PROJECT BLACK FEATHER – What’s in the name?
It means many things to many people; many cultures believe if you find a black feather it can motivate reflection for transition and change. The black feather is considered a symbol and reminder to be open to shifting your perspective, adapting to new experiences, and welcoming the wisdom and truth of others.
PROJECT BLACK FEATHER’S ROLE:
PROJECT BLACK FEATHER’S (PBF) role is to focus on responding to our communities worries that a child or youth is disengaging their catchment school and local community supports becoming vulnerable to unhealthy influences and/or habits. Project Black Feather intends to better understand the child or youth circumstances, and intervene. All interventions will be intended to develop better relationships with their catchment schools and local service providers.
PROJECT BLACK FEATHER INTAKE PROCESS
Identify and Report concerns** that a student enrolled within the Langley School District is vulnerable because of unhealthy disengagement or potential exploitation (e.g. chronic absenteeism, disengagement from school, concerning socialization or influencers and/or other worries) and complete the Project Black Feather on-line Intake Form below.
**If concerned a child or youth is in immediate risk or danger call 911 and/or if child protection related, please use appropriate Child Abuse/Protection Reporting guidelines (reporting verbally directly to MCFD at 1-800-663-9122 or if aboriginal ancestry, FVACFSS at 1-866-851-4619).
PBF Team member will place student on “wait list” roster and reach out to the person reporting the concern and conduct an interview to help determine the nature of concerns and level of risk.
PBF Team will notify those concerned around roster placement, either:
- Intensive Roster (direct interventions from program Interventionists) or
- Transition Roster (help in accessing services from PBF Team and community partners) or
- Will remain on Wait-list/Base Roster (to continue to collect information, longitudinally monitor, but no direct services)
Any family member/s directly connected to the student may also be supported and offered relevant related services.
Caseload Process/Guidelines
- Review of all information collected by Project Black Feather Clinician and shared with Intake Team (PBF Administration, PBF Members and Project Resiliency). Collaboration with guardians, community agencies and catchment school emphasized.
- Priority and roster placement based on Social Exploitation Assessment Tool (and other family/community partner reported vulnerabilities) and immediate High Risk priority.