BC hires 100 protection staff.More than 100 social workers have been hired by British Columbia's Ministry of Children and Family Development, completing the first phase of its social worker recruitment recruitment /re·cruit·ment/ (re-krldbomact´ment) 1. the gradual increase to a maximum in a reflex when a stimulus of unaltered intensity is prolonged. 2. campaign with additional front-line child protection workers. Approximately ap·prox·i·mate adj. 1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate time of the accident. 2. 300 regular staff, mostly front-line social and mental health workers, will be added to the staff over the next two years. The 2006 Budget provides $273 million in new funding over the next three years for programs and services targeted for children at risk, vulnerable families, children and youth with special needs, Aboriginal governance Governance makes decisions that define expectations, grant power, or verify performance. It consists either of a separate process or of a specific part of management or leadership processes. Sometimes people set up a government to administer these processes and systems. , and child and youth mental health. The largest portion of this new funding, $173 million, was designated to enhance services for children, including the hiring of more social workers and other front-line staff. Among the new recruits are ten new employees of Aboriginal descent descent, in anthropology, method of classifying individuals in terms of their various kinship connections. Matrilineal and patrilineal descent refer to the mother's or father's sib (or other group), respectively. . "The hiring of more Aboriginal child protection workers is a priority of the ministry," said Minister Tom Christensen Tom Christensen is a Canadian politician and former lawyer. He is British Columbia's Minister of Children and Family Development. Christensen has also served as Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, and as Minister of Education. . "Aboriginal social workers are uniquely qualified to help develop and provide culturally appropriate services for Aboriginal children and families." This new hiring is in addition to the Aboriginal services recruitment campaign through the Child and Youth Mental Health Plan. 250-356-2939 |
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