What's New
Sectors make pre-budget submissions
February 10, 2010 OPSEU’s Child Treatment and
Children’s Aid Sectors have made submissions to the Ministry of Finance
ahead of the Ontario budget.
Click here to
read the Children's Aid Sector's submission
Click here to
read the Child Treatment Sector's submission.
Union-management ‘Blue Ribbon’ day warns of crisis in children’s
services
November 17, 2009 In advance of National Child
Day this Friday, union and management at children’s aid societies and
children’s mental health agencies warn that vulnerable
children are at risk due to provincial government indifference.
more...
 On
November 20 wear a blue ribbon
Why? Because on Nov. 20, 1989, the United Nations adopted
the Convention on the Rights of the Child
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Emergency Roundtable
October 26, 2009 Sector leaders from Children’s Aid
Societies and Child Treatment met on October 21 to strategize around the
funding crisis in children and youth services
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Ontario celebrates community based social service workers
November 6 has been designated as a day to celebrate the
people who provide the
 social
services we need to make our communities strong. These dedicated workers
include the people who work in child treatment, developmental services,
child care, children’s aid societies, supportive housing and many other
community based agencies.
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Community Service Divisional Council - Workplace Violence Workshops
Register today for Round II of Workplace
Violence workshops this autumn CSDC Workplace Violence workshops taking place
in the Fall of 2009. . Priority to
those locals which did not send representatives to Round I last year
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Bargaining poll to begin soon
July 31, 2009 DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES OPSEU, in conjunction with Viewpoints Research, will begin a poll of members in Developmental Services for the upcoming round of bargaining.
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Stop Bullying! Think Pink!
February 25, 2009 Today is National Pink Shirt Day, a
day to demonstrate against bullying in schools, workplaces, the Internet and
homes more...
Sectors make pre-budget submissions
February 9, 2009 OPSEU’s Child Treatment and
Children’s Aid Sectors have made submissions to the Ministry of Finance
ahead of the Ontario budget.
Child Treatment Sector
(Sector 15)
Children’s Aid Societies (Sector 4)
Ontario celebrates Social Services Worker Appreciation Day
34 municipality across Ontario passed motions officially
declaring Nov. 6, 2008 Social Serivces Worker Appreciation Day.
Ajax
Atikokan
Aurora
Barrie
Belleville
Bonfield
Bradford West Gwillimbury
Clarington
Cochrane
Cornwall
East Gwillimbury
Elliot Lake
Emo
Hearst
Loyalist
Markham
Midland
Milton
McMurrick/Monteith
Newmarket
North Dundas
North Bay
Ottawa
Parry Sound
Port Hope
Quinte West
Sault Ste. Marie
Scugog
Sioux Lookout
Stratford
Thunder Bay
Timmins
Wasaga Beach
Whitchurch-Stouffville
October 15, 2008 Ontario Federation of
Labour calls on Mayors and Reeves to officially recognize Nov. 6 as
Community Social Service Worker Appreciation Day
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Campaign to end workplace violence
February 12, 2008: OPSEU President
Warren (Smokey) Thomas and Community Services Divisional Chair Deborah Gordon
update members on campaign activities, including a phone poll of members
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January 22, 2008 Council launches campaign to end workplace violence
OPSEU President
Smokey Thomas and Deborah Gordon, chair of the Community Services Divisional
Council, have written to members to raise awareness of the campaign.
more...
The Community Services Division
The
Community Services Division represents more than 11,500 members in
Developmental Services,
Children's Aid Societies, Children and Family Services, Child Care,
Community Agencies, Corrections
, and Child Treatment Centres.
Our members provide services in diverse
settings such as: day treatment programs, group homes, youth custody settings,
early years centres and child care centres, women’s shelters, client’s homes,
respite programs, court services, supervised access centres, community outreach
programs, and schools among other work environments. We work for various
agencies, including Children’s Aid Societies, Children’s Mental Health Centres,
Children’s Treatment Centres, Developmental Services Agencies, Women’s Shelters,
Daycares, Youth Corrections and more.
Our division was set up in June 2007 to give OPSEU members who
work in community-based social services and corrections a forum to discuss,
strategize and advocate on common issues.
The Council has been created to;
i) Improve the working conditions of Union members
in the Community Services divisions.
ii) Ensure that the Union and the Council are
recognized as an effective and respected advocate for members who work in
Community Services.
iii) Co-ordinate policy matters related to the
Community Services divisions so that Union and BPS positions, strategies and
campaign objectives are consistent between divisions and across the
province.
iv) Provide focus for resources assigned to Community
Services issues.
v) Participate with other organizations and groups
to promote and support the aims and purposes of the Council.
These common concerns include
ending violence in the workplace (“It’s not part
of the job!”), and other health and safety issues. Other issues we face together
include chronic underfunding, staffing shortages and overemphasis on paperwork;
precarious work; lack of training; policy concerns, and more. |
