Hiring Care is an audio drama inquiry created from one-on-one conversations with 10 child and youth care practitioners (CYCPs) “from care” (CYCPfC). Most of the script is verbatim, meaning the words spoken by the actors are (mostly) re-enactments of what CYCPfC said in the conversations. The conversations have been re-arranged and different CYCPfC have been put into relationships with each other, even though they never actually spoke with each other during the recorded conversations. Three of the characters (B, Ellisha, and Terri) are composites of two different people.
Hiring Care is constructed as a conversation between a group of seven CYCPs “from care” (CYCPfC) who are meeting to talk about creating a way to support agencies who want to hire practitioners with child welfare experience. This frame for the structure came out of an idea mentioned by one of the conversationalists (Charlotte), who said she and some of her colleagues “wanted to create a booklet about how to support someone with lived experience in care in your organization, who works for you”. Hiring Carehas seven different episodes, each one introduced by a different character and addressing different themes, although there are some overlaps between the different episodes.
While the script follows a chronological order, it is not necessary to listen to them in a particular order. You might find it more relevant to pick specific themes (identified with each episode) and listen to that particular conversation.
To learn more about the project, please visit www.TuningIntoCYC.org
The group finds common ground identifying the many ways they felt failed by their time in the child welfare system.
Themes/Key words: Child Protection Services, First Voice, Failures of the Care System
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Workplace Violence in CYC practice: A conversation with Vaughan Bowie
Using Art with Traumatized Children in the West Bank: A discussion on the Freedom Theatre
Youth Transitioning Out of Care in Jordan: A conversation with Rawan Ibrahim
Conversations With Youth From Care in Amman, Jordan
Working with Bedouin Youth in Israel: A conversation with Jamal Alkirnawi
Youth Participatory Action Research: A conversation with T & Dion, two youth researchers
The Self in Child and Youth Care, a conversation with Michael Burns
Using Comics to Change Behavior, a conversation with Sean Muir of The Healthy Aboriginal Network
Youth Leaving Care Hearings, a conversation with Rasheeda and Wendy
Play Therapy with Children and Adolescents, a conversation with Theresa Fraser
Attachment Theory and Practice, a discussion with Sally Doulis
Parents supporting parents, a conversation with Helen Jones
Learning to Liberate, a discussion with Dr. Vajra Watson
From service user to service provider. A conversation with Kai’enne Tymerik.
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