Balancing Care and Compliance: Understanding Reporting Laws Around Parental Substance Use
What People Say:
As a social worker in child services in Ontario who often goes into homes due to parental addiction, I learned practical ways I can engage with young people during an intervention that can support them and their parents. It was eye opening and helpful.
Ontario Social Workerer, 2022 NACY Conference
In this 2.5 hour training, participants will increase their understanding of provincial mandated reporting requirements related to parental substance use, develop strategies to balance legal obligations with trauma-informed, family-centered care, and utilize ethical decision making tools and strategies to maintain or increase help-seeking behaviour with young people and their families.
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Identify current Alberta policies that affect how frontline staff can engage with families where substance use exists
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Understand the historical context of policies and practices that can impact present day policies
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Better understand the needs of families and how to prevent harm within the context of current policies and practices
Meet Our Trainers
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Agnes Chen
Executive Director, Founder
Maya Eboigbodin
Starlings Knowledge Equity Lead
Tacia Tsimaras
Director of Community Engagement
Cassandra Banford
Children's Rights Lead