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COVID-19: (23 November 2021) The Kingston Family Health Team has suspended all in-person programs until further notice. During this time, programs and services, including mental health counselling and dietitian services, will be offered virtually by telephone or videoconference.

Family health team

• doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses and allied health professionals
• offices located around Kingston
• arthritis Clinic
• bone health
• lab services
• mental health
• nutrition health
• on track diabetes intensive care clinic
• OTN (Telemedicine)
• preventative care
• smoking cessation
• StoreForward dermatology

Interdisciplinary team providing quality and patient-centered health care

• medical doctors, nurses practitioners, nurses, social workers, dietitian, pharmacist, administrative staff and medical residents on the job training for a specialization in family medicine

Programs include:

• anti-coagulation management
• mental health care and counselling
• diabetes
• obstetrics and prenatal care
• foot care
• smoking cessation
• immunization
• well baby
• lactation support
• nutrition and healthy lifestyle
• wound care

Residential Withdrawal Centre - KHSC Detoxification Centre

• provides short-term, non-medical withdrawal management service for women and men aged 16+ who want to detoxify from alcohol and/or drugs, are in withdrawal, waiting for intake into a treatment program, or in danger of relapse
• offers supportive counselling and referral to community supports
• provides 24-hour telephone support and crisis response

One-on-one counselling service for men

• specialized in short-term counselling (two to five one-hour sessions)

Topics may include:

• addictions
• anger
• Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
• academic underachievement
• compulsive thinking
• depression
• fear, anxiety and worry
• life transitions
• post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• relationship breakdown
• sexual function
• workplace conflict

Treatment clinic for addictions to all opioid drugs and medications

• counselling available

Substance use and misuse assessment, referral and counseling support for children and youth 8-24

• consultation and public education
• offers outreach services to both school boards in the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington regions, as well as selected schools in the Hastings and Prince Edward region
• offers training to frontline staff wanting to learn more about substance use and misuse among youth
• works from a Harm Reduction Approach

Advocacy and support to youth and youth at risk, and assessment and referral services for youth and families

Services

• Youth Justice Committee
• short-term mentoring program
• ten-week cognitive skills group offered in schools and other sites
• School and Non Academic Program (SNAP) for suspended and expelled students
• substance use and addictions counselling (offered in schools and in-office appointments)
• Mediating through Empowering using Nurturing Dialogue (MEND)
• Youth Outreach Worker Program and early intervention and referral program
• Intersections early intervention service for youth in contact with the law or CAS
• volunteering opportunities

COVID-19 (23 Apr 2020): 24 hr crisis lines, residential programs, ACTT services and phone lines remain open and continue as usual but all other services on hold or cancelled at this time. Ongoing changes to AMHS-KFLA's services in light of COVID-19 are available on their website

Community-based mental health and addictions support

Services:

• addiction services
• crisis services and phone line
• assertive community treatment teams
• family resource centre
• case management team
• court support/justice services
• tertiary care

COVID-19 (23 Apr 2020): 24 hr crisis lines, residential programs, ACTT services and phone lines remain open and continue as usual but all other services on hold or cancelled at this time. Ongoing changes to AMHS-KFLA's services in light of COVID-19 are available on their website

Specialized problem gambling services

• individual and group counselling
• support for friends and family available
• outreach, education and prevention

Concurrent disorder-capable residential treatment centre for Ontarian men

• length of stay 8-16 weeks depending on client needs and treatment goals
• holistic and abstinence-based approach
• uses trauma-informed practice, and community reinforcement approach
• men with complex needs, including homelessness, justice system involvement and trauma history are welcome
• 18-bed capacity

Treatment clinic for addictions to all opioid drugs and medications

• counselling available

Methadone Maintenance Treatment and Suboxone Substitution Therapy for the treatment of opioid dependence

• on-site medication dispensing
• case management/counseling services

Medical centre

Primary care services

• mental health services
• varied paramedical services
• pharmacy
• dentist

Addiction services

• individual counselling
• group programs
• education
• treatment in both official languages

COVID-19 (23 Apr 2020): Due to COVID19, CHS offices are closed to the public. Services continue remotely by video; all services available via video conferencing.

Mental health, wellness and addiction services for the deaf, deafened and hard of hearing and their families

• support, education, advocacy and counselling

COVID-19 (23 Apr 2020): 24 hr crisis lines, residential programs, ACTT services and phone lines remain open and continue as usual but all other services on hold or cancelled at this time. Ongoing changes to AMHS-KFLA's services in light of COVID-19 are available on their website

Specialized problem gambling services

• individual and group counselling
• support for friends and family available
• outreach, education and prevention

Handles administration of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory with programs and services including, but not limited to:

• Membership
• Housing
• Finance
• Education, (Elementary to Post-Secondary)
• Employment
• Technical Lands
• Lands Research
• Environment
• Recreation
• Economic Development
• Community Newsletter
• Home Support
• Community Health Representatives and Nurses
• Patient Transportation
• Social Assistance
• National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Worker
• Childcare
• Library
• Mohawk Family Services
• Red Cedars Shelter
• Fire Department
• Roads Department
• Tyendinaga Fitness & Resource Centre and Mohawk Bus Lines

