Children's Aid Society - Kawartha-Haliburton

A coalition of groups representing managers and employees of Children’s Aid Societies across Ontario is calling for the speedy implementation of recommendations from a recent safety survey that reveals troubling issues with workers encountering physically and emotionally unsafe circumstances on a regular basis. Mary Ballantyne, executive director of the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies,...

Making the issue of workload visible Your sector executive and bargaining council is urging all units to enforce workload articles in collective agreements and employer policies. The systemic problem of overwork in CAS workplaces is a management issue, not a problem of individual competency. Overwork impacts on our health and contributes to instability in child...

MacCharles named new MCYS minister; DivEx looks forward to first meeting Tracy MacCharles (Pickering – Scarborough East) was named this week as the new minister for the Ministry for Children and Youth Services, replacing Teresa Piruzza (Windsor West) who was the lone Liberal cabinet member defeated in the June 12 provincial election. MacCharles had served...