Transcript South Slave Healthy Communities Partnership

South Slave Healthy
Communities Partnership
WHO
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HRHSSA
FSHSSA
South Slave Divisional Educational Council
South Slave Career development Centres
(Education, Culture & Employment)
 Aurora College
History
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Nov 06 YK Super Meeting DHSS & ECE
Commitment made to collaborate
Regional Groups Developed
South Slave Initiative Formed
Original Mandate
To Foster Interagency Communication and
Develop Joint Programs of Benefit to the
Health and Welfare of Residents in our
South Slave Communities
Initial Strategies
 Linkages
 Child and Family Services
 Human Resources
 Cross Discipline Awareness & Training
Linkages
 Regular regional meetings
 Meetings between School PST’s & HSS
counterparts
 Develop draft case-management protocol
 Invite community agencies to participate
 Research and share Video-conferencing
technologies
Child & Family Services
 Initiate a mapping of community assets
 Brainstorm and prioritize ways to address
youth concerns and increase HSS presence
in the schools
 Strategic recruitment to address common
needs
Human Resources
 Share resources and assist in orientation of
new employees
 Review common HR concerns and discuss
solutions (eg. housing, sharing skill sets)
Cross Discipline Awareness and
Training
 Share joint training options for staff
 Explore options to have HSS professionals
train school based staff
Accomplishments
 Increased communication between partner
organizations
 Obtained funding to establish 2 Integrated
services delivery Coordinators (HR/FS)
 Community Mapping of Assets
 www.sshcp.nt.ca
Accomplishments
 Community Drug and Alcohol initiatives in
HR and FS
 Development of a Case Management Model
that can be used by the ISDC’s
 Formal DJSS Partnership Hay River
 Revised Terms of Reference
(Spring/Summer 08)
 Invitation to speak at Canadian Council on
Learning Symposium
Revised Vision
Creating Strong Individuals, families and
communities by developing:
A sustainable framework of inter-disciplinary
collaboration, and
A unified system of services
Vision
 Consistent with ISDM
 Consistent with Legislative Assembly
Direction
 “Northerners Working Together”
South Slave Healthy Communities
Partnership
Strategic Themes - 2008
Strong
Partnerships
Healthy
Communities
Integrated
Service Planning
Prevention
Enhanced
Communication
Case
Management
Common Human
Resources Training
Self Reliant
Individuals
Strategic Themes
1. Strong Partnerships
2. Healthy Communities
Strong Partnerships
1. Integrated Service Planning
2. Communication
3. HR Training
Integrated Service Planning
 Co-operative
 Complimentary
 Collaborative
Communication
 Regional Meetings (Executive level)
 Community Awareness
Integrated Service Planning
CEO & Stakeholders
Identify Needs
System Planning
Priorities
Focus
Results
HR Training
 Develop Skills and Knowledge of Staff
regarding Integrated Approaches
 Manage Resources Effectively
Why
 People are better served via better access to
services
 More equal access to services via multiple points
of entry to services
 Consistent policies and procedures across
organizations
 People can expect higher standards through
improved standards based on more feedback
 People can have confidence that funding will be
allocated wisely through consistent fair &
transparent distribution of funding
Healthy Communities
 Prevention
 Case management
 Self- Reliant Individuals
Prevention
 Focus on High Risk Groups
 Address Root causes
 Create Awareness
 Early Intervention
Case Management
 Break-Down Barriers
 Help Individuals and families Connect with
Supports and Steer Process
 Use Best Practices
Self-Reliant Individuals
 Make information accessible
 Build capacity of individuals and
communities to maintain self-reliance
Awareness Cycle
Staff
Managers
Community
Cooperative, collaborative, complimentary
Why?
Individual & Community Wellness through
interventions in the following domains:
Emotional- Healthy Attitudes
Social- Healthy Communities through Strong
Social Ties, Cultural Identity
 Behavioural- Healthy Choices
 Physical- Healthy Bodies
 Spiritual- Healthy Purpose
DJSS staff wearing their
“Youth Action Against Drugs” t-shirts