Intensive Family Support

• Intensive family support staff will be available to respond to emergent requests to enter homes and provide support services to families in crisis.
• Services will be flexible and creative in order to meet the varied need of high risk families.
• Services will include a variety of supports including; teaching, monitoring, connection to counseling, conflict resolution, care services and reduction of isolation.
• Intensive Support Workers will participate with the Ministry, Mobile Crisis Services Inc. and the family to develop safety and care plans for the family.
• Intensive Support Workers will develop safety plans with parents with addiction issues that support safety for the children while recognizing the concept of harm reduction.
• Provide transportation to families and children as required to maintain case plan while assisting the family to establish a transportation plan that is reliable after involvement ends.
• Mentor parents and other adult caregivers on healthy parenting and coping skills.
• Involvement with the family will be a period of up to 6 weeks.
• Staff: 1 Program Coordinator and 6 Intensive Family Support Workers

This program also has Elder support for ceremonies and ceremonial supplies – sweetgrass and sage.