Random Selection from Your Comments: Scores of people have added personal comments to blog posts over the past weeks. Here are a few from recent days.
"This was not just about a protection hearing, Doug Christie put the ministry on trial and exposed its shoddy tactics and blundering incompetence for the world to see in an open court.
September 21st, 2010 has been set for Finn Jensen to sum up the case for the MCFD. All day.
Doug Christie made a succinct, articulate and convincing summation in one hour. Finn Jensen's insistence of having a full day for his summation shows his or MCFD's desperation.
The similarities between the Bayne case and ours in Ontario is amazing and on Sept 21, 2009 ours concluded with the return of our children.
Fighting for parental rights must become fashionable because of mismanagement of child protective services.
My experience is that "services" provided by MCFD are used to acquire more evidence that can be used against the parents to deprive them of parental rights.
It is crucial that we recognize child protection corruption to put a stop to more children and families being victims of an awful tyranny.
We must return to very simple laws dedicated to helping children truly in need or travesties of Justice will continue in the name of Child Protection.
I have seen children removed because parents rent a flea infested condo, or children went to school appearing sad or have a rash, or parents disagree with positions of a SW.
As long as a group of people are given such enormous God-like power - that is, the power to take a child from his parents with virtually no accountability, then there will be wrongful removals.
Help children who need help, i.e. if there are actual signs of abuse, do an investigation, then charge the perpetrator criminally.
Don't permit social workers to yank kids away from their family on the basis of some bogus subjective "neglect" accusation.
To revoke sweeping child removal authority does not compromise child protection but rather directs such a measure to truly vulnerable children.
Many Canadians, children included, have good reasons not to trust government, largely because of the government's damaging role in their lives.
Integral to the job of investigative social workers is use of surveillance and inquiry.
Some MCFD employees who read the blog must be dismayed by the Bayne case and we would benefit to hear from them, even if anonymously."
There is no complaint resolution in the above list. There does exist an internal complaints process for MCFD that can produce results.
ReplyDeleteThe complexity, internal nature and undo time consumed is another problem that parents may have trouble trusting and the patience for.
I am aware of eight levels of hierarchy within MCFD. Each delegates it to the next person down the line to deal with.
1. SW > (good luck) Social worker
2. TL > SW Team Leader
3. CSM > TL Community Service Manager
4. EDP > DPI/CSM Executive Director of Practice
5. DIP > CSM Director of Integrated Practice
6. RED > EDP > CSM Regional Executive Director (5 regions)
7. ADM > CSM Assistant Deputy Minister
8. Minister Lesley du Toit > ADM
Oversight would require a path of escalation that to an external body (not just the college of social workers, for example).
Externally some I can think of are:
College of social Workers
College of Psychologists (PCA's)
College of Physicians (Abuse teams)
Ombudsman
Human Rights commission
Representative for Children and Youth
A Judicial Inquiry
Coroner
Public Guardian and Trustee
Legal appeals to BCSC and COA
A document that lists some interesting sources of agencies involved in oversight is located at:
http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/pubdocs/bcdocs2010/464386/2009.pdf
Going to the media is another route, as well as utilizing the internet personally.
RCY is the biggest requestor of information, thus must be viewed as the single largest oversight agency. I don't know how a complaint from a parent would be processed through RCY except through a child.
Google "external oversight for ministry of children and family development"
There is no complaint process. You can not complain under all the conditions that would mean you are involved with MCFD. Only a person who is not a parent and not directly involved can complain. I will be going to my MCFD place today as I am involved and I will get the brochure on complaints and write down the info here. It is not possible to complain it is just a ruse. I tried to complain before and it damaged my file and led to my kids being taken. Don't even think there is a valid complaint process!!!
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