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Author: Ashley Joannou
Publication Date: February 7, 2025 - 15:51
B.C.’s child welfare workers ‘in crisis,’ fix could take decade, advocate says
February 7, 2025
Chronic understaffing, and the excessive workload and burnout that comes with it, has the people in charge of protecting British Columbia’s most vulnerable children in a state of crisis, the province’s representative for children and youth says.Jennifer Charlesworth’s report says it is the latest in decades of studies laying out how little has changed for people working in the child welfare system.
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