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Responds to problems of crime in community through service to persons involved in criminal justice system

• Aids in crime prevention through community education, creative programming, and service to individuals and families in need
  
• Presentations on crime, criminal justice system, offenders, and agency services
  
• Speakers available

Provides:

• Conflict resolution services
  
• Support for people impacted by sexual trauma
  
• Assistance for families involved with child protection
  
• Reintegration support for adults returning to the community from prison or custody
  
• Integration support for newcomer Canadian youth
  

Supportive counselling * access to resources

Responds to problems of crime in community through service to persons involved in criminal justice system

• Aids in crime prevention through community education, creative programming, and service to individuals and families in need
  
• Presentations on crime, criminal justice system, offenders, and agency services
  
• Speakers available

Various complex capable addiction treatment programs and services offered in the community utilizing a harm reduction philosophy. Community-based program and service options include:

Community Withdrawal Support Service: set of services offering an alternative to residential withdrawal management

Rapid Access Addiction Medicine Clinics (RAAM): Specialized medical clinic designed for people who are experiencing health issues related to their drug and/or alcohol use.

Drug Treatment Court: Specialized court process for non-violent offenders with addiction issues

Let's Grow Together: Half-day support group for women in the Guelph-Wellington community who are pregnant or parenting children (6 years and younger) and are dealing with substance use issues

Specialized Addiction Support Coordination: For specialized populations (geriatric, acquired brain injury, developmental disability, complex mental health) living with addiction issues; education and consultation to professionals working with these populations

Specialized Outreach Services: Integrated team of peers and professionals offering flexible outreach services to homeless or street-involved people with addiction, mental health, or concurrent issues

Supportive Addiction and Mental Health Housing: A range of supports for people with complex addiction and concurrent mental health needs who are homeless, at risk of becoming homeless, or who are considered inadequately housed, without secure and / or maintained housing

Supported Recovery Room: 72-hour stabilization program for people recovering from a mental health or substance related crisis. Eligibility criteria information is available through SRR (519-362-9855)

Addiction Court Support: Outreach-based support for community residents whose substance use has resulted in criminal charges.

Peer 2 Peer Overdose Response Programs: Matches Overdose Response peers with people who have overdosed by meeting them at the hospital Emergency Department to offer harm reduction and recovery support to them, their family and friends.

Rural Wellington Addictions Service: delivered in partnership with the Upper Grand Family Health Team. Provides clients with in-person assessments, treatment/care planning and counselling services.

This service works together with the Rapid Access Addiction Medicine Clinics (RAAM) and Community Withdrawal Support Service (CWSS) to provide addictions support to residents of Wellington County.

COVID-19 Update:
Wellkin Child & Youth Mental Wellness is making every effort to promote the safety and well-being of the children, youth and families we support.

As part of our effort in addressing the impact of COVID-19, we are committed to taking precautionary and preventative measures across our agency, while ensuring children, youth and families have the support they need during these unique times.

We are prepared to continue to provide essential mental health services for children and youth to ensure they receive the care they need.

Please follow our social media and website for updated information about our programs and services.

Wellkin has many services to offer. These include:

* Pittock Day Treatment Program
* Intensive Family Service Program
* School Community Intervention Partnership (SCIP)
* Youth Justice
* Autistm Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Children & Youth Transition Support Program
* Oxford Respite Network
* Early Years Program
* Adult Protective Services (APSW)
* Counselling Services
* Crisis Response & Urgent Care

Probation is ordered by the courts and allows the offender to serve their sentence in the community, subject to conditions prescribed in a probation order.
In Ontario, probation officers in 121 offices supervise approximately 32,000 probationers on any given day.
Parole is a conditional release from a correctional institution. It permits an offender to serve the remainder of their sentence in the community under the supervision of a probation and parole officer.
The supervisory role of a probation officer and parole officer is to:

• prepare reports for courts and the Parole Board
• monitor and enforce probation and conditional sentence orders, and parole certificates
• conduct comprehensive assessments
• make effective case management decisions for offenders
• determine rehabilitative interventions for offenders, for example, referral to internal or community-based counselling and treatment programs or other supportive services such as employment and housing

Programs enable youth and adults to take responsibility for their actions through community work, education, skill development, victim awareness and lifestyle choices * clients are referred by the courts, probation and police, and the community * programming can be accessed through a variety of entry-points: prevention, diversion, and post-sentence and includes mediation from a restorative perspective * for a full list of programs, please visit our website: www.optionsforjustice.ca

COVID-19 Update:
Services being offered using a combination of face to face and virtual routes. There is no in-court support at this time. Court Support is available to individuals (16+ years) with a mental health issue who come into contact with the criminal justice system. Staff members assess, assist, and advocate for Mental Health Diversion. They develop service care plans, and provide consultation and support throughout the court process.

