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Supported Employment Services
In partnership with Triumph Vocational Services, CMHA Mid-Island offers workshops on maintaining mental wellness on the job.
This workshop engages participants with mental illness to plan, rehearse, and understand how thier mental health affects their workplace relationships.
Geared to promoting wellness and accommodation, the workshop begins the process of forming plans around maintaining their health and developing strong work behaviours.
Mental Health First Aid Canada
Mental Health First Aid Canada is a new program and is nationwide. It teaches participants how to help someone showing signs of mental health problems or experiencing a mental health crisis. This course aims to teach people to:
1. Identify when a person may be a danger to themselves or toehrs and take steps to perserve life.
2. Recognize the early signs for mental health problems and provide help to prevent more serious problems from developing.
3. Provide Comfort to someone with a mental health problem and support them in recovering their mental health.
One in three Canadians will experience a mental health problem at some point in their life. The earlier a problem is detected and treated, the better the outcome. Mental Health First Aid Canada gives people the skills to provide that early help that is so important in recovery.
Who should attend?
Anyone can benefit from Mental Health First Aid- members of the general public, teachers, health service providers, emergency workers, frontline workers who deal with the public, volunteers, human resources professionals, employers, community groups.
To register or for more information call Cathie Cameron, Health Promotions Coordinator, Canadian Mental Health Association, at 250-244-4035
Recovery Workshop Series
Please see attached brochure for information on the series. Recovery Workshop Series
Peer Support Training Program
A 10-week training program followed by a practicum. Please read the poster attached.
NEWS RELEASE
$139,600 TO HELP HOMELESS IN NANAIMO
NANAIMO – Homeless people in Nanaimo will be assisted by $139,600 from the Province to fund an outreach worker as part of the Housing Matters BC strategy, Ron Cantelon, MLA for Nanaimo-Parksville, announced today on behalf of Minister Responsible for Housing Rich Coleman.
“We can see the impact that homelessness has in communities like Nanaimo,” said Cantelon. “This outreach program offers direct support to people in need, giving them access to basic supports and services so they can build a new life for themselves.”
The outreach projects will provide immediate and long-term assistance by offering not only food, clothing and shelter but access to transition services such as life-skills training and health and social programs. By providing intensive, one-on-one help such as arranging and attending appointments with the homeless, the outreach workers enable them to receive health, nutrition and other basic services that are often taken for granted by the public, but not always used by those in need.
In Nanaimo, the Canadian Mental Health Association will provide outreach services. Since the outreach work began at the end of September, approximately 150 homeless people have been connected to a range of services.
“Nanaimo appreciates the B.C. government’s efforts to help our citizens in need,” said Mayor Gary Korpan. “The outreach program will provide immediate shelter to those in need, and additional support services that add stability to their lives. The approach of winter makes access to these services all the more important.”
The funding in Nanaimo is part of a larger $3.6-million, three-year program that funds 17 homeless outreach workers around the province. The 17 outreach projects being announced today are in addition to other outreach services focusing on mental health that are being provided by the Canadian Mental Health Association in partnership with the Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance.
The 17 projects will receive $2.1 million over three years. The remainder of the $3.6 million will be allocated in the Vancouver region following an evaluation of the City of Vancouver pilot project, due at the end of this year. That program connected 200 people to support services between October 2005 and September 2006 and more than 80 per cent of those individuals remain in housing and on income assistance.