Please click the following links for more details on each Virtual group offering:
For some, rediscovering hope stems from a single conversation with a person who was once in a similar situation.
The Peer Navigator Program establishes a peer navigator/peer supporter to the established Emergency Department Crisis Teams at North York General Hospital (NYGH) and Southlake Regional Health Centre (SRHC).
The Peer Navigator provides peer support to people attending at the Emergency Department (ED) who demonstrate and acknowledge distress related to mental health &/or addiction challenges until clinicians and crisis workers are able to initiate their assessment.
The Peer Navigator assists people seeking care in the ED by connecting patients with community support. Drawing from their own lived experiences with mental health and/or addiction challenges, shared experiences and mutual understanding between the peer navigator and a patient can inspire hope, enhance recovery, and improve the quality of the patient experience both in the Emergency Department (ED) and through the rest of the health care system.
The program is funded through an annual investment by the Central Local Health Integration Network to enhance the health of those who seek care in the ED.
For further information on the Peer Navigator program, please contact Theresa Claxton-Wali, Coordinator at t.claxton@krasmancentre.com or 905-780-0491 ext. 125
WRAPhub is a program delivered by the Krasman Centre, serving as a central access point for information about WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan) and FWRAP (Family WRAP) groups delivered by various organizations in the Central LHIN and surrounding areas. Through a peer-led and peer-engaged group process, participants learn how to create a personalized recovery system of wellness tools and action plans to achieve a self-directed wellness vision.
The Krasman Centre provides a number of WRAP and FWRAP groups within various locations in Central LHIN. To be added to the wait list for upcoming WRAP and FWRAP groups, please email Zebina at WRAPhub@krasmancentre.com or 647-286-1452. Please specify your preferred location(s) for attending groups and your general availability (e.g. daytime or evening)
For more information or to see if there are upcoming groups in your area check out the website at: www.wraphub.com
Peer Supporters are individuals with lived experience who have experienced recovery. Peer support is about a mutual relationship of giving and receiving support that is non-judgmental. Peer support workers use their real and meaningful life experiences to support others.
Peer Support Outreach: The Krasman Centre’s Outreach Peer Supporters are part of a mobile peer support program; meeting individuals in the community at their point of need, where they are. Mobility allows for overcoming barriers that would limit access. It is about bringing support closer to those whose life experience and circumstances make it difficult to access services. Examples include: in-person meetings in community locations such as coffees shops, libraries and community centres.
Contact:
York Region ~ Karen Braaten ~ k.braaten@krasmancentre.com
South Simcoe ~ Monica Poirier ~ m.poirier@krasmancentre.com
PeerZone is a series of three hour peer led workshops in mental health and addiction where people explore recovery and whole of life wellbeing.
The workshops fall within five themes:
- Understanding ourselves
- Empowering ourselves
- Working on our wellbeing
- Connecting to the world
- Exploring our unique identities
PeerZone works on three levels for participants:
- It invites them to rebuild a more positive story of their lives.
- It offers tools for whole of life wellbeing.
- It creates a community of mutual support.
For more information on individual workshops check out the PeerZone website at : PeerZone workshops
Check out our event calendars for workshops being offered at the Richmond Hill and Alliston locations.
Housing to Health (H2H) is a collaborative program between Blue Door Shelters, LOFT-Crosslinks, and Krasman Centre. H2H is a Housing First Program that supports people that have experienced chronic homelessness into housing, regardless of the contributing factors, with special focus on individuals currently not connected to or not wanting to connect with formal services.
Housing To Health Mandate:
- To help house vulnerable people experiencing homelessness and, at the same time, provide a range of supports to improve the individual’s quality of life and increase the potential for long-term successful tenancies.
- The H2H program uses a Housing First approach, a best practice in Canada and throughout the world, which provides immediate access to housing for people experiencing homelessness. At the same time, H2H provides wraparound supports to help promote successful tenancies and overall wellbeing.
For more information please contact Kylee at 647-641-6491
This program is funded by United Way of Greater Toronto
The application process for the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) can be very complex, especially for individuals experiencing mental health issues, cognitive impairments and the isolation of homelessness. Individuals who are successful in obtaining ODSP have the benefit of receiving a higher monthly allowance which may enable then to access and maintain more stable and affordable housing in the community.
Made possible through generous funding from the Regional Municipality of York, the Application Support Worker (ASW) provides individuals referred to the program, with non-clinical case management support to complete the ODSP application process. This may include assistance with locating a physician or psychiatrist/psychologist, accessing the necessary documentation to pursue the ODSP application and support to meet the required ODSP timelines for document submission. The ASW may also arrange and accompany clients if appropriate to various appointments including the Community Legal Clinic, the ID Clinic, medical visits, Social Benefits Tribunal hearings, etc.
For more information, contact Doris Moneweg, Application Support Worker, ext. #121
The Welcome Basket Program is a short term peer-based program to support individuals transitioning from hospital based mental health and/or addictions treatment to community settings. Our Peer Supporters recognise that this can be a difficult time, and we hope to make this transition as comfortable as possible.
Through this program we offer the following:
– Clothing, toiletries, groceries, and small kitchen appliances, within a limited budget.
– Referrals and connections to resources in the community.
– Supportive peers to talk to who understand the challenges and can provide assistance.
Click this link to view our Welcome Basket Program Flyer
Click this link to view our Welcome Basket Program Brochure
For more information please call Rakshanda Khan at 416-305-7179 or Ionica Stoica at 647-669-2883.
This program offers resource services to families of psychiatric survivors. The philosophy of the program is that people can and do recover and that families can play a major supportive role in the process.
– Information and education on mental health issues that may be affecting your family.
– An 8-week program entitled: “Family Wellness Recovery Action Planning”(FWRAP).
– Offerings of “Family Recovery Series” recovery education series
– Family support drop in night, once/month (scheduled for Tuesdays of every month, from 7-9pm). Click these links to view more details on the Newmarket Drop In Family Support and the Richmond Hill Drop In Family Support.
– Referral to other community supports as an individual, or as a family.
Click this link to view our flyer Family Support Brochure
For more information please feel free to call us at 905-780-0491 Ext #: 117 or email us at familysupport@krasmancentre.com
Lunch Family Support Virtual Drop-In starting Tuesday May 5th, 2020 from 12-1:30 pm.
Please note: Family members can start to register on April 30th at 10 am until May 4th, 2020 at 4 pm.
Please register on Eventbrite at this link: https://bit.ly/3aPnpwl
The purpose of the Peer Support Community of Practice is to provide a forum for mutual support, to share ideas and engage in activities that develop the practice and profession of peer support. Bring your ideas, questions, share your successes & challenges and join in wrap around peer support.
For more information please contact Theresa Claxton-Wali t.claxton@krasmancentre.com Cell: 647-926-9552