Tag: Department of Children and Family Services

CIG fills top vacancy at family services

CIG fills top vacancy at family services

| 10/08/2016 | 69 Comments

(CNS): A former director with the St Lucia government has been appointed as Cayman’s new director of Children and Family Services following an open recruitment drive, officials revealed Wednesday. Felicia Robinson, originally from Barbados, is a long-term resident of Cayman who has worked in the social work sector for over 20 years in 22 jurisdictions. […]

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FOI boss orders fee review on records search

FOI boss orders fee review on records search

| 21/04/2016 | 6 Comments

(CNS): In his latest hearing decision, the information commissioner has found that while there are instances when a public authority can charge a freedom of information applicant a fee to search for records, it must be reasonable. Following a hearing over a fee of more than $500 that was charged to recover deleted emails by […]

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Data, policies and laws missing on poverty

Data, policies and laws missing on poverty

| 09/07/2015 | 19 Comments

(CNS): No research analysis or information gathering on who and how many people in the Cayman Islands are living in poverty or at risk of falling into it has been conducted since well before the 2009 economic crisis hit. Government does not have any defined policies or goals about how its social assistance programmes should […]

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Another top job opens in civil service

Another top job opens in civil service

| 30/06/2015 | 12 Comments

(CNS): As succession planning remains a key issue in the civil service, the retirement of a top public sector boss in September will open up yet another critical leadership post in government. Jen Dixon, the director of the Department of Children and Family Services, will be retiring on 1 September and officials have not revealed […]

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Mould behind closure of family services office

Mould behind closure of family services office

| 23/03/2015 | 5 Comments

(CNS): Government officials have now revealed that concerns about mould in the building that houses the West Bay office of the Department of Children and Family Services is the reason why the office has been closed. With the welfare of the staff and clients at risk, the department said the building was scheduled to be […]

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West Bay family service office closed

West Bay family service office closed

| 20/03/2015 | 7 Comments

(CNS): Customers of the Department of Children and Family Services in West Bay will now need to travel to George Town to meet with social workers and support staff as the local office has closed. Government officials released a notice Thursday stating: “Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Department of Children and Family Services […]

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