Objectives:

 ● Delivering culturally appropriate community-based non-residential treatment
     programming in six communities.

 ● Building the capacity of community case manager/mental health workers to
    provide multi-disciplinary case management services at the community
    level, linking with regional NODIN CFI system.

 ● Training frontline mental health workers to provide culturally appropriate,
     clinical assessments, community based treatment/healing programming
     and aftercare services for both individuals and families.

 ● "Plugging-in" additional community development initiatives to the six
     identified communities to increase overall community capacity as need,
     interest and readiness dictate.
 

Component A

Case Management
Enhancement

Training to include but not limited to :

►Team Work
► Understanding the
     continuum of Care
► Assessment principles
► Tools and forms
► Intake
► Referral procedures
► Treatment Planning
► Clinical case
     management skills
► Working with outside
     service providers
► Development and use of
     protocols

The community based treatment (3 wk healing program) will be a key training tool.

 

Component B

Non-Residential
Community-Based
Treatment/Healing Program

► The three week family
     Treatment program has
     been adapted from the
     South West Healing
     Lodge located outside
     London, Ontario.

► The program focuses on
      the damage done to
      families as a result of
      sexual abuse, physical
      assault, substance
      abuse, abuse in
      residential schools and
      the issues of living as
      an Aboriginal person in
      a non-native world.

► The schedule can be
      modified on community
      needs and interest.

Benefits of the family
treatment / healing program would include:

√ Opportunity to receive
    intensive treatment
    services in home
    communities.

√ Benefit to frontline
   workers in learning how
   to participate in a
   community-based healing
   program.

√ Opportunity for the
   community to contribute
    to the healing program.

 

Component C

Community Development Coordination

► It is important that the
     community is
     prepared for the
     delivery of the
     Treatment/Healing
      program.

► First steps in
     preparation of the
     community is to build
     case management
     and frontline worker
     capacity, including
     assessment, referral
     and follow-up skills.

These steps are accomplished by:

√ working with a variety
   of groups.

√ working closely with
   outside resources.

√ assisting communities
    with arrangements for
    the delivery of the
    programs in the
    communities.

√ monitoring progress
    and program.

√ assisting in the
    development  of the
    day to day
    programming and
    service delivery.