It also looked at the cultural bias that some parents accused social workers of holding. Since then, a number of current and former Indigenous social workers have told CBC News more Indigenous people are needed in child welfare to help facilitate an understanding of residential-school-induced trauma that some parents may have. But some say there are additional challenges to being an Indigenous social worker. She thinks more Indigenous social workers are needed in the child welfare system in B.C. "They are necessary, as living knowledge of the Indigenous journey, to assisting families with their own journeys," Hunt said, pointing out that Indigenous social workers can often relate or understand the trauma that some Indigenous parents have been through.

Source: CBC News April 24, 2019 12:00 UTC