Mental Health Court Diversion:
* People living with a serious mental illness, brain injury or a developmental disability may access alternatives to criminal prosecution.
* Crown Attorney determines whether mental health diversion is appropriate or if the person should be prosecuted for the charge(s)
* Court Support worker develops a treatment plan to divert the individual out of the criminal justice system and back into the mental health system
* Supports are available to reduce the possibility of recidivism

Community Treatment Court (CTC):
* CTC is a specialized court with emphasis on treatment and recovery. To receive support, individuals must be willing to plead guilty to their existing charges.
* Holds the accused accountable for the actions while providing effective treatment and/or support in the least restrictive fashion
* The emphasis will be on providing people suffering from mental illness with a venue to address the issues that brought them into conflict with the law
* Protects both the rights of the public and the accused while at the same time maintains the integrity of the criminal justice system

COVID-19 Update:

CMHA TVAMHS is open for Crisis and Outreach Services Mon-Fri 9 am-4 pm at the Woodstock Branch located at 522 Peel St. Woodstock, ON.

Individuals can also access 24/7 support via phone or online by calling Reach Out at 1-866-933-2023 or online at www.reachout247.ca. Individuals are encouraged to use phone or online channels if at all possible.

Oxford Self Help Drop In is closed until further notice. All group programming has been put on hold. Online group programming can be accessed through our FaceBook group at www.facebook.com/groups/OxfordSelfHelp/

Walk In Counselling: Can be accessed in Woodstock on Saturday's from 11 - 4 p.m. at 522 Peel St. Woodstock. Walk In Clinics in Ingersoll and Tillsonburg are on hold until further notice.

The Canadian Mental Association Thames Valley Addiction & Mental Health Services - Woodstock Branch has many services to offer. These include:

* Oxford Self Help Peer Support Program
* 24 Hour Crisis and Outreach Program
* Applies Suicide Intervention Skills Training
* Case Management Services
* Court Diversion and Court Support Services
* Dual Diagnosis Support Services
* Living Life to the Full
* S.O.A.R (Seniors Outreach and Recovery)
* Suicide Bereavement Mutual Support Group
* Supportive Housing

Specialized Court Support Case Managers provide assistance to people with mental illness who come in conflict with the law. These additional supports may include: court diversion plans, pre-charge diversion, release from detention facilities and support and consultation to staff working in the criminal justice system.

COVID19 Office Closed. Services are being offered via phone.

Youth under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Court of Justice (Youth Court) case management and supervision. Prepares pre-sentencing reports. Enforces court orders, custody orders, probation orders and community service orders. Provides community resources for young offenders and community service work programs.

The Salvation Army Correctional and Justice Services provides information and assistance to clients within the criminal justice system

Staff assist individuals experiencing employment, mental health, addiction, relationship, parenting or self management problems through direct service or referrals to appropriate agencies.

Services include:

• Anger & Emotion Management - for adults and youth (fee for service)
• Short term Individual Counselling for Youth and Adults
• Sexting Program - Youth
• Healthy Partner Relationship Program (fee for service)
• Hate Crimes Education and Prevention - counselling and workshops
• Effective Communication
• Life skills programs
• Information & referral to community services
• Record Suspension (Pardon)
• Parenting Program

ADAPT offers a variety of Community Justice programs to youth and adults, providing assessment, counselling and case management services, assistance can also be provided to the family or caregivers

Extra-Judicial Programming (EJM and EJS) (ages 12-17)

• Extrajudicial Sanctions (EJS) is a program that gives young people an opportunity to accept responsibility for their actions and to make amends by completing certain tasks, after being charged with an offence
• Extrajudicial Measures (EJM) is a program that gives young people, who are willing to participate, an opportunity to accept responsibility for their actions and to make amends by completing certain tasks (option available to police instead of laying a formal charge)
• involvement with ADAPT may be one of the tasks assigned as part of the EJS/EJM contract

Youth Justice Program

• provides screenings, assessment and counselling services to young people involved with Halton Youth Justice Services who are experiencing issues related to drug and /or alcohol use
• referrals are initiated by Halton Youth Justice Services
• support is also provided to family members of the young person

Probation and Parole Program

• provides alcohol/drug use and problem gambling assessments for probation and parole clients as required by a court order and/or parole certificate
• these screenings, in conjunction with the Probation and Parole Officer, determine the level of service required to meet the counselling condition of the order
• services include group and individual counselling and referrals to community programs/services tailored to the needs of the individual

