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transitional matters re: enactment of the child and family services statute law amendment act, 2006 : o. reg. 494/06: complaints to a society and reviews by the child and family services review board : o. reg. 87/06: exemption: licensing, locking-up and secure isolation : o. reg. 58/04
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Child and Family Services Act. R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER C.11....
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- (1) The paramount purpose of this Act is to promote the best interests, protection and well-being of children.
- (1) In this Act,
- Every child and young person receiving services under this Act has the following rights
- No service provider or foster parent shall inflict corporal punishment on a child or young person or permit corporal punishment to be inflicted on a child or young person in the course of the provision of a service to the child or young person.
Purpose and paramount consideration. 2 (1) The purpose of this Act is to protect children from harm, pro-mote the integrity of the family and assure the best interests of children. (2) In all proceedings and matters pursuant to this Act, the para-mount consideration is the best interests of the child. 1990, c. 5, s. 2.
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- Right to Voice My Opinion and Talk About Situations That Affect Me
- Right Not to Be Physically Punished
- Rights About When I Can Be Placed in A Locked Room Or Facility
- Rights About When I Can Be Physically Restrained
- Rights About When Restraints Can Be Used to Limit My Movement
- Rights About How My Personal Information Is Collected, Used Or Shared
- Rights About Accessing My Personal Information
- Rights About Correcting My Personal Information
Because I am a child, youth or young person receiving a service covered by the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017, I have rights that must be respected. I have the right to have my rights explained to me in words that I can understand. I have the right to: 1. take part in decisions that service providers make about my life 2. talk freely an...
I have my own feelings, thoughts and opinions about things or situations that affect me. I have the right to talk freely and safely about these feelings, thoughts and opinions. Read the law about section 3 of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act.
A service provider or foster parent can never punish me by hurting me. A service provider or foster parent cannot allow anyone else to punish me by hurting me. A foster parent is an adult who provides care for a child but is not the child’s parent. Read the law about section 4 of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act.
No service provider or foster parent can detain me in a locked place where I can’t get out, unless: 1. I am in a secure treatment program 2. I am a young person living in a secure youth justice facility 3. I am receiving services in a place where a special locked room has been approved These are the only situations when a service provider or foster...
No service provider or foster parent can: 1. use their strength to stop me from moving, except in very specific situations 2. allow anyone else to use their strength to stop me from moving 3. use their strength to stop me from moving as a form of punishment There are laws that describe how and when a service provider or foster parent can use their ...
Mechanical restraints can never be used on me as a form of punishment or because it is convenient for my service provider to use them. Mechanical restraints can only be used if: 1. I am in a secure treatment program 2. I am a young person living in a secure custody or secure temporary detention youth justice facility, including during transportatio...
The service provider must ask for my permission before collecting, using or sharing my personal information, unless collecting, using or sharing my personal information without my permission is permitted or required by law (for example, if my personal information is needed to keep myself and others safe), or if there is a substitute decision-maker ...
If I want to see the personal information my service provider has about me, I can speak to my service provider and make a written request to access the information. My service provider might ask me to fill out a form or send an email. I can ask for my whole record or for specific information. In limited situations, my service provider may refuse a ...
If there’s a mistake, something I don’t agree with, or missing information in my file, I can tell my service provider what is wrong, and what I think it should be changed to. I should submit this request in writing. My service provider might ask me to fill out a form or send an email. My service provider must answer my written request within 30 cal...
The Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017 (herein referred to as the CYFSA or “the Act”) has a primary aim of promoting the best interests, protection, and well-being of children in Ontario. The CYFSA governs many of the child, youth and family services that the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (the ministry) delivers.
The Child, Youth and Family Services Act (CYFSA or the act) and its regulations govern services that are funded, licensed or provided under the authority of the act. It supports more accountable, responsive and accessible child, youth and family services. Most of the act came into force on April 30, 2018.
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The Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017 (CYFSA) recognizes that each of us has a responsibility for the well-being of children and youth and its purpose is to promote the best interests, protection, and well-being of children and youth. This provincial law gives Children’s Aid Societies the responsibility to investigate concerns about ...