CV19 Office partially re-opened--call office for update or In-take helpline for referrals

Mental Health Services & Addiction Services provided:

• Screening and Assessment
• Treatment Planning and Referrals
• Personal Counseling and Goal Setting
• Relapse Prevention Planning

Treatments may include:

• Clinical Couselling: Clinicians with Counselling and Treatment Programs available. Psychotherapy based counselling available.
• Mental Health Case Management: Case management navigation, support and recovery programming
• Transitional Case Management: Program provides short-term support for rapid response to address immediate needs and then connecting to additional programs and services to ensure well-being
• Skill Groups: Provides a variety of informational and practical skill development techniques.
• Concurrent Disorders Case Management: integrated case management services to assist with treatment planning, service navigation, support and advocy for those dealing with both Mental Health and Addiction concerns.

Public Health Unit

Services include:

• direct care in community clinics for vaccinations, pregnancy screening, dental services, and cervical screening
• one-on-one counselling to clients regarding safer sexual health, communicable diseases, quitting smoking, and more
• information to residents about how their choices affect their health
• assistance to help make workplaces safer
• inspection and prevention services to control sources of disease in the environment
• advocacy - together with schools, municipalities, employers, and community groups - for change in public policy that enhances the well-being and health of our community
• protection of the public by continually monitoring and reporting on the safety of water supplies, beaches, restaurants, and the general health of the population
• education to clients about such subjects as prenatal care, infant and child care, nutrition, safe food handling, health hazard prevention, and more

COVID-19: (23 August 2021) Saturday Urgent Walk in clinic services are cancelled until further notice. Monday to Friday, by appointment only. All group Programs and Services at the Sharbot Lake Family Health Team are suspended until further notice.

Primary medical care clinic

Chronic disease Management programs

• asthma
• COPD
• Diabetes
• Mental Health

Healthy lifestyle programs

• community cooking
• community exercise
• craving change
• mindfulness based stress reduction
• nutrition counselling
• therapeutic yoga

Preventative care programs

• breast cancer screening
• cervical cancer screening
• colorectal cancer screening
• smoking cessation

Population health programs

• 18 Month Well Baby
• high risk foot care

Smokers' Helpline is a free, confidential service operated by the Canadian Cancer Society offering support and information about quitting smoking and tobacco use

• help through the process of quitting
• help with questions, cravings and concerns

Service can be accessed through 1-877-513-5333 or online at www.smokershelpline.ca

COVID19 Clinics are operating with increased Health Safety measures according the Health Unit recommendation * call ahead with any questions

Program based on Outpatient Harm Reduction Model including

• Methadone & Suboxone program
• intake interview
• medical examination and laboratory tests
• supervised urine testing
• treatment contract and plan
• regular medical follow up
• daily methadone dose
• Hepatitis C program
• Needle Exchange program
• Naloxone kit available

Public Health Unit

Services include:

• direct care in community clinics for vaccinations, pregnancy screening, dental services, and cervical screening
• one-on-one counselling to clients regarding safer sexual health, communicable diseases, quitting smoking, and more
• information to residents about how their choices affect their health
• assistance to help make workplaces safer
• inspection and prevention services to control sources of disease in the environment
• advocacy - together with schools, municipalities, employers, and community groups - for change in public policy that enhances the well-being and health of our community
• protection of the public by continually monitoring and reporting on the safety of water supplies, beaches, restaurants, and the general health of the population
• education to clients about such subjects as prenatal care, infant and child care, nutrition, safe food handling, health hazard prevention, and more

Program provides addiction case management services coupled with a housing supplement to assistindividuals with problematic substance to secure and maintain safe stableindependent housing use who are homeless, at risk of homelessness orinadequately housed. The program is coordinated out of Belleville and providesa defined number of subsidies in Hastings/Prince Edward Counties,Kingston/Frontenac/Lennox & Addington and Lanark/Leeds and Grenville.

Program is not an emergency housing program and there is limited availability

CV19 Office partially re-opened--call office for update or In-take helpline for referrals

Mental Health Services & Addiction Services provided:

• Screening and Assessment
• Treatment Planning and Referrals
• Personal Counseling and Goal Setting
• Relapse Prevention Planning

Treatments may include:

• Clinical Couselling: Clinicians with Counselling and Treatment Programs available. Psychotherapy based counselling available.
• Mental Health Case Management: Case management navigation, support and recovery programming
• Transitional Case Management: Program provides short-term support for rapid response to address immediate needs and then connecting to additional programs and services to ensure well-being
• Skill Groups: Provides a variety of informational and practical skill development techniques.
• Concurrent Disorders Case Management: integrated case management services to assist with treatment planning, service navigation, support and advocy for those dealing with both Mental Health and Addiction concerns.