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Appendix 5: Residential Services Review Panel Consultations
August 20th, 2015 – January 25th, 2016
Overview
The Panel consulted with:
264 Youth
18 Secure Treatment E.D.’s, Managers & Supervisors
25 Mental Health Treatment Agencies Managers & Directors
169 Frontline Staff
47 Facilities & Centres E.D.’s, Managers & Directors
38 Secure Custody E.D.’s, Managers & Supervisors
9 Open Custody E.D.’s, Managers & Directors
56 Foster Parents, Parents & Family Members
26 Associations/ Organizations/ Representatives E.D.’s, Managers & Executive
82 CAS Agencies E.D.’s, Managers Directors & Staff
123 MCYS Staff & Licencing Specialists
8 Regional and Corporate Directors
Cities
Across 12 Cities in Ontario
Panel Consultations - Youth
| Tungasuvvingat Inuit, Ottawa | 4 youth |
| Peel Children’s Centre, Mississauga | 4 youth |
| Ottawa Youth Engagement | 23 youth |
| J.J. Kelso, Thunder Bay | 4 youth (Lunch & 1-1 conversation) |
| Kairos Community Resource Centre, Thunder Bay | 2 youth |
| Thunder Bay Youth Engagement | 16 youth |
| LGBTQ2S Youth Engagement Toronto | 4 youth |
| Syl Apps, Oakville | 5 youth (1 Treatment / 4 Secure Custody) |
| Roy McMurtry Centre, Brampton | 7 youth |
| Child & Parent Resource Institute (CPRI), London | 8 youth |
| Genest Secure Facility, London | 1 youth |
| London Youth Engagement | 22 youth |
| Sudbury Youth Engagement | 29 youth |
| Toronto Youth Engagement | 37 youth |
| Sundance (St. Lawrence Youth Association), Kingston | 2 youth |
| Kingston Youth Engagement | 10 youth |
| Youth Amplifiers (PACY) | 11 youth amplifiers (two consultations) |
| YouthCan Consultation (OACAS) | 8 youth |
| PACY Round Table (Bayfield) | 45 youth |
| Murray McKinnon, Oshawa | 1 youth |
| Harold McNeil (SRR) Integration Centre, Oshawa | 2 youth |
| Enterphase, Oshawa | 6 youth |
| Child in Care by teleconference | 1 youth |
| Arrell Youth Centre (Banyan Community Services), Hamilton | 5 youth |
| New Mentality (CMHO) | 1 youth |
| The Village (Peel CAS) | 3 youth |
| Former Child in Care | 1 (Teleconference) |
Panel Consultations - Frontline Staff
| Tungasuvvingat Inuit – Youth in Transition Worker – Ottawa | 1 staff |
| Peel Children’s Centre, Mississauga | 8 staff |
| Ottawa/Cornwall Region CAS/OPR’s | 8 staff |
| Dilico Anishinabek Family Care – Thunder Bay | 6 staff |
| CAS Thunder Bay | 25 staff |
| Thunder Bay Children’s Centre | 1 staff |
| Syl Apps, Oakville | 4 CYW |
| Roy McMurtry Centre, Brampton | 12 YSO & YSM |
| Child & Parent Resource Institute (CPRI), London | 8 staff |
| London CAS | 7 staff |
| Genest Secure Facility, London | 4 (Youth Service Officers, Two Teachers) |
| Sudbury Group Home | 3 staff |
| Sudbury CAS & Kina Gbezhgomi Child & Family Services, Sudbury | 4 staff |
| Peel CAS | 11 staff |
| Sundance (St. Lawrence Youth Association), Kingston | 1 staff |
| Frontenac CAS, Kingston | 21 staff |
| Murray McKinnon & Harold McNeil (SRR), Oshawa | 5 staff |
| Durham CAS, Oshawa | 13 staff |
| Toronto CAS | 7 (Children Service Workers, Foster Care Resources Workers & Resource Support Worker) |
| Toronto Catholic Children’s Aid Society | 8 (Placement Worker, Residence Worker, Short Term Child in Care worker, Child in Care Workers) |
| Hatts Off, Hamilton | 11 staff |
| Peel CAS – 1 staff | Diversity Manager |
| Nurse Practitioner from Secure Custody | 1 Nurse Practitioner |
Panel Consultations - Facilities & Centres
