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Mental Health and Addiction Services
Child & Youth Services (C & Y)
Child and Youth Services provide family-centred services for children, youth and families experiencing significant mental health and/or addictions problems. Services include assessment and treatment for a range of emotional, development and behavioral disorders. Families are offered a number of other services including parenting support programs. Some of these services are aimed at detecting problems early and providing treatment and ongoing support to prevent future problems. In many cases the professionals in C & Y Services work collaboratively on case teams with the families and other agency members. Individual, family and group counseling are available.
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Child & Youth Assessment and Counseling Services
The clinical team provides assessments and a range of mental health and addictions treatment interventions to clients whose ability to function day to day is significantly impacted by their level of mental health and/or addictions issues. Request for service may include depression, substance abuse, anxiety, eating disorders, family difficulties, abuse and grief. Treatment options may include individual, family or group services.
Satellite clinics are provided in Assiniboia and Central Butte.
Child and Youth Clinical Services include:
- Adolescent Sex Offender Risk Assessment - provides court ordered assessment and referral to Regina Child and Youth for Treatment. Assessment includes psychological testing and structured interviews with the youth and parents. Additional information is gathered from collateral sources.
- Assessment for Behaviorally disordered children/youth - this protocol between the school divisions and MH&AS begins with psychological screening (including behavioral checklists and classroom observation) occurring at the school level. The protocol also includes conducting comprehensive parent and teacher interviews. The C & Y team is available for consultation and further psychological assessment if there a need for differential diagnosis. Intervention recommendations may include a medical referral and follow-up family support and/or case management at C & Y Services.
- Group Programs - provided by C & Y Services staff include a variety of parenting support (i.e. COPE (a community based program for parents of behaviorally challenged children) and Parenting Anxious Children). Other group services are provided according to service demand.
- Suicide Intervention Training - this program includes the ASIST (Suicide Intervention) workshops that are held approximately twice a year. Education and additional supports, including assisting with critical incidents in the schools, is available upon request.
- Youth Drug Detoxification/Stabilization Act Outreach and Outpatient Worker - an outreach service is available to offer community supports for youth and their families seriously impacted by addictions. Enhanced case management and support services are provided to youth who receive a community order.
Cognitive Disabilities
Mental Health and Addictions Services participates on this provincial Intersectoral strategy that addresses extreme needs of those individuals with cognitive disabilities.
Community Youth/Adolescent Program
Using an integrated case management approach, this intersectoral program assists youth-at-risk between the ages of 16 and 22 to access the necessary resources in the community so that he/she will have the opportunity to develop skills to live independently and responsibly in the community. This client-centred program assists the youth and their families to identify their service needs and to develop the necessary skills for independent living.
Early Intervention Social Skills Program
This prevention and intervention program is offered to children ages 3 to 5 years and their families and is designed to teach social skills to young children in order to promote socially acceptable behavior. The program is offered in specific daycares and preschools in Moose Jaw and surrounding rural areas of the Five Hills Health Region.
Early Psychosis Intervention
The Early Psychosis Intervention team responds to the needs of youth and their families who are encountering their first episode of psychosis. This response includes detection treatment and support. This program is in development.
Key clinical components of an evidence-based Early Psychosis intervention program include:
- Early Screening and Identification
- Case Management
- Psychiatric Management
- Education and Family Support
Health Promotion
Mental Health Promotion and Decreased Substance Abuse Programs are intended to promote health and mental wellness for the citizens in Five Hills Health Region. Assisting people to create and maintain physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health is done in variety of ways.
Public education and information is aimed at improving individual coping and general living skills. Some Mental Health Promotion Programs are designed to create healthier workplaces or develop better parenting skills. Others are intended to address problems in society that are known to contribute to poor mental health, like poverty, illiteracy, lack of education or skills and poor social support.
- Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Moose Jaw Branch - CMHA Moose Jaw branch is a Health Care Organization (HCO) that provides mental health promotion, public education and prevention information and literature on mental health and mental illness for Five Hills Health Region. This organization is dedicated to educating the public about mental illness and about the strengths and abilities of persons with severe mental illness. Over time, these kinds of programs hope to reduce the stigma these individuals still face every day and pave the way for understanding, inclusion and full citizenship.
- CMHA, Moose Jaw Branch is located at 261 High St. W, Moose Jaw, SK Ph: (306)-692-4240
Integrated Case Management Program
This interagency program is designed to assist families of children/youth between the ages of 5 and 16 with severe and persistent behavioral, social and emotional challenges. Using an integrated case management and family-centred approach, multi-sectoral services for these families are coordinated.
Kids First
Kids First is a voluntary program that assists eligible families by building family strengths and providing supports and services based on needs. Kids First addresses childcare and transportation barriers and provides early learning opportunities for children and non-traditional methods for service delivery. Home visitors and a mental health/addictions worker provide support to vulnerable expectant and new mothers.
Contact:
Krista Bakke, Program Manager
125 Main Street North
Moose Jaw, SK
S6H 0V9
Phone: (306)-692-1204
Fax: (306)-692-6841
School Team
In partnership with Prairie South and Holy Trinity School Divisions, a team including social workers, addictions counsellors and mental health therapists deliver clinical and prevention services in the school environment. This program provides adolescent focused self -development, life management and healthy lifestyles through awareness, educational and informational presentations and group activities aiming to help youth attain an optimum level of self -development and self-improvement.
Shared Services Mentorship Program
This partnership program with Prairie South and Holy Trinity School Divisions matches an adult mentor with a child (mentee) to build a positive relationship in hopes of increasing the mentee's self-esteem, confidence and school performance.
Social Skills Program
This prevention and intersectioral program is offered to school aged children and their families with the intention of promoting and educating about socially acceptable behavior. Facilitator training is available on an annual basis. Community member and school personnel may also access a wide variety of resource material, as well as consultation and support from the program coordinator. Parenting Support Seminars and Programs are offered through this program.
Transitions to Employment
In partnership with Service Canada, this program is for youth between the ages of 15 and 30 experiencing significant employment barriers. The program addresses employment readiness and placement issues.
Youth Residential Services
In partnership with Community Resources, residential services are provided to youth and their families by way of four spaces in youth approved home settings in the community. This initiative is intended to provide clinical services and support to youth ages 16 to 21 with primary mental disorders who cannot live in their family homes. |
