Mental Health Services support and assist community members who face mental health challenges or who must deal with crisis or injustice, in ways to promote spiritual and emotional health and healing. It provides cultutally competent services not currently available from Province of New Brunswick. The goal is to prevent crisis situations from occuring in the future by dealing with psychological, emotional and spiritual aspects of individual, group and family health.
Mental Health services provide a wide range of assessments, counseling and support for people and their families who are facing major emotional and mental health challenges. The services are delivered in a respectful and client-centered way that is sensitive to the cultural needs of the clients.
The priority is to provide sufficient numbers of skilled, compassionate and energized workers who will enable community members to develop confidence in the long-term availability of effective mental health services.
HIGHLIGHTS 2013-2014
- Increase in services by 54%
- Dialogue with Province about Cultural Competency
- Traditional support by Elders weekly
- Migmag Maliseet Healing Network program closed December 31, 2013
- Mental Health Support Worker
- Opening of Family Resource Centre in November 2013, with the collaboration of numerous agencies
- Quality Improvement as part of the Accreditation process
- HSIF project came to a close, it continues to develop partnerships within the community and province to enhance opportunities to parents and caregivers
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| PROGRAM STATISTICS 2013-2014 |
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| Clients Sexual abuse Complicated grief Anxiety Suicide risk assessment Stress reaction Family crisis intervention Depression Trauma TOTAL |
593 visits 77.5 103.5 242 54 163.5 57.5 271.5 173.5 1143 |
ALCOHOL & DRUG PREVENTION
The Alcohol and Drug Prevention Program promotes the Spiritual way of life in its approach to healing and to serving the needs of its clientele. The program’s mission is to provide guidance and supports , to help people find the strength and courage to live a life free from alcohol and drugs. It does this with kindness, caring and patience, and with the skills and knowledge of its experienced staff.
The program provides a broad range of services to its clients. Program delivery includes a variety of outreach services, as well as school education and community events.
Mother’s Mentoring Program assists pregnant women and mothers of young children to strive towards alcohol & drug free home environments.
| PROGRAM STATISTICS 2013-2014 |
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| Primary Intervention | |
| Community Awareness Special events |
11 1 |
| Secondary Intervention | |
| Sweats Anger management Restorative Justice circles |
138 18 15 |
| Teritary Intervention | |
| Adult counseling Adolescent counseling |
405 269 |
NAYSPS |
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Cultural Camp |
4 |
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COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE
The Crisis Center has grown in terms of its positive impact, professionalism and relationship with the community. It has evolved to consist of 3 areas of responsibility:
- Prevention (Help Line, etc.); community members access to confidential telephone counselling
- Crisis intervention/outreach and aftercare services: home visits, crisis counseling, risk assessment, stabilization and referral, and
- Community rehabilitation and special projects: special care and attention as required.
The main challenge has been to encourage community members to embrace the Help Line and other services as a safe, confidential and effective service. The priority is and always has been to sustain funding and staffing levels.
| PROGRAM STATISTICS 2013-2014 |
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| Crisis calls Assistance Both Crisis & Assistance Information Other Follow-up with clients |
93 32 37 62 34 6 |
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Crisis Risk Control
Crisis Response
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Crisis Post-vention
Ancestral Footsteps |