Jennifer Debenham says that, as a social worker, her role is to advocate. After six years with Community Living Upper Ottawa Valley, she brought her skill set to the Executive Director’s role with Community Living Renfrew County South in 2021 in the midst of pandemic challenges.
Debenham sees the advocacy role as helping give clients a voice in a continuum that not so long ago “sheltered” them from participation in society and confined the community to institutionalized settings out of sight- and out of mind, from a world they were entitled to equal participation within.
Going forward, Debenham believes the expansion of employment opportunities at equal wages is a reality we should all be striving to achieve for it to come to fruition.
Community Living Renfrew County South Executive Director Jennifer Debenham spoke with reporter Rick Stow, on January 26th.
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