Navigating the mental health and addictions system of supports
NIPISSING
Supporting individuals with mental health and substance use concerns and/or developmental disabilities to be better connected to the services they need.
What is the system challenge?
System navigation has been identified as a priority in several regional and provincial reports that focus on improving the mental health and addictions system. Addressing system navigation has the potential to address multiple interrelated gaps in the mental health and addictions system, such as:
increasing coordinated and integrated care;
improving access to care;
supporting client-centered care;
enhancing family engagement and support; and
improving knowledge of services for providers, clients and families.
What are we doing about it?
The Nipissing Service Collaborative has identified the need for coordination and collaboration within the system of supports, including cultural practitioners and natural helpers, for clients across the spectrum of needs related to mental health, substance use and/or developmental disabilities.
The Service Collaborative will develop a service navigation tool to support the identification and improvement of current referral processes and pathways within the mental health and addictions system in Nipissing.
EVIDENCE:
We are currently in the process of reviewing the evidence and this page will be updated shortly.
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Community consultations, including focus groups with service providers and persons with lived experience and family members, identified eight system priorities.
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The project has not yet reached this implementation stage.
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The project has not yet reached this implementation stage.
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The project has not yet reached this implementation stage.
How do we know it works?
The Nipissing Service Collaborative will develop the intervention based on evidence from research, practice-based evidence, cultural knowledge and the lived experience of clients and families.
Who is involved?
A total of nine sectors were consulted and are represented in the Nipissing Service Collaborative, including hospital, community mental health and addictions, justice/corrections, developmental services, peer support, cultural/linguistic services, education, housing and homelessness and government.
Next Steps
The Nipissing Service Collaborative is meeting regularly to develop and discuss implementation of the system solution.
For more information, please contact
Sandra Watson, Program Consultant
Sudbury, Ontario
(705) 675-1195 ext. 78327