COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION Circling Star – Recommendation 6 Recommendation Summary:

DETAILS: • That the Department of Families work with the four CFS authorities to clearly define training content, timelines, and requirement for CFS workers and supervisors per s.1.3.1 of the minimum standards manual. [...] 2020 • In a meeting of the Standing Committee (comprised of CEOs of Authorities and the Director of Child and Family Services) in September 2020, the Department of Families indicated that training gaps were identified in abuse investigations training, standards, regulations, legislation and funding, clinical supervision, and others. [...] The Department of Families made two commitments: o To formally follow up with the four Authorities on the provision of standards training that is culturally safe and appropriate related to CFS Minimum Standards for supervisors and workers and formally ask for more detailed reporting data from the Authority partners. [...] • The legal responsibilities of the Minister, Director, and Authorities have been ongoing since 2003 but information provided by the Department of Families and the Authorities indicates that there is a lack of engagement with their legislated roles to ensure that standards are met in relation to staff training, specifically evidenced by the lack of data collection on staff who have completed CFS M. [...] The continued impact of changes in the child and family services system requires the recognition that training content, along with standards, will need to be updated regularly, culminating in the completion of Phase 3 of Standards Modernization as detailed in the response to Angel’s Story recommendation 4.