Nova Scotia Community Services Doesn't Know How Many Caseloads it Covers

Anecdotal evidence suggests that the Nova Scotia's Department of Community Services Has Good Reason not to Track its Activities Too Closely

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According to the May 17th, 2024 CBC News post, “Community Services doesn't know how many cases its social workers are juggling,” officials with the Nova Scotia Department of Community Services do not have an accurate picture of the caseloads carried by social workers in Nova Scotia.

The problem extends to other areas where provincial social workers workers operate and there are consequences to the lack of oversite, at least according to the May 7th, 2024 CBC News post, “Weak oversight of N.S. youth homes increases risk of improper child care: auditor.”

Someone who agrees with this assessment is Halifax based Chris Taylor. a single parent who’s wife died tragically and accidentally in 2020.

Taylor’s two young children were removed from the family home by NS government authorized caseworkers after his wife’s passing for reasons which no doubt might seem sensible to government bure…