What is START? START is about our clients and their families.
It is about:
· Looking beyond the behaviours and finding the reasons for the behaviour, then coming together to create a plan and support the client in working through that plan.
· Agencies working more effectively, together in a positive way. · Building trust between agencies and clients. · Looking at the client, the accused, the student from a different perspective and having them see more than the social worker who took their kids away, the cop who arrested them or the principal who kicked them out of school. |
It is not about:
· Taking over any agency’s
mandate · Cutting people a break or avoiding responsibility. Instead, it’s about accountability for all involved, in a respectful way. |