Drug Court Program

• the Halton Drug Treatment Court (HDTC) is a judicially-supervised drug treatment and rehabilitation program for offenders whose criminal conduct is motivated by drug addiction
• expected to take 9 to 12 months to complete
• participation is voluntary and includes an application and screening process by the Federal Crown Attorney's office and the Court Liaison worker
• once accepted, ADAPT is the lead provider to address the substance addiction and the individual is assigned an addiction worker

Safe Beds

• a short-term residential bed program (Mental Health & Justice Beds) providing individuals living with mental illness, and recent or current involvement with the criminal justice system, with a 30-day stay with onsite 24-hour supports to assist in resolving the current crisis and creating strategies for long-term interventions
• referrals are made by Halton Regional Police and admission to the program is based on a screening with Safe Beds program staff
• Canadian Metal Health Association (CMHA), Supportive Housing Halton (SHH) and ADAPT work in collaboration to provide individuals with a service delivery model that is comprehensive
• if the individual is in need of addiction services, the ADAPT Safe Beds Addiction Worker will be assigned to provide services

ADAPT offers a variety of Community Justice programs to youth and adults, providing assessment, counselling and case management services, assistance can also be provided to the family or caregivers

Extra-Judicial Programming (EJM and EJS) (ages 12-17)

• Extrajudicial Sanctions (EJS) is a program that gives young people an opportunity to accept responsibility for their actions and to make amends by completing certain tasks, after being charged with an offence
• Extrajudicial Measures (EJM) is a program that gives young people, who are willing to participate, an opportunity to accept responsibility for their actions and to make amends by completing certain tasks (option available to police instead of laying a formal charge)
• involvement with ADAPT may be one of the tasks assigned as part of the EJS/EJM contract

Youth Justice Program

• provides screenings, assessment and counselling services to young people involved with Halton Youth Justice Services who are experiencing issues related to drug and /or alcohol use
• referrals are initiated by Halton Youth Justice Services
• support is also provided to family members of the young person

Probation and Parole Program

• provides alcohol/drug use and problem gambling assessments for probation and parole clients as required by a court order and/or parole certificate
• these screenings, in conjunction with the Probation and Parole Officer, determine the level of service required to meet the counselling condition of the order
• services include group and individual counselling and referrals to community programs/services tailored to the needs of the individual

Drug Court Program

• the Halton Drug Treatment Court (HDTC) is a judicially-supervised drug treatment and rehabilitation program for offenders whose criminal conduct is motivated by drug addiction
• expected to take 9 to 12 months to complete
• participation is voluntary and includes an application and screening process by the Federal Crown Attorney's office and the Court Liaison worker
• once accepted, ADAPT is the lead provider to address the substance addiction and the individual is assigned an addiction worker

Safe Beds

• a short-term residential bed program (Mental Health & Justice Beds) providing individuals living with mental illness, and recent or current involvement with the criminal justice system, with a 30-day stay with onsite 24-hour supports to assist in resolving the current crisis and creating strategies for long-term interventions
• referrals are made by Halton Regional Police and admission to the program is based on a screening with Safe Beds program staff
• Canadian Metal Health Association (CMHA), Supportive Housing Halton (SHH) and ADAPT work in collaboration to provide individuals with a service delivery model that is comprehensive
• if the individual is in need of addiction services, the ADAPT Safe Beds Addiction Worker will be assigned to provide services

Provides alternatives and options for individuals experiencing serious mental illness who become involved in the criminal justice system.
This program is comprised of three components:

• Mental Health Court Diversion
  • Education regarding consumer issues, mental illness, mental health services, and the mental health system
  • Connects persons considered appropriate for diversion to access services and supports
  • Provides consultation to the judiciary on cases referred for diversion
  • Provides consultation for persons not deemed suitable for diversion
  • Support and information for family members and significant others
    
• Intensive Case Management
  • Provides services to individuals who are not eligible for mental health court diversion
  • Helps support individuals with a serious mental illness, a concurrent disorder, or a dual diagnosis
  • Provides outreach, court support, and support plans based on identified need in order to prevent further involvement with the criminal justice system
  • Connections to longer term case management services, rehabilitative programs, medical treatment, accessing appropriate financial entitlements and appropriate housing
  • Support and information for family members and significant others
    
