Child Protection Services
Family and Children’s Services of Brockville and the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville is your local Children’s Aid Society. Under the Child and Family Services Act, we are mandated by law to provide the following services:
- to investigate all reports or evidence of the possible abuse or neglect of children
- to ensure the safety of children who are in need of protection
- to provide care for those children who are unable to remain in their own homes due to child protection concerns
- to supervise the children under our care
- to provide adoption services
- to provide guidance, counseling and other services to families for protecting children or for the prevention of circumstances requiring the protection of children.
Raising children is not easy. Even in the best of circumstances it's a job that takes a lot of time, energy and patience. It's even harder when you also have to cope with serious problems like poverty, unemployment, inadequate housing, ill health, relationship breakdown, or the challenge of caring for children with physical, emotional or developmental difficulties.
Families in these circumstances come under a lot of stress. This can harm family relationships, and distressed parents may abuse or neglect their children.
Child protection is our ultimate responsibility. Therefore we must intervene in any situation where a child under 16 has been, or is threatened with, physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse, or neglect.
Because children are almost always better off growing up in their own homes, we try to keep families together whenever we can. Most of the families we work with receive help through counseling and various support services to create safe homes for their children. If that fails, we may seek a court order to supervise children in their own homes, or place them in an alternate home.
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Brockville: 613-498-2100 Kemptville: 613-258-1460 Toll Free: 1-800-481-7834