Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the reason I ask is when you talk to a lot of the social workers, there is a lot of stress associated with that job. I know that there is a lot of turnover because of the changes we have made and also the reporting systems that are there. I am just wondering if there have been any attempts or plans to allow for more training, or allow for more time off, or give them leisure time so they are able to be more productive in their jobs.
What we are seeing is that without having a full core staff in these communities, one or two people are taking on the whole load where there should be three people. I think that is where we have to do more.
We have lost, especially in my region, a lot of senior employees within social services who had been there for several years, who left for personal reasons, had moved on, or retired from that field because of the increased workload from what they were previously used to, to what they are getting today.
I would like to ask the Minister what exactly is being done to assist the social workers to try to find ways to offset that workload and also to try to find new recruitments to fill in whenever possible so they can have stress leave or what not rather than having to burn themselves out?