She said workers decided to rally to address the workload facing child protection workers.
In Sudbury, there are about 200 front-line workers dealing with 20 to 30 families each.
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Rutherford said having such an exhausting caseload means workers can't always give families the attention they need, which is a problem.
“It's trying to do quantitative work in a qualitative environment,” she said.
Due to the different complexities of each case, Rutherford said there isn't an “ideal” number of cases each worker should have, but less than 20 would be a good place to start.
Reducing workers' caseloads would be a step in the right direction to deal with the “crisis” currently facing CAS workers.
Rutherford said the goal of the demonstration was to encourage government involvement in redistributing workloads.
“We don't have all the answers,” Rutherford said. “But we do have suggestions we want to consult with the ministry about.”
At the end of the day, Rutherford said the organization simply wants to “put children first,” and have the time and resources to do so.
