Another concern I raised was allowing them some human resource support staff. There are people there that are either working part-time who are usually at a secretary-receptionist position. For them to have good staff by having someone there for just a half-day position, the turnover is pretty high when people can get full employment and not just part-time employment.

That is something this government should look at to ensure that when we do have these positions, we should try to ensure that they are full positions and not just part-time and that they are there as more of a support service. I think that is what is going to be needed to take off this extra workload from the social workers. If anything, that is one area that can really help the social workers in our communities, to ensure that they do have other human resources around them that could take off that extra workload, especially on the reporting side and having to do all this documentation with regard to reports and that.

Is that something the department could possibly look at and see if there are revenues that could possibly go into that area to enhance that service, which is greatly needed in a lot of the communities?