BC children and youth review

As per my Terms of Reference, this report includes recommendations to improve: • Monitoring and publicly reporting of the government’s performance in protecting and providing services for children and youth in British Columbia, • Advocacy for children and youth, • The system for the review of child deaths, including how the reviews are internally addressed, and • The public reporting of child deat [...] From the appointment of BC’s first Superintendent of Neglected Children in 1919, the scope and delivery of child welfare services have evolved to meet changing conditions and to reflect a general growing awareness of child abuse and neglect and of the rights of children and families. [...] The new government’s Core Services Review in the summer of 2001 looked at the range of agencies involved in the child welfare system including the Children’s Commission, the Child and Youth Advocate, the Coroners Service, the Ombudsman, and the Public Guardian and Trustee. [...] As part of this examination, I was asked to consider any related matters that I see fit but in particular the roles and responsibilities of: ■ the Ministry of Children and Family Development, ■ the Child and Youth Officer, ■ the Chief Coroner, ■ the Ombudsman, ■ the Public Guardian and Trustee, and ■ any other agencies that may be involved. [...] The Representative will build on the strengths of the current Child and Youth Officer and the earlier Children’s Commission and Child and Youth Advocate and will embody the most valuable aspects of each of them.