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Dec 23, 15 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Life, Local News • Mary Beth Corcoran • No Comments
For youth and their families, Chatham-Kent Children’s Services (CKCS) is expanding its mental health services to include a new walk-in counselling clinic, Door of Hope. At the grand opening of the new clinic Dec. 15 at the CKCS offices in Chatham,...
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Mar 6, 14 •
600 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Chatham Voice • No Comments
Chatham-Kent police say only two of the 14 Lev Tahor children ordered to be put into the care of Chatham-Kent Children’s Services (CKCS) are still in the country. The police service is assisting CKCS in regards to the apprehension order issued today. That...
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Dec 17, 13 •
369 Views • Local News • Third Party • No Comments
By Allan Woods and Tim Alamenciak, The Toronto Star Ontario child welfare authorities have taken two children into protective custody from the reclusive Jewish group Lev Tahor. A lawyer for the group confirmed that officials with the Chatham-Kent...
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Oct 10, 13 •
1055 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Mary Beth Corcoran • No Comments
The outgoing Chatham-Kent Children’s Services CEO is leaving with a retiring allowance paid to him while the province had restraint measures in place freezing management salaries. According to a memo widely distributed to CKCS staff on March 24, 2012, CEO...
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Oct 7, 13 •
791 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Bruce Corcoran • No Comments
Stephen Doig, current associate director at Family and Children’s Services of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, has been appointed interim chief executive officer at Chatham-Kent Children’s Services (CKCS). His secondment will begin on October 15, 2013....
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Oct 7, 13 •
821 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Mary Beth Corcoran • No Comments
The Chatham-Kent Children’s Services is working on a list of provincial directives that will bring them in compliance with their funding agreement and provincial legislation. After a review of the operation of the CKCS this spring, the Ministry of Children...
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Sep 12, 13 •
828 Views • Feature Story, Viewpoint • Jim Blake • 3 Comments
Last week’s story about the pay increase of Chatham-Kent Children’s Services CEO at a time when the agency is laying off staff and cutting some wages raised a few questions about the manner in which children’s aid societies are operated in Ontario....
