Gathering Presentations

Bringing the Grandmother’s vision to life in our practice

Ktunaxa Nation | 2020 Aboriginal First Nation Signs of Safety Gathering

18 Dec 2020

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Presented by: Jackie Brown, Director of Practice; Julie Birdstone, Ktunaxa Intake Supervisor and Jennifer Schmidt, Lower Kootenay Supervisor.

This presentation highlights the journey Ktunaxa Kinbasket Child and Family Services has taken over the past 12 years, working to implement Signs of Safety throughout their agency. Director Jackie shares the most recent milestone of how the agency is taking on organisational alignment through the most recent updates on their case management tool. Julie shares her perspective of bringing the Ktunaxa Nation values to the forefront of the model development and how she has supported the work. Jennifer shares her perspective as a guardianship worker and current Supervisor around the significant changes in the KKCFS case management model to support the children in the case system, focusing on network building, cultural connections and the importance of all children understanding their story as part of the Truth and Reconciliation calls to action.