Episode 1 of 7: SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS TO B.C.'S CHILD
PROTECTION
Ron Unruh's
Preface: For the next several days I am presenting a series of posts under this
broad title of Improvements for BC Child Protection. The content derives from a
ten-page document prepared by Ray Ferris for members of the B.C. legislative
assembly. The segments for this blog are prepared with his permission. Ray has
written many articles on this blog for the past decade. Ray Ferris retired after a career that
included significant years with the MCFD. He has written a book entitled 'The
Art of Child Protection.' You can order Mr. Ferris' book entitled 'the Art of
Child Protection' by contacting the author directly at rtferris@telus.net.
Written by Ray Ferris.
CURRENT
PROBLEMS WITH B.C. CHILD PROTECTION
In
assessing problems within British Columbia's Children Protection it is helpful
to note the conclusion at which The Seebohm Commission in Britain arrived in
the 1960s, that there were many problems of a non-administrative nature in the
British social services and that they could not be solved by administrative
changes. There have been many serious problems in the child protection services
of British Columbia, but the repeated attempts at solving them have exclusively
been through administrative and legal devices, all of which have failed. Indeed
it could be argued that they have sometimes made the situation worse.
