May Provincial Learning Event – ReAct Adult Protection Program

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You are invited to join this online webinar. BC CRN is pleased to welcome team members of the ReAct Adult Protection Program for our May Provincial Learning Event.

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) established ReAct to provide education, resources and a response program to ensure frontline care providers are aware of and understand their obligations to:

Recognize: Identify situations involving abuse, neglect and self-neglect of vulnerable adults

Report: suspected cases of abuse, neglect and self-neglect to a Designated Responder

Act: Investigate and respond to reported cases

VCH is a “designated agency” responsible for investigating situations of abuse, neglect and self-neglect of adults who are unable to seek support and assistance on their own due to restraint, physical handicap, illness, disease, injury or any other condition that affects decision-making ability.

The ReAct Adult Protection Program receives reports, provides consultation and coordinates responses to abused, neglected and self-neglected adults who cannot seek support and assistance on their own.

First Nations ReAct provides an understanding of the complex dynamic of abuse, neglect & self-neglect in First Nations communities.

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Speakers:

Jessica Busswood – Adult Protection Lead – DTES, ReAct Adult Protection Program, Vancouver Coast Health

Cayce Laviolette – Adult Protection Lead – Sunshine Coast, ReAct Adult Protection Program, Vancouver Coast Health

Cayce is a registered social worker and Adult Protection Clinical Lead for Sunshine Coast and qathet (Powell River) regions with Vancouver Costal Health. He received his MSW in 2013 and has been practicing in social services and mental health care for over 20 years, mostly with VCH since 2007. He sits on the Sunshine Coast Community Response Network, chaired by Vicki Dobbyn.

Cayce was Vice President and Treasurer of the BC Association of Social Workers for many years. He has chaired local and provincial committees and working groups advancing social justice, social work practice and anti-poverty action since moving to the Sunshine Coast in 2010.

In his free time, Cayce laughs, plays and sings with his 3 children and wife Maggie. He is an avid hiker and kayaker in Gibsons, and volunteers as parent coach at the local high school.