Ministry of Children and Family Development:

Update on Policy for Residential Care Contractors Assessing and

Approving Caregivers June 2015

Contractors providing residential care for children and youth

Policy Updates

• Policy came into force December 1, 2014.• Future amendments:

o Assessment process applies to individual caregivers hired to care for children in their own home AND caregivers in staffed residential resources (rotating workers).

o Caregivers cannot look after children (in a family home OR in a staffed residential resource) until they have been assessed and approved.

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Policy Updates

• Future amendments cont’d: o Added a definition of residence (location where

child resides, family home OR a staffed children’s residential resource).

o Assessment Topics – application to staffed residential resources and documentation requirements.

o Criminal record check requirements apply to everyone living in the child’s prospective residence or with significant and unsupervised time with the child.

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Policy Updates

• Future amendments cont’d: o Clarified language re: contract of employment

with caregiver.o Revised information related to fingerprinting

timelines and requirements.• Timeline for implementation of policy updates: – Fall 2015 (anticipated)

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Updates on Criminal Record Checks

• MCFD is in the process of negotiating changes to the criminal record check process that applies to residential care contractors.

• Updated process would provide a more streamlined process, that would be more timely and less costly for contractors.

• Timeline: – Finalized process: 2016/17 (requires potential

amendments to legislation and negotiations with RCMP)

– Interim Process: Fall 2015 (anticipated)5

Questions ?

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