| Ottawa Inuit Children’s Centre | 4 (ED, Coordinator, Recreation Coordinator, Coordinator of Youth Carving & Art Program) |
| Tungasuvvingat Inuit, Ottawa | 1 (Coordinator) |
| Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa | 5 (ED, 3 Directors & 1 Assistant Director) |
| Dilico Anishinabek Family Care, Thunder Bay | 4 (2 -Assistant Director, 2 Program Managers) |
| Child & Parent Resource Institute (CPRI), London | 3 (Managers) |
| Sudbury Group Home Operators | 5 (Owners/Operators) |
| Kerry’s Place, Brampton and Mississauga Community Living | 7 (Directors and Service Managers) |
| Hatts Off, Hamilton | 11 (ED, Supervisors & Directors) |
| Stewart Homes | 1 (Teleconference) |
| Pioneer Youth Services | 1 (Teleconference) |
| Enterphase | 1 (Teleconference) |
| Community Living Toronto | 1 (Teleconference) |
| Carpe Diem Residential Therapeutic Treatment Homes for Children | 1 (Teleconference) |
| Good Shepherd Centre | 1 (Teleconference) |
| Batshaw Youth and Family Centres | 1 (Teleconference) |
Panel Consultations - Mental Health Treatment Agencies
| Robert Smart Centre, Ottawa | 3 Rep (ED/Service Mgr & Coordinators) |
| Peel Children’s Centre | 4 (Manager, 2 Supervisors & 1 Clinical Director) |
| Thunder Bay Children’s Centre | 3 (ED and 2 Program Managers) |
| Syl Apps, Oakville | 15 (Directors, Coordinators, Managers, Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Clinical Director, Nurse, Recreation Therapist, Guidance & VP Program Services) |
Panel Consultations - Open Custody
| Kairos Community Resource Centre, Thunder Bay | 1 (Manager) |
| Northern Youth Services, Sudbury | 4 (ED & Management Staff) |
| Murray McKinnon & Harold McNeil, Oshawa | 4 (ED & Directors & Supervisor of Harold McNeil) |
Panel Consultations - Secure Custody
| J.J. Kelso, Thunder Bay | 2 (ED & Manager) |
| Syl Apps, Oakville | 15 (Directors, Coordinators, Managers, Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Clinical Director, Nurse, Recreation Therapist, Guidance & VP Program Services) |
| Roy McMurtry Youth Centre | 13 (YCA, DYCA, Managers, Coordinators, Nurse, Psychometerist, Social Worker, Chaplain) |
| Genest Secure Facility | 2 (Director & Assistant Director) |
| Sundance (St. Lawrence Youth Association), Kingston | 3 (Management) |
| Brookside Youth Centre | 1 (Teleconference) |
| Arrell Youth Centre (Banyan Community Services) | 2 (Program Director and CEO Banyan) |
Panel Consultations - Secure Treatment
| Robert Smart Centre | 3 (ED/Service Manager & Coordinator) |
| Syl Apps, Oakville | 15 (Directors, Coordinators, Managers, Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Clinical Director, Nurse, Recreation Therapist, Guidance & VP Program Services) |
Panel Consultations - Children’s Aid Societies
| CAS Ottawa | 3 (ED, Service Director & Manager of Services) |
| Family & Children’s Services of Renfrew County | 1 (Director of Services) |
| CAS Thunder Bay | 10 (Managers) |
| CAS London | 10 Staff (3 Service Directors, 7 Supervisors: Native Services, Resources, Recruitment, Kinship, Placement and Ongoing Services, Service Director of Resource & Permanency) |
| Sudbury CAS & Kina Gbezhgomi Child & Family Services, Sudbury | 8 (Managers) |
| Peel CAS | 4 (ED and 3 Managers) |
| Frontenac CAS, Kingston | 7 (Managers) |
| Durham CAS, Oshawa | 12 (ED, Directors, Supervisors: Family Care program, Kinship, Foster, Placement, Quality Assurance) |
| Toronto CAS | 8 (Directors and Managers) |
| Toronto Catholic Children’s Aid Society | 9 (Managers & Supervisors) |
CAS – Consultations by Phone
