This study explores the nature and quality of JIBC’s Advanced Specialty Certificate in Community Care Licensing (ASCCCL) and more broadly the role of Community Care Licensing Officers (CCLO). CCLO are employed by provincial health authorities and play an important role in protecting vulnerable people. The roles include the following: inspect and monitor private and public facilities for child care, youth residential care, residential group care and long-term care in British Columbia (B.C.); investigate complaints; educate and support licensees; and bring facilities into compliance with the Acts and Regulations that govern them.
