1. Child Welfare Transformation in Leeds and Grenville – Here we go!!!
(Actually we are well underway in many areas)
February 2006
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2. Getting ready Our Strengths Our Challenges
Our values and our vision for clients mesh nicely with many Transformation initiatives
We have already begun in many areas because this was the right thing to do: e.g. Collaborative approach to engage families, Alternatives to Court; OnLAC; PRIDE; SAFE + overall general good practices that are being reinforced by Transformation
As an agency, we have a history of success in working together to implement other changes very well, supporting each other across units and without creating ‘impermeable silos’
Our Challenges
Finding the time to make sure everyone has an opportunity to provide input to processes that impact their work
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3. Transformation Goals To enhance services to families & children
To engage the broader community in child welfare
Capitalize on research and proven best practices
Serendipitously, it will move our own mission, vision and values along quite nicely
Timing – start now and continue until we feel satisfied that it will work for our clients
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4. Family Counselling P/C Conflict
Planning to Plan
DV + Other Research
Training
Transformation Planning
Differential Response
8 Pillars of Permanence e.g. OnLAC, PRIDE, SAFE, Kinship
Mediation/Family Conferencing
Quality Assurance
Community Linkages
Regional Adoption
Accountability
Education +
Super Access
Doc Imaging
EPPII Services
04/05 Service Plan Goals
CommunityVolunteerServices +
Our Meta Plan 2005/2006
Who Will Lead what?
When to Sequence?
$’s available/required?
Themes of:
Balance – workload, power with responsibility
Teamwork – frequent communication, support
Observable Outcomes-Client Focus
Gananoque Office
FP Support
Research
Family Counselling P/C Conflict
InfrastructureSpending
PIP Youth Position
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5. The Transformation ‘House’
Court Processes Mediation
Differential Response
Permanency Planning
Multi-Year Results Based Planning
SIS
Research
Accountability
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6. The House Further Divided
We may decide that the seven main components have several sub-components that would be easier to tackle by creating several specialized or project teams.
This would capitalize on the expertise we have internally, develop our understanding of specific areas in a more comprehensive way and give interested staff a chance to enhance their knowledge and skills in these areas
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7. The Seven Components & Possible Projects
1. Potential Differential Response Projects:
New VAW approaches, alliances
0-6 cross sector services
Community Linkages
Teens - Parent Child Conflict
Strategies to keep youth in their families
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8. 2. Permanency Planning : OnLAC PRIDE SAFE
Enhanced Foster Care systems & support
Kinship in Care
Kinship Out of Care
Youth Leaving Care
Regional Adoption
Supervised Access
Transitional Aged Developmentally Delayed Youth
Enhanced Educational approaches for CIC
PIP enhancements e.g. Youth position.
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9. 3. Alternatives to Court :
Mediation
Family Group Conferencing
4. Multi Year Results Based Planning Family -- ‘Team Boring Nerds’
5. Single Information Systems
Protection
Foster Care
Legal
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10. Research Accountability - QA systems - VAW with other CAS’s
- Client Engagement
- Trocme’s measures
Accountability
- QA systems
- Outcomes
- File Audits
- Training
- Orientation processes
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11. Team/Resources
We need to fit the approach to implementing each part of Transformation to what makes most sense rather than imposing a structure
In services we talked about the idea of the default process being something like a ‘Transformation Project Team’ consisting of:
Lead person – Responsible for chairing, scheduling &
Champion – Responsible for promoting the team’s work at the management table
Team members – staff with an interest or passion for this piece of our work
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12. Project Meetings
We would structure the duration of the committee based on the need to implement that piece in sequence to the others, the scope of the project and the team’s capacity.
Meetings would be relatively short in duration, at specified times so that team members could plan ahead & would not be diverted too often or too long from their day to day work.
Once the project team’s outcomes have been achieved, they would stop – could be as few as two or three meetings over a two month period or continue on for several months depending on the scope of the project.
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13. Schedule
Teams will need to do a schedule & keep other teams up to speed on their progress:
Fact finding
Training
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
July
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Implementation
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14. Sample Progress Table Just thinkin’ Team Formed Start Done/ Ongoing
Some work done
Team Formed
Train the Trainers
Training Done
Start
Done/ Ongoing
OnLAC
PRIDE
Court QA
SIS
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15. Next Steps Think about what areas you want to move ahead
We will establish interim champions & leads soon to start organizing
Our agency planning day may be the time to establish our teams
Ask if you want some background information on any specific area
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