• Release from Custody Program
  • Provides short-term assistance to individuals being released from correctional custody to facilitate a stable transition
  • Connections to longer term case management services, rehabilitative programs, medical treatment, accessing appropriate financial entitlements and appropriate housing
  • Support and information for family members and significant others
  • Consultation for people who are not deemed suitable for diversion
  • Supportive counselling

Family Services:

• provides support for family members of all ages, who are exhibiting moderate to severe behavioural difficulties, and for individuals who may also be experiencing social, emotional and psychiatric difficulties
• focused on supporting families and the individual by addressing and stabilizing challenging behaviours
• services are provided wherever the client is and are offered independently or in conjunction with other public and private services

Specialized Behavioural Support Services:

• provides specialized behavioural support services to agencies, organizations and institutions that work with children, adolescents, adults and seniors who are experiencing behavioural, social, emotional and psychiatric difficulties
• provided in a variety of settings including residential facilities, day programs, hospitals, schools, long term care facilities, foster homes and community programs
• supports youth justice programs for individuals aged 12 to 17 in conflict with the law, to assist with community integration and support

Provides community supervision, surveillance and counselling to probationers, parolees and other adult offenders on conditional sentence. Prepares adult pre-sentence reports as ordered by the courts and pre-parole reports for the Ontario Parole and Earned Release Board. Referral to community agencies for assistance.

Community Service Order Program (CS0) - court ordered alternative to custody or prison, where offender provides a set number of hours of voluntary service to the community.

Programs enable youth and adults to take responsibility for their actions through community work, education, skill development, victim awareness and lifestyle choices * clients are referred by the courts, probation and police, and the community * programming can be accessed through a variety of entry-points: prevention, diversion, and post-sentence and includes mediation from a restorative perspective * for a full list of programs, please visit our website: www.optionsforjustice.ca

COVID-19 Update:
Wellkin Child & Youth Mental Wellness is making every effort to promote the safety and well-being of the children, youth and families we support.

As part of our effort in addressing the impact of COVID-19, we are committed to taking precautionary and preventative measures across our agency, while ensuring children, youth and families have the support they need during these unique times.

We are prepared to continue to provide essential mental health services for children and youth to ensure they receive the care they need.

Please follow our social media and website for updated information about our programs and services.

Wellkin has many services to offer. These include:

* Pittock Day Treatment Program
* Intensive Family Service Program
* School Community Intervention Partnership (SCIP)
* Youth Justice
* Autistm Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Children & Youth Transition Support Program
* Oxford Respite Network
* Early Years Program
* Adult Protective Services (APSW)
* Counselling Services
* Crisis Response & Urgent Care

COVID-19 Update:

CMHA TVAMHS is open for Crisis and Outreach Services Mon-Fri 9 am-4 pm at the Woodstock Branch located at 522 Peel St. Woodstock, ON.

Individuals can also access 24/7 support via phone or online by calling Reach Out at 1-866-933-2023 or online at www.reachout247.ca. Individuals are encouraged to use phone or online channels if at all possible.

Oxford Self Help Drop In is closed until further notice. All group programming has been put on hold. Online group programming can be accessed through our FaceBook group at www.facebook.com/groups/OxfordSelfHelp/

Walk In Counselling: Can be accessed in Woodstock on Saturday's from 11 - 4 p.m. at 522 Peel St. Woodstock. Walk In Clinics in Ingersoll and Tillsonburg are on hold until further notice.

The Canadian Mental Association Thames Valley Addiction & Mental Health Services - Woodstock Branch has many services to offer. These include:

* Oxford Self Help Peer Support Program
* 24 Hour Crisis and Outreach Program
* Applies Suicide Intervention Skills Training
* Case Management Services
* Court Diversion and Court Support Services
* Dual Diagnosis Support Services
* Living Life to the Full
* S.O.A.R (Seniors Outreach and Recovery)
* Suicide Bereavement Mutual Support Group
* Supportive Housing

Offers a support group for individuals who have had contact with the criminal justice system.

Program assists with transitioning back into the community after a period of incarceration.

Provides services to young persons ages 12 to 17 years (at the time of their offence):

• supervises the delivery of direct services
• provides case management to youth in conflict with the law
• services may include probation, custody supervision, extrajudicial sanctions

Youth are diverted from the formal youth justice process, while holding them accountable for their actions in a community context. Each young person is designed a program of measures that addresses their risks and needs of the person(s) harmed in the community.

These programs are funded by the Ministry of Children and Youth Services. The Extrajudicial Measures Program is offered in partnership with Hamilton Police Services. The Extrajudicial Sanctions Program is offered in partnership with the Hamilton Crown Attorney's Office and Hamilton Youth Probation Services.