| Toronto Catholic Children’s Aid Society | 1 staff |
| Grey Bruce Children’s Aid Society | 1 staff |
| Waterloo Children’s Aid Society | 2 staff |
| Muskoka/Simcoe Children’s Aid Society | 1 staff |
| Windsor/Essex Children’s Aid Society | 2 staff |
| Hamilton Children’s Aid Society | 1 staff |
| Prescott (Vailor) | 4 staff |
| York Region Children’s Aid Society | 1 staff |
Panel Consultations - Associations/Organizations
| Ontario Association of Residences Treating Youth (OARTY) – | 2 Meetings9 (August – 4 members and October – 5 members) |
| Centre of Excellence for Children and Youth Mental Health (OCE) | 1 (Executive Director) |
| Ontario Residential Care Association (ORCA) | 3 (1 by teleconference) |
| Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies (OACAS) | 5 (E.D., Analysts & Specialists) |
| Provincial Advocate (PACY) | 1 Group Consultation with Advocate, Youth & PACY Staff |
| Association of Native Agencies (ANO) | 4 Executive Directors of 4 agencies |
| LGBTQ2S Advisory Group – Group Consultation/Meeting | 1 Group Consultation with LGBTQ2S Youth & Agency Staff |
| CMHO/Kinark Forum – Toronto | Conference and Meeting with CMHO/Kinark Staff |
| Kinark | 4 Management |
| Ministry of Education | 1 Staff |
| Ministry of Health & Long Term Care | 3 Staff |
| Youth Justice Ministry Representatives | 1 meeting with YJ Staff |
| Children’s Mental Health Ontario (CMHO) | 4 (CMHO CEO, Kinark CEO, Windsor Hospital VP, Turning Point ED) |
| ANCFSAO | 5 (ED’s from 5 agencies) |
| Métis Nation of Ontario | 2 Staff |
| Ontario Native Women’s Association | 1 Staff |
| Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres | 1 Staff |
| Ontario Association of Child & Youth Care | 3 (President & Board Members) |
| Youth Justice Ontario | 1 member |
| OACAS | 1 (OACAS Project Manager of “One Vision, One Voice”) |
| African Canadian Legal Clinic | 2 Staff (Policy & Research Lawyer) |
| Alberta Child & Youth Service | 1 Staff |
| University of Toronto | 1 Staff |
| Ontario Ministry of Training Colleges & Universities (TCU) | 3 Staff |
| Health Quality Ontario (HQO) | 1 (Director of Policy & Strategy) |
| Covenant House Toronto | 1 (Executive Director) |
Panel Consultations - Foster Parents/Parents/Family
| Ottawa CAS hosted | 14 |
| Child & Parent Resource Institute (CPRI), London | 10 (9 Family & Parents & 1 CYW Worker/Advocate) |
| London CAS hosted | 5 Foster parents |
| Kingston CAS hosted | 12 Foster Parents |
| Foster Parents Association of Ontario | 3 Members/Foster Parents |
| Hatts Off | 8 Foster Parents |
| Foster Parents | 2 (Teleconference) |
| Adoptive Parent | 1 (Teleconference) |
| Family Member | 1 (Teleconference) |
Panel Consultations - Regional and Corporate Directors
| Regional and Corporate Directors | 8 |
Panel Consultations - MCYS & Licencing Specialists
| Licencing Specialists | 67 specialists |
| Program Supervisors | 29 (28 in person and 1 Teleconference) |
| Field Worker Application for Licencing | 3 staff |
| MCYS Staff | 2 staff |
| Crown Review Unit | 1 staff |
| CPIN Training | 2 staff |
| Centralized Access to Residential Services - C.A.R.S | 2 staff |
| Ministry of Education Early Learning Division | 1 staff |
| SOR Tool Demo | 1 staff |
| MCYS Corporate | 4 staff – Licencing |
| Central Region | 1 staff |
| Toronto Region | 1 staff |
| North Region | 1 staff |
| MCYS & MCSS North Region | 2 staff |
| East Region | 2 staff |
| Ministry of Community & Social Services | 2 staff |
| MCYS | 1 staff |
| ADMS | 4 ADMs |