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COMMUNITY LIVING PROGRAM
Canadian Mental Health Association, Colchester East Hants Branch 25 Revere Street, Truro
The Community Living Program helps people live in the community while offering support to help
them achieve their highest level of functioning. The amount of support provided is dependent on the individual client's needs.
* A home like environment
FRIENDSHIP CLUB
The Friendship Club opened its doors in 1995 and now has over 130 members with a daily attendance of around 24 people. The club provides a safe and supportive environment for mental health consumers, following the Clubhouse Model of rehabilitation. It helps people to feel safe from the stigma of mental illness while in the company of supportive peers and professionals. Rehabilitation from mental illness is achieved through therapeutic work programs and by participation in social recreational activities. The therapeutic work programs include food services, maintenance and reception/clerical. The recreational activities include, bingo, dances, bowling, skating, yoga, crafts and games nights. Affordable meals are prepared four times a week. Membership is free and is available to adults who have a diagnosis of mental illness.
EMPLOYMENT
Routes to Work Program – funded by CMHA National partnership with the Social Development Canada Opportunities Fund.
Both the Routes to Work Program and the TREES Project are employment support programs targeted to assist, individuals diagnosed with a mental illness, to secure employment and/or return to school. They help people to develop resumes, cover letters, interview skills and other employment readiness skills. They can assist people to develop vocational skills through training, can secure wage subsidies and job coaches to increase success for the client and employer. Employers can depend on these employment programs for support and we will recommend people meet industry standards and fit employer needs. MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID COURSE
Mental Health First Aid Canada teaches first aid skills to help someone who is developing mental health problems or is experiencing a mental health crisis. Mental Health First Aid is an evidence-based course developed in Australia by Betty Kitchener and Professor Tony Jorm. To maintain the quality of the course and consistency in delivery, only qualified Mental Health First Aid instructors may deliver the course. The course has been formally evaluated and shows a number of benefits:
Anyone can benefit from learning Mental Health First Aid.
Course Format:
After completing the course participants will receive a certificate of attendance and a copy of the first aid manual, which covers the course content and provides other resources. Participants must attend all 12 hours of the course to receive a certificate of attendance.
Course Cost and Registration:
To register for a Mental Health First Aid Course contact:
Ph: (902) 895-4211
CHANGING MINDS Changing Minds is an innovative, multi-use mental illness education tool. Changing Minds was created in order to address a community need for mental health education, stigma reduction and to promote better understanding of mental health and mental illness. It features personal stories and insightful communication exercises to help understand the experience of mental illness. The program is based on the premise that we can learn to understand mental illness better when we get to know the individual and learn how the illness affects him or her. Changing Minds will be of particular interest to front line responders such as police officers, crisis response workers, paramedics and correctional workers. Changing Minds is aimed at addressing the educational needs of service providers as recommended by Judge Donald Luther in his report into the deaths of Norman Reid of Little Catalina and Darryl Power of Corner Brook, NFLD. Both men, who were diagnosed with mental illnesses, were fatally shot in 2000 in separate confrontations with police officers outside their homes. Reid was shot by an RCMP officer while Power was shot by a member of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC)
The New Brunswick Judicial Inquest regarding the death of Kevin Geldart, May 5, 2005,
made the following recommendations in support of Changing Minds: Course Format: The Changing Minds program consists of 8 instructional modules delivered by a team of two facilitators as a comprehensive 2-day workshop. Each module contains video stories of people, who have major mental illness or complex mental health problems, group exercises and easy to follow PowerPoint presentations and individual workbooks.
Course Cost and Registration: Phone: (902) 466-6600
COMMUNITY SUPPORT GROUP
Peer led support groups provide an opportunity for people with mental illness to share their experiences and learn coping skills. Self -help groups meet on a regular basis. No pre-registration required, just drop in.
Depression and Bipolar self-help groups
The Schizophrenia Society meets the first Thursday of the month in Truro at 6:30 pm. This meeting is open to the general public. HOW YOU CAN HELP Canadian Mental Health Association Colchester East Hants Branch is a non-profit organization. We depend upon community support to make our programs and services available. You can help us by: * Becoming a member of our organization * Making a donation * Volunteering
To obtain more information regarding availability and eligibility for any of these programs call Canadian Mental Health Association Colchester East Hants Branch at (902) 895-4211 |