Assignment
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1Damned if they Don't A ticking time-bomb? Last year 27000 children were referred to CYFS (Child, Youth and Family Service) - at least 4000 are still waiting to have their cases allocated to a social worker. Whenever anything goes wrong with a child, it is the social workers who are blamed. Behind the scenes at CYFS; the pressures social workers face.
Speakers
- Carol Exton (Mother)
- Judge Mick Brown (Former Principal Youth Court Judge)
- Merepeka Raukawa-Tait (Women's Refuge)
- Sonia Sinclair (CYFS Social Worker)
- Michael Ross (Change Consultant)
- Elizabeth Walker (CYFS Supervisor)
- Hilda Mathews (CYFS Social Worker)
- Gordon Ham (CYFS Social Worker)
- Simon Jefferson (Court Appointed Lawyer)
- Jackie Brown (CYFS Chief Executive)
- Petite Nathan (Contract Social Worker)
- Lorinda Harding (CYFS Practice Worker)
- Loie Donaldson (CYFS Social Worker)
- Stephan Williamson (Former Teen in Care)
- Steve Maharey (Social Services Minister)
- Mary-Anne Chambers (Aunt of Abused Child)
Live Broadcast
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Commercials
- No
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2Preview of next fortnight. (No Assignment next week).
Primary Title
- Assignment
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 3 May 2001
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 21 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Classification
- Not Classified
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Current affairs
Hosts
- Richard Long (Presenter)
Contributors
- Judge Mick Brown (Interviewee - Former Principal Youth Court Judge)
- Jackie Maher (Reporter)
- Neil Parker (Director)
- Colin McRae (Executive Producer)
Speakers
- Carol Exton (Mother)
- Elizabeth Walker (CYFS Supervisor)
- Gordon Ham (CYFS Social Worker)
- Hilda Mathews (CYFS Social Worker)
- Jackie Brown (CYFS Chief Executive)
- Judge Mick Brown (Former Principal Youth Court Judge)
- Loie Donaldson (CYFS Social Worker)
- Lorinda Harding (CYFS Practice Worker)
- Mary-Anne Chambers (Aunt of Abused Child)
- Merepeka Raukawa-Tait (Women's Refuge)
- Michael Ross (Change Consultant)
- Petite Nathan (Contract Social Worker)
- Simon Jefferson (Court Appointed Lawyer)
- Sonia Sinclair (CYFS Social Worker)
- Stephan Williamson (Former Teen in Care)
- Steve Maharey (Social Services Minister)