develop a framework to guide the continuum of specialized services necessary to support the diverse needs of children, youth, families.

Deliverables

A pathway is established to provide services to children, youth and families for short-term supports and longer term, specialized services to address complex needs.
On-track

Action

Implement a pilot project for a land-based healing youth program to provide immediate services.

Deliverables

An in-territory land-based healing program rooted in Indigenous practices is available to youth.
On-track

Action

Hiring managers in CFS to review and revise job descriptions and hiring tools (e.g., assignments, interview questions) to address systemic hiring barriers experienced by Indigenous candidates interested in working in CFS.

Deliverables

All CFS job descriptions and interview questions are reviewed.
On-track

Action

Establish a Community of Practice for Indigenous employees, to provide a supportive peer network, raise issues, and share innovations to address anti-Indigenous racism.

Deliverables

Community of practice is established.
On-track

Action

Introduce surveys to better understand the attraction, recruitment, and retention experiences of Indigenous employees.

Deliverables

Analysis of survey results.
On-track

Action

Promote the use of transfer assignments and cross training to encourage mobility and development for Indigenous employees.

Deliverables

Number of Indigenous employees:

  • On transfer assignments or secondments.
  • Within middle and senior management roles.
On-track

Action

Ensure all CFS Staff complete:

  • Equitable Workplace: Cultivating Attitudes of Anti-Racism and Allyship Training; and
  • Living Well Together: Indigenous Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity Training.

Deliverables

Percentage of CFS staff who have completed the required training.
On-track

Action

Provide training on anti-oppressive practices to be used when mentoring of frontline managers, supervisors, and staff.

Deliverables

Development of training to guide mentorship with frontline managers, supervisors, and staff.

Ongoing mentorship with frontline managers, supervisors, and staff.
On-track

Action

Pending available resources, pilot specialized positions to better support children, youth and families and optimize the scope of current positions. Types of positions being considered are, but not limited to:

  • Youth Transition and Navigation Worker
  • Family, Community, and Culture Connection Worker
  • Legal Assistant
  • Mobile/Float Positions

Deliverables

A diversified mix of skills in the CFS workforce is available to better support children, youth, and families.
On-track

Action

Modernize the approach to standards development and accessibility of the Adoptions Standards and Procedure Manual.

Deliverables

Standards and procedure manual is clear, concise, and accessible.
On-track

Action

Phased approach to modernize standards development and accessibility of the Child and Family Services Standards and Procedure Manual.

Deliverables

Standards and procedure manual is clear, concise, and accessible.
On-track

Action

Further examine the Structured Decision Making® (SDM) Model for its capacity to effectively support Indigenous individuals and families.

Deliverables

Decision on if/how to proceed with the implementation of the remaining two SDM® tools that aid decision-making in risk assessments and family reunification assessments.
On-track

Action

Single Electronic File System

  • Building off the work completed in 2022-23, complete an analysis on the feasibility, considerations, and barriers of a Single Electronic File System.
  • Depending on the outcome of the analysis, complete an implementation plan and business case.

Deliverables

Business, human, financial, and technology requirements and considerations are outlined.
On-track

Action

Centralized Intake Model for CFS

  • Complete an analysis on the feasibility, considerations, and constraints of a centralized intake model.
  • Depending on the outcome of the analysis, complete an implementation plan and business case.

Deliverables

Business, human, financial, and technology requirements and considerations are outlined.
On-track
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